ASSORTED STUFF ... LIKE TAPPEN'S BACK ... AZINGER IS GONE
You should always start with good news – if possible – so here goes … KATHRYN TAPPEN is returning to the NHL Network starting Wednesday (March 6) on the 4 p.m., “NHL Now.” … Tappen is to hockey on TV what REBECCA LOWE is to soccer … Tappen has been doing assorted things for Fox, including sideline reporter on college football … a monstrous waste of time for someone of her talent … for the past three years … Apparently she left covering “the sport I really love” lured by the promise of more money three years ago. So much for another example of “the grass is always greener ...” On the way out as NBC’s lead golf analyst, PAUL AZINGER recommended … CHARLES BARKLEY ... to replace him. Maybe the Peacock knew what it was doing, after all, not renewing Azinger’ contract apparently because he wanted too much money after five years on the job … About Barkley, former basketball star now NBA-on-TN...