Welcome to another weekend! Here are some sports media items of note…

Dan Levy at the Sporting Blog has this weekend’s NFL announcing assignments…

Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk reports has accused ESPN of plagiarism…

Barry Horn at the Dallas Morning News says Tony Dungy is becoming well respected in his role as NFL analyst…

Paul Christian at the Rochester (MN) Post Bulletin looks at Fox Sports taking its NFL Sunday show to Afghanistan…

Michael Kruse and Eric Deggans at the St. Petersburg Times reports on the growing number of Hispanics watching the NFL…

Paulsen at Sports Media Watch does a comparison of ratings between the MLB and NBA Playoffs…

John Crowe at the Crowe’s Nest has the MLB Network release on this week’s edition of Studio 42, where Bob Costas will interview baseball Commissioner Bud Selig..

Total Pro Sports is enjoying the work done by TNT’s Charles Barkley…

Sports Biz by Senno reports on some new NBA TV carriage deals…

Steve Lapore at Puck The Media reports that more hockey radio talk will be coming to the NHL Network…

George Malik at Michigan Live.com has the story of TSN and the NHL Network telecasting and webstreaming the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony

Monet Duncan at the Gaston (NC) Gazette writes that the media tends to exaggerate its NASCAR coverage…

Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has his weekly Media Learning Curve…

JR Canuck Fan at Fan IQ tells us ESPN was wrong about a story concerning the future of Danica Patrick.

Ariel Helwani at Fanhouse talks to a CBS executive on the return of the MMA to the network…