A Tuesday Link Session

Time for some more links today.

USA Today's Michael Hiestand says it was all A-Rod, all the time on Monday. And Michael has a look at the ratings of selected weekend events.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the Alex Rodriguez camp made sure to get a sympathetic ear from ESPN's Peter Gammons.

The New York Daily News' Bob Raissman says Gammons tossed too many softball questions at A-Rod.

Newsday's Neil Best says A-Rod made things easy for Gammons with his admission. Neil mentions an interesting subplot to the interview. Neil notes that YES Network pulled the schedule airing of the A-Rod Yankeeography with one on Yogi Berra. And Neil has David Letterman's Top Ten list which was devoted to A-Rod. Neil adds that A-Rod twice delayed ESPN's interview. Neil also had a live chat today.

I have a column at Digital Sports Daily on what we learned from the A-Rod mess.

Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball says A-Rod could be called before Congress.

Dan Pucin of the Los Angeles Times says MLB Network stepped up to the plate big time with the A-Rod story.

CNBC's Darren Rovell has Nike's reaction to A-Rod's admission he took steroids. Darren says Michael Phelps' reputation definitely took a hit.

John Gonzalez of the Philadelphia Inquirer says the Scott Van Pelt suspension proves that you don't cross Bud Selig.

Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says the A-Rod scandal helped to lift the after-Super Bowl lull.

Tim Lemke of the Washington Times writes about MLB Advanced Media's alliances with the NHL and ESPN.

Tim Feran of the Columbus Dispatch writes that the market is ripe for more sports radio stations.

Ed Sherman of Crain's Chicago Business says the Bulls will honor the beloved Johnny "Red" Kerr. Ed also assesses the damage from the A-Rod mess.

Kevin Horrigan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Blues broadcaster Dan Kelly.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News writes that ESPN will make a decision on whether to bring back Jamal Anderson after his arrest on drug possession charges sometime next week. Tom says don't expect to see Charles Barkley on TNT's coverage of the NBA All-Star Game this weekend.

Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media blog talks about the new TV gig for Sirius XM's Andy Gresh.

The Big Lead reviews Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.

I've been looking for links for a few hours now. I need to get some things down. But I'll be back if news warrants.