SPORTS DIGEST

I have done this type of thing previously so we thought we’d bring it back. Instead of multiple, smaller posts of sports media news, I thought it best to put together a bullet list of news in one, longer entry. Let me know what you think. Here we go:

•The overnight ratings are in for Sunday Night Football (SNF) on NBC. Last night’s Lions/Saints contest registered a rating of 11.9, winning the night for NBC. That number, however, was 18 percent lower than last season’s week 13 SNF telecast featuring the Ravens and Steelers. The game had big ratings in New Orleans, coming in at 56.3. Local ratings in Detroit also fared well, registering a 26.5.
•Sports Illustrated today unveiled its selection for Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year. All-time winning college basketball coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Pat Summitt were tabbed with the 2011 honor.
•CBSSports.com continues to add value to its stable of columnists. The site today announced that longtime baseball writer John Heyman joined the staff. He will begin work on December 12th. Heyman spent the last five years covering baseball for Sports Illustrated.
•Fox Sports has announced that on the day of the NFC Championship, January 22nd, it will air live the match-up of Premiere League powerhouses Arsenal and Manchester United. The telecast will begin at 10:30am ET. The NFC Championship will air on Fox later that day at 6:30pm ET. Fox also announced that on Super Bowl Sunday, the Chelsea/Manchester United Premiere League match will also air live on Fox beginning at 10:3oam ET.
•The NFL Network (NFLN) has released this week’s NFL Replay match-ups. Tomorrow night, beginning at 8:00pm ET the network will replay the game between the Packers and Giants. At 9:30pm ET NFLN will re-air the Denver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings. On Wednesday at 8:00p, ET NFL will re-play the Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals.

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