Wednesday Links While Watching The Masters

Getting ready to watch the Par 3 Contest at The Masters online. And earlier, I was working at the home office so again got delayed. So I’m here now and ready to give you linkage.

From USA Today’s The Huddle blog, a look at Comcast and the NFL Network ramping up their war of words just in time for May’s deadline to keep the channel on the cable provider.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell thinks it’s crazy for anyone to want to play at Augusta National over having a date with SI Swimsuit cover girl Bar Rafaeli. Darren corrects anyone who thinks Frozen Four participant Bemidji State is a Cinderella story.

Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch says NESN is going to premiere a Red Sox Trivia Quiz Show in the Fall.

Paul Doyle of the Hartford Courant asks which former ballplayer is the best TV analyst?

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times has a short blurb on the ratings for the NCAA Championship Game on Monday.

Louis Ada Seltzer of Media Life Magazine says the ratings for the NCAA Championship hit a ratings low.

Kent Gibbons of Multichannel News writes that YES will put Yankees games on Demand on Verizon Fios systems.

The Schenectady Gazette’s Ken Schott will preview the NCAA Frozen Four on Thursday on a local radio station.

Laura Nachman says a Philadelphia Fox sports anchor has been given the boot. And a sports reporter for the local NBC affiliate will split time among two sports radio rivals this summer.

Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun writes that MASN saw a huge ratings jump for the Orioles’ season opener from 2008.

Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner says ESPN will begin its most extensive coverage of The Masters today.

Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post talks about Golf Channel’s coverage of Masters Week.

Roger van der Horst in the Raleigh News & Observer writes about Time Warner Cable continuing to keep MASN off its digital basic tier in the Tar Heel State.

Tom Jones of the St. Petersburg Times has some thoughts on Fox Sports Florida’s production of the Rays’ season opening loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday.

Rich Polikoff of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette says Kansas Cty Royals fans in northwest Arkansas will finally be able to see their team’s games thanks to a new agreement with Cox Communications.

Rick Dean of the Topeka (KS) Capital Journal says Royals fans there will be able to see the entire 140 game slate of games from Fox Sports Kansas City this season.

John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News writes that the San Francisco Giants’ Class A Minor League affiliate will have 19 games aired on Comcast.

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle says there’s nothing new on the Comcast SportsNet/DirecTV negotiations on Oakland A’s games.

From the Biz of Baseball, Maury Brown suggests you check the fine print and the silly MLB blackout rules before you buy MLB.TV or the MLB Extra Innings package.

Ron Judd of the Seattle Times says Universal Sports picks up the World Women’s Hockey Championships starting tomorrow.

I’m going to end it there for now. I keep finding links, but I have to get back to work. I’ll be back after Lost with some more linkage.

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