{"id":423960,"date":"2007-09-17T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fangsbites.com\/?p=537"},"modified":"2007-09-17T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-17T19:10:00","slug":"monday-afternoon-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/monday-afternoon-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Afternoon Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s give you some links on this Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with the Capital Times from Wisconsin, Jeff Richgels writes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madison.com\/tct\/business\/245298\">DirecTV is going to add the High Definition feeds<\/a> of the Big Ten Network, NFL Network and FSN Wisconsin by the end of this year. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/sports\/2007\/09\/espn2_will_show_sept_29_ohio_s.html\">ESPN2 will pick up the Ohio State-Minnesota game<\/a> on September 29. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070917\/SPORTS06\/70917051\/1009\/NEWS07\">On that same date<\/a>, the Big Ten Network will pick up Michigan-Northwestern at noon and either ESPN or ABC will take the Michigan State-Wisconsin game. And from the Big XII, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/385\/story\/278688.html\">ABC will broadcast the Kansas State-Texas game<\/a> also on September 29.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntsville (AL) Times reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2007\/09\/espn_gameday_coming_to_tuscalo.html\">College Gameday will be in Tuscaloosa<\/a> for the Georgia-Alabama game.<\/p>\n<p>NBC&#8217;s Sunday Night Football helped to bring the Emmy Awards on Fox <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zap2it.com\/tv\/ratings\/zap-ratings091707,0,3629711.story?coll=zap-tv-ratings-headlines\">down to its lowest ratings<\/a> in the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>If you were watching Football Night in America last night, you may have noticed Keith Olbermann was not on the show. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/tvnewser\/msnbc\/emergency_surgery_for_olbermann_67118.asp\">Here&#8217;s the reason<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Briggs writes an article for MSNBC on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/20764460\/from\/ET\/\">how football has become America&#8217;s Game <\/a>thanks to marketing and TV.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Frager in his Baltimore Sun Medium Well blog <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/mediumwell\/blog\/2007\/09\/dancing_cheat_to_cheat.html\">writes about the cheating discussion<\/a> on the network pregame shows.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Flanagan of the Kansas City Star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/columnists\/jeffrey_flanagan\/story\/278178.html\">blogged the Chiefs-Bears game<\/a> on CBS yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>John Mehno of the Beaver County (PA) Times writes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=18822266&amp;BRD=2305&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=478568&amp;rfi=6\">FSN Pittsburgh is seeing falling ratings<\/a> for Pirates games.<\/p>\n<p>Della de Lafuente of Adweek writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/aw\/magazine\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003641212\">putting a face<\/a> on Hispanic Sports Talk Radio.<\/p>\n<p>I think that will do it. Maybe there will be an update tonight. I&#8217;m not sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s give you some links on this Monday afternoon. 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