It looks like Alabama and Texas will play for the BCS Championship and week 13 of the NFL is on our doorstep.  Here are some sports media news items to get your Sunday started…

I had not posted any Tiger Woods media coverage stories for a few days but could not pass this one up…Jason Whitlock at the Kansas City Star writes the media should be ashamed of its coverage of Woods. In my opinion he is absolutely right…

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talks with ESPN Monday Night Football stats guru and Elias Sports Bureau VP Steve Hirdt…

The LA Times looks at what the NBC broadcast team has to say about tonight’s Minnesota/Arizona Sunday Night Football match-up

Phil Rosenthal at the Chicago Tribune says the NFL has nixed an ad campaign between the Bears and Blackhawks…

Phil Mushnick at the NY Post looks at how the NFL is not looking at the concussion issue properly…

Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News looks at the success of “The Blind Side”..

Jim O’Connell at the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly is hearing the pressure from the media on his prospects of being the next coach of Notre Dame…

Sun-Times Editor Chris DeLuca writes that the paper looks forward to the contributions of former Tribune columnist Rick Morrissey

The Original Winger looks at the analysts ESPS is employing for its World Cup coverage...

Richard Sandomir at the NY Times looks at how Bloomberg is helping baseball clubs evaluate talent…

Bob Andelman at True Slant looks at the family biography of former wrestling announcer Gordon Solie…

The Naples News looks at the heroics of a local hockey radio analyst…