- Idle Note: ESPN has announced the first portion of its 2010 Sunday Night Baseball schedule. The Yankees and Phillies will each make three early season appearances, with the Yankees playing the Red Sox twice (April 4 and May 9). (ESPN)
- Big Name: Bill Weber will not return to TNT for the 2010 NASCAR season. Weber, who had been the voice of NASCAR on TNT since ’04, was suspended last season after an incident at a New Hampshire hotel. (Scene Daily)
- The Ratings Game: ESPN2 averaged a 0.3 U.S. rating (324,000 HHs) through the first five days of the Australian Open, up from a 0.2 (247,000 HHs) last year. (ESPN)
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
