The MLS Dynamo announced yesterday they renewed their broadcast agreement with FS Houston for the '12 season. FS Houston and FS Houston Plus will broadcast 16 of the club's games starting March 17. Broadcaster Glenn Davis will call the games again, marking his third season with the team (Dynamo). Meanwhile, in Columbus, Bob Hunter notes the MLS Crew "seems to have announced that this season's games are going to be on Fox Sports Net and in an unlikely place: a Kicks for Kids news release on the team website." Shortly after the release "went up, Crew fans were tweeting that Fox Sports Net had secured the broadcast rights." The website within minutes "removed the references to the network, changing the wording to the 'Crew's television broadcast.'" Hunter notes an agreement with FSN "has been expected, and a real announcement could come any day" (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 2/3).
RACING NEWS: Turn 3 Media is bringing back the National Speed Sport News brand after acquiring its exclusive rights from The Kay Publishing Company. The renamed Speed Sport Magazine will debut in March, one year after NSSN ceased publication. The magazine's editorial staff will be led by Editor in Chief Mike Kerchner, who has worked at NSSN since '91 (NSSN)....In Charlotte, Jim Utter reported Motorsports Racing Network has signed a deal with ESPN Radio 730 Charlotte to carry all of its NASCAR's broadcasts this season in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series (THATSRACIN.com, 1/31).
TOO MUCH TEBOW? In Miami, Barry Jackson reviews the best and worst of the NFL TV coverage this season and writes the most "wasteful use of air time" is ESPN's "over-the-top obsession with" Broncos QB Tim Tebow. The net "dedicated a SportsCenter special to him, devoted chunks of every pre-game show to him, and even wrote a Christmas ode to him, narrated by a dozen analysts." Jackson: "Yes, Tebow was a huge story. But where's the self-restraint? We don't need to hear the same analysts ... opining on Tebow week after week, or in some cases, day after day" (MIAMI HERALD, 2/3).
