Here are some sports media news items which have crossed my desk since this morning…

Richard Deitsch at Sports illustrated looks at Fox’ coverage of Brett Favre in his weekly Media Circus column…

Barry Horn at the Dallas Morning News has the Cowboys ratings from Sunday…

John Ourand at Sports Business Journal looks at what’s at stake for NBC if it’s acquired by Comcast…

Michael Tunison at the Sporting Blog questions the fate of Notre Dame football if Comcast purchases NBC

Rick Porter at Zap 2 It has the early look at the Sunday ratings...including Game 4 of the World Series…

Jason Fry at the National Sports Journalism Center at the University of Indiana looks at how the web has impacted how we react to sports reporting…

The National Sports Journalism Center also looks at how the Chicago Tribune will be using the talents of former Rocky Mountain News sports cartoonist Drew Litton…

The National Sports Journalism Center also has word of the retirement, due to health reasons, of ESPN’s Bill Walton…

Here’s the Walton story from ESPN…

Friend of SMJ Ken Fang at Fangs Bites looks at some big changes coming to Comcast Sports New England…

NBA.com has news of Brent Barry joining NBA TV’s studio crew…

The Toroughbred Times looks at ESPN’s Breeder’s Cup schedule…

Walt Belcher at the Tampa Tribune says a local sports radio host is still under suspension after making inappropriate remarks against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…

Sean Craft of the Examiner reports that ESPN the Magazine will have another Body issue in 2010…

The AP (via Philly.com) has news of Rutgers University renewing a radio deal with WOR…

PRLog looks at a move afoot for a local North Carolina sports radio station…