Alright…now that history has been made is time for all of us to get to work.  Here are a few media items that have tickled my fancy the last couple of days…

-  Good luck to all those who have, or soon will, be losing their jobs at Clear Channel.  I’ve been the victim of cuts in radio due to a recession and it really stinks.  But what really stinks will be the move by sports radio stations laying-off staff to supplant their local programming with syndicated shows.  I have nothing against the national radio shows…many of them are very good, but they are no substitute for the local voices discussing our favorite teams…

- ESPN is looking for a new Ombudsman.  Lee Anne Schreiber has been the WWL’s most influential watchdog for the fan.  I’m sad to see her go.  But really, how long could you hold the job if you had to read 1000 e-mails a week from the yahoos complaining about the latest ESPN’er who’s being thrown under the bus.  UGH.

- ESPN has announced that it is expanding its reach across the blogsphere by partnering with seventeen local NBA blogsas part of it’s True Hoop product.   Another wise move by the WWL to cobble together some of the best sports writing talent on the net.  Any sports media blogs want to join the Sports Media Journal Network?  I’m serious!

- And more ESPN news.  Apparently they will announce today that Steve Phillips will be joining Jon Miller and Joe Morgan in the Sunday Night Baseball booth this summer.  I have no problems with Phillips.  I am not a big fan of three men booths. (See Monday Night Football)

-  And even more from the WWL.  It looks like they will be abandoning their weekly Thursday night live MLS telecast, instead focusing on an MLS Game of the Week.  It still amazes me that the sport with the greatest youth participation in this country has gotten no love on a higher level.  Too bad.