Digging for Thursday Links

I'm dragging today after working until 1 this morning. And it's no fun when you try to wake at 6:30 to get up for work. It's a vicious cycle.

Let's get to the links.

Michael Smith of Sports Business Daily writes that HBO Sports is expanding its 24/7 reality series outside of boxing for the first time.

John Ourand of the SBD/Sports Business Journal reports that TBS is moving some of the advertisers from the League Division Series to the League Championship Series due to the early conclusions.

Eric Matuszewski of Bloomberg writes that TBS was a big winner with its ratings for the League Division Series.

The Associated Press lists the top 15 cable primetime programs for the week ending October 11 and the first 12 spots are sports programs.

CNBC's Darren Rovell writes that premium seating is selling at significantly less than face value on the secondary ticket market.

Dave Kindred writing for Indiana University's National Sports Journalism Center says he's slowly adapting to Twitter.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says Monday Night Football between the Jets and Dolphins was a ratings winner for ESPN.

R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel discusses HBO's latest sports documentary project.

Tom Conroy of Media Life Magazine writes that the WNBA became a cable ratings winner this season.

Jerry Barmash of the New York Examiner says in the #1 market in the country, the Yankees LDS won the sports TV ratings last week.

Good friend Ed Berliner writes in the Examiner that the NFL has a double standard when it comes to Rush Limbaugh.

The New York Daily News' Bob Raissman feels there were too many days off in between the LDS and LCS.

Bob Fernandez of the Phildelphia Inquirer writes that the 76ers and Comcast are looking to stream live games on the internet.

Also from the Inquirer, Michael Klein reports that there could be a bidding war for the Phillies' radio rights after the 2010 season.

Larry Hartstein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution writes that TBS' Chip Caray has received plenty of criticism for work in the ALDS. I say it's well deserved.

Chip Towers of the AJC writes that ESPN will be televising a local high school this week.

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning takes both DirecTV and Dish Network to task for various disputes preventing hockey fans from seeing games.

Barry sums up Troy Aikman's weekly appearance on a local sports radio station.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Paul Hoynes says the Indians' TV ratings took a big drop this season.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Kentucky's Midnight Madness will be seen live in the local area.

James Schmel of Michigan Live writes that TBS' Chip Caray is being hit from all sides.

Lya Wodraska from the Salt Lake Tribune says the BCS is all about TV, money and not putting unattractive non-BCS teams in the Championship Game.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has the SoCal college football TV schedule for this week.

Tom also has the SoCal NFL TV schedule.

Tom looks into ESPN's Peter Gammons' comments on Dodgers manager Joe Torre's potential departure after the 2010 season.

Speaking of the Dodgers, Helene Elliot and Bill Shaikin of the LA Times look into the split of Frank and Jamie McCourt and how it could affect the ownership of the team.

Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball writes that MLB has signed a new broadcast agreement with three regional networks in Communist China. That's not good.

Maury says MLB Network has hired Aaron Boone as a guest analyst for the LCS.

The Sports Media Watch says the Yankees should boost ratings for the LCS.

The Two Cents from Beantown blog has its latest video podcast.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says the San Jose Sharks' are seeing increased ratings after moving to Comcast SportsNet California.

Steve says the Chicago Blackhawks are doing well in the ratings also.

Dave Rudden of GamePro.com writes that EA Sports is using both ESPN and CBS announcing crews for its NCAA Basketball 10 video game.

That's it for now.