Some Thursday Night Links

I'll provide some links tonight although I do have to get some work done, yes, even in this late hour. And I'm keeping an eye on the Saints-Bears game which is getting a bit tighter in the second half.

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Now to your links.

Newsday's Neil Best could not be happier to see that the Cowboys will not be flexed into primetime for Week 17 as Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News had contended.

Barry of course, was not happy that Neil was right. Then Barry decided to go one step further.

The Baltimore/DC Examiner's Jim Williams has a look at ESPN's documentary on the 1958 NFL Championship Game.

The Sports Media Watch looks at the impact on the struggling economy on the National Football League which was thought to be "recession proof". And the SMW says 3-D TV is picking up momentum.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that last week's NFL Network presentation of Oakland-San Diego was the lowest all-time for the channel.

Mike writes that CBS will stream 11 SEC basketball contests this season.

Finally, Mike reports that Fox Sports Southwest viewers will get incentives to watch Dallas Mavericks games.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News reports that the Lakers have ended their long relationship with KLAC and signed with KSPN as its new radio flagship station. And Tom previews his Friday column which will focus on HBO's new documentary on the integration of college football.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says Hall of Fame Dodger announcer Vin Scully is getting an overdue honor.

The Sox & Dawgs blog has the new Red Sox road and alternate unis.

Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball blog says the big market teams are making plays for free agents in the offseason.

Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record has the ratings for the Army-Navy game from last Saturday. And Ken previews this Sunday's 60 Minutes program which will have a profile on USC coach Pete Carroll and his efforts to curb gang violence in Los Angeles.

CNBC's Darren Rovell looks at the new Nike Kobe Bryant shoe.

Jimmy Bellamy of the Duluth (MN) News Tribune says a local station will drop a simulcast with a Minneapolis sports radio station and pick up ESPN Radio programming at the beginning of the New Year.

That's going to do it. Friday Megalinks plus a whole bunch of regular posts starting around 9 a.m.