NASCAR's on-air lineup gets fine-tuning

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There is a God in NASCAR Heaven!
Published 1/22/2008 by Marc at Full Throttle
Sometimes the impossible happens. Other times it doesn’t. Count your blessings, something in the sky over NASCAR Nation is smiling upon us all. Rusty Wallace’s days as race analyst for ABC/ESPN aren’t numbered. His number is up and is being replaced by Dale Jarrett. On more “down-to-Earth” notes: Haas CNC Racing is still alive and well, (despite my earlier prediction) with both the #66 and #70 solidly in the top 35 based on the teams 30th and 32nd finish in 2007. The team has ...

What They’re Saying…January 23, 2008
Published 1/23/2008 by Keith at Sports Media Journal
News and notes from some of the sports media columnists across the USA… Bob Wolfley  of the Milwaukee Sentinel has the opening discussion on what has become the yearly, “Will Brett Farve return to the Packers” conversation. Richard Sandomir of the NY Times has two pieces today, both hockey related.  One is a look at NBC’s Pierre McGuire .  The other the news that Versus has renewed its agreement to continue to telecast the NHL. Michael Heistand  at USA Today looks at changes in ABC/ESPN’s NASCAR coverage. Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune ...

Flipping through Wednesday's USA TODAY
Published 1/23/2008 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
... the current head coach leaves. Congress wants unresponsive Chuck Knoblauch to testify. U.S. figure skaters Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir are rivals but deny icy relationship. Check out the latest men's results and women's results from the Australian Open . Hedo Turkoglu gets in on the Magic act . Injuries, obligations lead to roster changes for NHL All-Star Game . Is Jason Day the next PGA Tour star from Australia ? NASCAR TV's coverage gets fine-tuning. Haas CNC is ready to share its wind-tunnel ...

The Roundup: LeBron’s Pinstriped Sneaker, Pam Oliver’s Erroneous Report, and the NASCAR Shuffle
Published 1/23/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... of Alycia Lane. (Philadelphia Magazine) Pam Oliver reported Sunday from the Packers game that the Giants benches were not heated; apparently, the heat had just been temporarily turned off. (Newsday) The locals are calling Tony Dungy a hypocrite for returning to coach the Colts? (Indy Star) Get your half price Bulls tickets! (Walk off Balk) ESPN and ABC juggle their NASCAR announcing and in-studio teams in an effort to boost flaccid ratings. (USA Today) Celebrating Favre. (Joe Sports Fan) The NCAA, ...

ESPN Changes Take Many By Surprise
Published 1/23/2008 by Daly Planet Editor at The Daly Planet
... This Wednesday article in USA Today by Michael Hiestand allowed ESPN to announce the first group of broad and sweeping changes in the network's TV coverage of NASCAR programs produced for ESPN2, ABC Sports, and ESPN. ...