Time once again for a look at what the sports media columnists from around the country are writing today…

Michael Hiestand at USA Today gives us a preview of the NHL Winter Classic in Chicago…

Ray Buck at the Fort Worth Star Telegram also has a look at the game…

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle has a look at this weekend’s local TV football offerings.

Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel looks at 2008 and sports advertising…

Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News writes about the story behind the story in the Yankees’ signing of C.C. Sabathia.

At Newsday, Neil Best talks with CBS President Les Moonves about WFAN radio…

At the NY Post, Phil Mushnick talks boxing…Justin Terranova gets Phil Simms thoughts on the Giants…and has 5 questions for Bob Davie…

Nancy Marrapese-Burrell at the Boston Globe has the latest on Hazel Mae and her new role at the MLB Network…

Doug Nye at the State let’s us know our sports viewing options on the Christmas Holiday…

Barry Jackson at the Miami Herald has the story of one local play-by-play man looking for help from the fans…

Scott D. Pierce at the Salt Lake City Desert News says the Mountain West Conference is getting some deserved recognition…

Daniel Brown at the San Jose Mercury News has the story of the end of an era in the 49′ers radio booth…

Judd Zulgad at the Minneapolis Star Tribune has the latest on the legal troubles of a former KFAN host.

Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has the media angle of Sports Business Journal’s 50 Most Influential Sports Figures of 2008.

Ray Frager at the Baltimore Sun tells us that other NFL teams, other than the Cowboys, face controversy…

Paul Christian at the Rochester Post-Bulletin looks at the Christmas NBA offerings on TV…

Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post Dispatch writes of new hires at St. Louis’ new sports radio station…

Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune has the story of a local high school football post season awards show..

Diane Pucin at the LA Times writes of Gary Payton’s new role with NBA TV

Mel Bracht at the Oklahoman reports on the BCS 3D offerings in the state…He also has a story on the demise of a local sports talk radio station.  And the local TV ratings…

Gary Washburn at the Seattle Post Intelligencer has a piece on missing the Seattle voice of the NBA…