{"id":426645,"date":"2008-05-20T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fangsbites.com\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2008-05-20T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T17:30:00","slug":"tuesday-stuff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tuesday-stuff-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was out at a jobsite earlier today, but I’m back now. Let’s get to the links.<\/p>\n
USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the ratings<\/a> of some of the weekend events.<\/p>\n Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby is one of the reasons why the NHL’s ratings are up<\/a> significantly this season.<\/p>\n Bob Raissman from the New York Daily News says Hank Steinbrenner has a tendency to blow a lot of hot air<\/a>, then backtrack.<\/p>\n Richard Sandomir of the New York Times writes that TNT’s Charles Barkley has said he has paid off his gambling debt<\/a> to a Las Vegas casino.<\/p>\n Newsday’s Neil Best says Mets manager Willie Randolph is not a fan of SNY<\/a>. And Neil picks up on an item<\/a> from last night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC that the construction worker who allegedly buried a David Ortiz jersey in the new Yankee Stadium has buried something else in the concrete foundation. And Neil has the video<\/a> of the Olbermann report. Then Neil talked with Keith about a creepy incident at Braves Field in Boston<\/a> back in 1914. Neil says Jay-Z will represent the New Jersey Nets <\/a>at the NBA Draft Lottery tonight.<\/p>\n Evan Weiner of the New York Sun says the NFL Network’s survival<\/a> is the top priority among the league’s owners.<\/p>\n Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says Philadelphia Flyers TV voice Jim Jackson has been busy<\/a> even though he could not call the just recently finished series with the Penguins.<\/p>\n Bob Smizik of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says FSN’s hiring of former Pirates pitcher Kent Tekulve for the postgame show is a big hit<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the Washington Post, Leonard Shapiro asks the question “why”<\/a> over the entire Spygate issue.<\/p>\n Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has some ratings news<\/a> from the city.<\/p>\n Jeffrey Flanagan from the Kansas City Star has a couple of media notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Journal writes that the Big 12 Conference has five football games scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend<\/a> with four of them on ABC or FSN.<\/p>\n The Arizona Republic says the NHL’s ratings appear to be turning a corner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dave Del Grande of the Oakland Tribune suggests that MLB spread out its interleague series<\/a> instead of doing every series in one weekend.<\/p>\n Toni Fitzgerald of Media Life Magazine says the NBA’s ratings on ABC, ESPN and TNT are going through the roof<\/a>.<\/p>\n David Wilkerson of Marketwatch.com says ESPN is getting ready for ad growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n Phil Swann of the TV Predictions website writes that ESPN’s ratings in HDTV households are going through the roof<\/a>.<\/p>\n