Let’s give you some linkage this evening.
From Neil Best of Newsday, he reports that WFAN’s Yankees beat reporter Sweeny Murti is doubling as Yankees beat reporter for SNY. And Neil has the NHL on NBC flex game for March 2.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says the game NBC passed over will be seen on MSG.
Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch says WEEI’s Glenn Ordway was in lecture mode today about the media having agendas.
A couple of things from CNBC’s Darren Rovell. One is on the real losers of the NBA All Star Game, the shoes. Darren says Sprint was also as loser at the Daytona 500.
Congratulations to original Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus who will be inducted into the broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Jack O’Connell of MLB.com has more.
The Baltimore Sun’s Ray Frager writes in his Medium Well blog that ESPN’s Bill Raftery was a bit hypocritical during the Louisville-Syracuse game on Monday.
Del Milligan of The Ledger (FL) says ESPN Radio’s Mike Golic and Erik Kuselias will be doing the Mike & Mike in the Morning (without Greenburg) show live from ESPN’s Bassmaster tournament in South Carolina this Friday.
Jon Lafayette of TV Week says NBA All Star Weekend on TNT saw a ratings increase from a year ago. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News says TNT had a ratings spike in key male demographics.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel writes that Sports Time Ohio will produce all Cleveland Indians games in HD as well as all of its original programming.
John Consoli of Mediaweek says 17.8 million people watched the Daytona 500 on Fox Sports.
Rick Weegman of the Duluth (MN) News Tribune says three staffers from FSN North are fine after their van flipped following the broadcast of Hockey Day Minnesota earlier this month.
Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post goes after Roger Clemens and his attorneys.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News previews an interview with former Los Angeles Lakers GM Jerry West on FSN West that airs tonight.
I’ll have more on Wednesday.
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