- Ratings Game: The 2010 FIFA World Cup was watched by 7.4 million unique viewers on ESPN3.com, with each viewer watching more than two hours of coverage on average. The site’s simulcast of the Spain/Germany semifinal averaged 355,000 people per minute, “making it ESPN3.com?s largest average audience ever.” (ESPN)
- Big Name: CBS lead college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg has been named VP of Player Relations for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. Kellogg will continue to serve as an analyst for CBS and Pacers local TV broadcasts. (Pacers)
- Idle Note: St. Louis Cardinals telecasts will move exclusively to Fox Sports Midwest next season, the first time ever the team’s games will not be available on local broadcast television. Currently, St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK airs “about 20” Cardinals games per season. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Sports Business Daily)
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