- Big Names: Former German national team player and coach J?rgen Klinsmann has joined ESPN/ABC as an analyst for the 2010 World Cup. Klinsmann joins Robbie Mustoe and Shaun Bartlett as the latest additions to ESPN’s World Cup broadcast team. (ESPN)
- Idle Note: Comcast and the United States Olympic Committee last week terminated plans to launch an Olympic-themed cable network. The network was originally set to launch in 2010, but those plans were delayed last August. (Sports Business Journal)
- The Ratings Game: Tuesday’s Mavericks/Spurs Game 5 drew an 18.3 rating on FS Southwest in San Antonio, the third-highest rating ever for a Spurs game on the network. Elsewhere, Monday’s Magic/Bobcats Game 4 drew a 9.3 on TNT and Sun Sports in Orlando, making the game the #2 program of the night in the market. (Sports Business Daily, Orlando Sentinel)
WNBA viewership continues to rise heading into stretch run
WNBA viewership is comfortably ahead of last year's pace entering the final weeks of the regular season.
