Welcome you your NFL Sunday.  Here are some sports media news items crossing our desk today…

Houston Mitchell at the LA Times has the story, and subsequent apology of ESPN’s Bob Greise who made an inappropriate comment toward NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya…

Michael Hiestand at USA Today has a similar story on Greise…

The Daily Planet has a preview on an ESPN Outside the Lines segment of NASCAR’s Jeremy Mayfield…

Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News says with the rain out of Game 6 of the ALCS, expect football to get better ratings than baseball when the game is played tonight…Bob also does not like how television tries to track balls and strikes…

Phil Mushnick at the NY Post is fed up with the on screen clutter during network telecasts…

Erin Valois at the National Post has the story of Chad Ochocinco’s plans to create his own social news network…

The LA Times has a preview of of tonight’s Cards-Giants match-up with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth…

Has Boedecker at the Orlando Sentinel talks about the prospects of the NFL Network being added to the local Bright House cable network…

North Station Sports has its ranking of best and worst NBA talking heads…

Tim Lemke at the Washington Times says the NBA and its broadcast partners are looking forward to the new season…

Tony Castleberry at the Greenville (NC) Daily Reflector has East Carolina University conducting a different type of media day for reporters…

John Altavilla at the Hartford Courant has a rundown of media day for the UConn Women’s basketball squad…

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gives us a preview of Magic Johnson’s views on Isiah Thomas in a new book out soon…

WMYT Television has word of the death of a local Kentucky broadcasting legend...