- Friday’s Team USA/Finland Olympic Men’s Hockey semifinal drew 6.0 million viewers on NBC, up slightly from the USA/Switzerland quarterfinal on the network two days earlier (5.9 mil). Friday’s game aired live in all time zones. (Puck The Media)
- John Wall is proving to be a star attraction. Last Saturday’s Kentucky/Vanderbilt game drew a 1.9 U.S. rating and 3.0 million viewers on ESPN, tied as the second-highest rated college basketball game of the season on ESPN — and ranking as the week’s highest rated, most-viewed non-Olympic sporting event on cable. (Sports Business Daily)
- CBS drew a 1.4 final rating for regional college basketball action last Sunday (Ohio St./Michigan St. or Villanova/Pittsburgh), down 13% from a 1.6 for coverage on the comparable date last year. The previous day, another slate of regional matchups (Florida/Mississippi or UNC/Boston College) drew a 0.9, down 18% from a 1.1 last year. (Sports Business Daily)
On the Air: John Sterling and the bond between baseball radio voices and fans
On the latest "On the Air," Armand Broady examines the bond between baseball radio voices and fans in the...
