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August 15, 2008

Trying to type this week's sports media notes with chlorine-soaked red eyes from watching too much swimming from Beijing:

Recent columns

• Repetitive ring tone

  August 8, 2008

  Spilling out sports media notes while making sure I have enough coasters so that I don't leave five rings on the coffee table during the Olympics:

• Double coverage

  August 1, 2008

  Brushing the Ocean City sand off the notebook for some sports media scribblings:

• A news look for WMAR

  July 25, 2008

  Sitting in the shade, hoping for a breeze and flipping through the sports media notebook before using it as a coaster for a tall, cool drink:

• New addition, fresh perspective

  July 18, 2008

  Dishing out sports media notes while waiting for the next episode of the new summer series on Fox News, The Greta and Brett Show:

• Two live crew

  July 11, 2008

  Tapping away at some sports media notes while listening to Brett Favre sing, "I don't know why you say goodbye/I say hello":

• Fox's voice of baseball badmouths the sport

  July 4, 2008

  Grilling up a few sports media notes and trying not to drop them where the dog can scarf them up:

• Big Ten blitz

  June 27, 2008

  Spilling out the weekly sports media notes, then quickly trying to sop them up before they permanently stain the carpet:

• Passing up a shot

  June 13, 2008

  Rolling out yet another set of sports media notes while denying that the items are being mandated by the league office, no matter what Tim Donaghy says:

• Danica in driver's seat of Indy 500 intrigue

  May 23, 2008

  Your holiday weekend version of sports media notes to peruse while you consider whether to sell the piano so you can afford a tank of gas for a trip to Ocean City:

• Frager: Steady diet of Ripken offers much iron, few archival clips

  July 20, 2007

  And now back to our regularly scheduled sports media notebook, but there's no need to TiVo it.

• In young season, MASN gets no-decision on O's

  April 6, 2007

  Early in the baseball season, when everything is new, each movement on the field is put under a microscope. So the Orioles' 0-3 start gets scrutinized far more than a three-game losing streak in the middle of the season.

• Barbaro's injury brings NBC's broadcast back to reality

  May 21, 2006

  It was all about Barbaro during NBC's Preakness telecast yesterday - before the race, during the race, after the race.

• If no Phelps, NBC would have pooled resources

  August 20, 2004

  IF NBC DIDN'T have Michael Phelps, the network would have had to invent him.

• Inundated by Phelps updates, you might want to practice your flip turn

  August 13, 2004

  IF YOU REALLY want to live the suspenseful television experience of following Michael Phelps' quest for seven or eight gold medals at the Athens Olympics, you'll have to work at it.