Welcome to Thursday!  Here are some sports media news links to get started…

In case you missed our post last night…there is ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer discussing the Steve Phillips affair, among others, in his monthly column…

Dave Kindred, writing for the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University has 50 do’s and don’ts for sportswriters…

Peter Lauria at the NY Post has the story of the NFL Network taking its fight with Time Warner to the people and politicians of DC in an ad in Politico…

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel looks at the national appeal of the Packers this season…

Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Business writes that the 25th anniversary of the death of former high school phenom Ben Wilson will be the subject of a Comcast Sports Net special…

HD Sports Guide has the coverage maps for this weekend’s ESPN/ABC regional games…

Lynn Arave at the Deseret News has word of a local radio duo filling in for Jim Rome next week…

Peter Pringle at TCPalm.com previews a talk this weekend by a former ABC Sports producer