What role will sports play in the next few months, or years? Will news and media consumers have enough bandwith for it all? The NFL saw a dip in ratings during the election season, though the numbers climbed up once Nov. 8 passed by. But what's going on in WASHINGTON now far surpasses the intrigue and sensationalism of the final months of a long campaign. If the election cannibalized NFL TV viewership, what does that mean for MLB and the NBA playoffs, and maybe even the NFL again in the fall? We must all make choices on how spend our free time -- do we watch LEBRON or CNN? Do we read the NEW YORK TIMES or SI? Media fatigue is real. People will still watch sports and in droves, but when even marginal ratings declines is headline news, every ratings tick matters... BETH MOWINS will be a fresh and valued voice in an NFL booth. It's not just because she will be the second woman ever to call a game. It's because broadcast booths are generally stale. They are white noise, and new voices are a way to break through and be heard in the living room. Most announcers are interchangeable and NFL games, especially, have a blandness to them. Mowins will provide a new point of view and a new way of looking at the game. Change is good... A synopsis of ROBERT MUELLER's last big case: looking into the NFL's RAY RICE investigation... Can anyone afford the MIAMI MARLINS?... There is nothing surprising about learning TOM BRADY suffered a concussion last season. Or that he has them however frequently his wife meant to say he does before she cut herself off. Our knowledge of brain injuries in the NFL remains surface level despite the spotlight they've been under. Playing through the damage remains paramount. When BEN ROETHLISBERGER takes himself out as a precaution, that is an exception, not the rule. Brady never made an injury report last year, or ever, for a concussion. I'd believe his wife, not the PATRIOTS, on this... The WNBA's TWITTER debut was a hit. The league drew 1.1 million unique viewers Sunday -- a third of the average NFL audience for Thursday night games last year. That's a lofty number for a league that has had viewership issues... 76ERS fans continue to pray at the alter of SAM HINKIE.