Good Wednesday!  Make sure you check in later today as Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I host the latest edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.

Until then here are some sports media news stories crossing our desk…

Richard Sandomir at the NY Times looks at how the Comcast/NBC deal may mean Versus could become a legitimate contender to ESPN…

Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press looks at other golfers’ reaction to the Tiger Woods accident…

Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Buisiness looks at the likelihood Woods would sue for libel…Ed also questions when we will see Tiger again…

Brett Haber at USA Today could not have put the Tiger Woods coverage into better context…

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel looks at the fall success of the Big Ten Network…

Jim Williams at the Washington Examiner reports on how ESPN plans to cover the World Cup 2010 draw this Friday… Jim also looks back on his work with FSU’s Bobby Bowden…

Carolyn Braff at the Sports Video Group looks at some sports ratings numbers….

As does Michael Hiestand at USA Today…

David Goetzl at Media Post looks at the growth of the ESPN local websites..

David Kaplan at Paid Content has a similar piece on the emergence of the local ESPN websites…

John Taylor at Pro Football Talk has Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops denying ESPN reports of a possible move to Notre Dame…

Jeff Lee at the Vancouver Sun reports that Canadiens are expected to come out in record numbers to view the 2010 Winter Olympics...

Eric Bailey at the Tulsa World reports that the Oklahoma State/Tulsa college basketball match-up will not be seen by local viewers…