Media Learning Curve: Feb. 27-March 6
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== Someone's got my back (linked here) about why CBS should finally realize that Andy Rooney is the birthday party guest who won't leave because he can't find his car keys (linked her to our original piece this week).
== A very nice piece by Wright Thompson on Pat Conroy, the author who used his time as a basketball player at The Citadel for book material in "My Losing Season," as well as "The Great Santini," as well as reveal the relationship he had with his abusive father, now on ESPN.com (linked here)
== What's the future of the Pac-10 as far as a TV entity? The Sporting News' Dave Curtis and Matt Hayes hash it out, wondering if the eventual new commissioner (apparently not Condi Rice) needs to think more about fewer regional games and consider hooking up with NBC (linked here).
== Although the Versus network broadcasters repeated that the recent Tour of California was the largest sporting event in the state, with 2 million spectators, can you believe them? "It's not even close to being true," says the LA84 Foundation newsletter (linked here).
== Why we need an oral history of ESPN, coming up on its 30th birthday, by those who lived to tell about it after leaving the place (linked here).
== More on Hank Haney's golf fixing experiment with Charles Barkley for Golf Channel (linked here).
== What does AOL Sports figure to do about bulking up its stable of writers? (linked here)
== Matt Vergersian is working for the MLB Network, not HBO (this clip via AwfulAnnouncing.com):
== More sports newspaper consolidation moves (linked here).
== Do you believe this Craigslist ad? No, the part about there being a major sports-talk show in L.A. (linked here) (via the Big Lead)
== Headline and a story from The Onion Sports (linked here):
'Play Every Day To The Best Of Your Ability' Clause Stalled Ramirez, Dodgers Talks
LOS ANGELES--A clause stipulating that free agent Manny Ramirez show up to games on time and play baseball to the greatest extent of his ability became a major sticking point in contract negotiations between the left fielder and the Dodgers, Ramirez's agent Scott Boras told reporters after Ramirez finally agreed to terms Wednesday.
"We were willing to bend on the showing up part, but if they wanted my client to actually care about winning while he is up to bat, running the base paths, and fielding both fly and ground balls, well, that would have cost them at least another $17 million," Boras said. "If we gave in on that, then they'd have felt free to renege on the clause that allows Manny to play while wearing a bathing suit, a Kobe Bryant jersey, and sandals."
Ramirez was too entranced by the guy at Venice Beach who rides a unicycle while holding two king cobra snakes to comment.
== And one more Onion story related to Kobe Bryant (linked here)
AND THE FINAL ARGUMENT:
== What, ESPN's Digger Phelps didn't stick a buck in each of their waistbands when he was finished here:
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