Late Day Journal-October 14, 2009

After eight hours on airplanes I have arrived for a business conference I will be attending over the next few days.  I was unable to give you some links this morning…so let’s make up for it tonight…

Tristan O’Carroll at Media Week reports that Sumner Redstone may be ready to sell CBS

Brett McMurphy at Fanhouse has a brief talk with ESPN’s Erin Andrews..

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is looking forward to the coverage of Packers/Vikings, Part II

Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Business says the upcoming Bears/Bengals match-up is gaining national interest

Jim Williams at the Washington Examiner has the CBS College Sports interview with Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden…Jim also has the story of Fox and TBS prepping for the LCS..

Paul Kenyon at the Providence Journal reports that the URI Rams basketball program will get more television coverage this season...

Bob Fernandez at the Philadelphia Inquirer has word of the prospect of watching Sixers games online

Rachel Cohen at the Associated Press interviews NBC Sports Chief Dick Ebersol on who should lead the USOC

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union says NBA TV will be producing pre-season previews for all NBA clubs

The Monica Wade Blog has a report from the San Antonio Business Journal on the addition of the NHL Network to the local Comcast line-up

Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette reports the the NHL Network will be televising a women’s hockey game featuring the US and Canadian teams...

Greg Barr at the Houston Business Journal has the story of sagging local television raings for the Houston Astros..

Larry Stone at the Seattle Times reports that Mariners’ ratings were up for 2009..

Chris Casacchia at the Phoenix Business Journal that the D-Backs ratings struggled in 2009…

The Gateway Pundit reports that a blogger confronted local radio sports hosts about the prospects of Rush Limbaugh uying the St. Louis Rams…

Dorian Gieger at The Sheaf says the Toronto sports media does not challenge the local professional sports teams to improve their products…