Media watch:

The print media, especially in Connecticut and Sacramento, did a nice job with the Conference Finals. All four cities sent reporters traveling. Stickney went to Sacto, Woods went to Uncasville, and both Arrington and Voison went to Houston. Connecticut had four reporters in Indy: Anthony (Courant), Brice (Bulletin), Erickson (J-I), and Griffen (Day).

All of the papers had both preview stories on game day and game reports on the day after. Which, in the every-other-day playoff format, means bylined content every day. Everything in the Sacramento Bee appeared on the sports section's front page.

Note that some of these markets that do the best are also markets that don't have an NFL or MLB team.

SportsCenter also did a decent job, especially before being swamped with weekend football action. Powell's three was #2 on top plays for Thursday.