- Big names: Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call the Rose Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game on ABC. Meanwhile, FOX will send Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick to the Sugar Bowl, Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan to the Fiesta Bowl, and Dick Stockton and Charles Davis to the Orange Bowl. (USA Today)
- The ratings game: Final round coverage of Michelle Wie‘s victory at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational drew a 0.72 cable rating on The Golf Channel last Sunday, up 60% from last year, and the second-highest rated LPGA Tour telecast on the network this year. (Fang’s Bites)
- Idle note: The Chicago Bears declined to make coach Lovie Smith, QB Jay Cutler and GM Jerry Angelo available for on-camera interviews for Sunday’s edition of Football Night in America on NBC. NBC’s Bob Costas, who would have conducted the interviews, said he does not “have any particular problem” with the team’s decision. (Chicago Sun-Times)
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...
