Sen. Kerry Writes To Goodell, McSlarrow

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, nervous that many of his constituents will miss the potentially-historic Patriots-Giants game later this month, has again interjected himself into a sports network's carriage dispute, this time firing off a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow, imploring them to come to an agreement. Meanwhile, after Ravens players hinted that game officials favored the Patriots on Monday night in order to keep NFL Network's regular-season finale appealing, one columnist recognizes the "appearance of a conflict of interest." And during last night's Bears-Redskins game, viewers again heard a struggling play-by-play man in Bryant Gumbel, but an analyst unafraid to ruffle the league's feathers in Cris Collinsworth.