Moving up and down the dial while wondering if the Nielsen Audio ratings for the two Boston sports radio stations will ever be competitive again …

▪ After seeing NESN’s revamped Red Sox graphics in practical use rather than in an assortment of still photos, I have a few amendments to the column I wrote a couple of weeks back praising the new look.

I still like how it looks — the graphics are crisp, with a slight retro look, which always works for this incurable nostalgist. But, given the size of the scorebug — with an ad attached, it takes up approximately a quarter of my screen horizontally, and one-sixth of it vertically — the pitcher and batter names should be larger. I’d also like to see the identification and velocity of each pitch to stay on the screen for longer than three-ish seconds.

▪ Some suspension of common sense is required to believe that the photos published by the New York Post of Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and The Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini enjoying each other’s company at an Arizona resort captured an innocent interaction. That’s fair to say, yes? Both are married to other people, and both offered “it’s not what it looks like” denials. But after initially supporting Russini publicly, The Athletic — which his owned by The New York Times — has paused her NFL podcast and said she will not be doing any reporting for the site while “her coverage is being reviewed.”

The backlash has hit Russini harder than Vrabel. That’s unfair in one way — a portion of the criticism aimed at her is guaranteed to be the usual misogyny from pathetic male social-media cesspool dwellers. But criticism of Russini for cavorting with a potential source is valid. The image of Russini holding hands and interlocking fingers with Vrabel is hurtful to the female reporters that do their jobs with the utmost journalistic integrity and still have to deal with baseless accusations regarding how they get their information.

One last thought about this, at least until there’s more legitimate reporting: There have been multiple reports that the photos were shopped around, including to TMZ, before they ended up in the Post’s “Page 6” gossip column. It’s fitting that they ended up there. The Post features a spectacular sports section, which is used by its ownership and management to varying degrees of effectiveness to mask the absolute trash that populates the rest of the newspaper.

Veteran ESPN announcer Mark Jones (right, with Doris Burke) is signing off from the network after Sunday’s Celtics vs. Magic contest.Michael Ainsworth/Associated Press

▪ Sunday’s night’s Celtics-Magic game on ESPN will be Mark Jones’s final broadcast for the network. Jones confirmed Friday that he is leaving ESPN on his own volition after 36 years at the network. Jones, 64, had been a prominent play-by-play voice on ESPN’s NBA and college football coverage for years. During the 2022 NBA Finals between the Celtics and Warriors, Jones called the first two games after No. 1 play-by-play voice Mike Breen tested positive for COVID-19. He also called the Celtics’ Game 7 victory over the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.

▪ I know some men’s college basketball fans get frustrated when CBS, TBS, TNT, and the other channels affiliated with the NCAA Tournament use NBA analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on the studio program. I don’t mind though, even though they are quasi-informed at best about the teams and players when March Madness begins. As a casual college basketball viewer, I don’t mind learning along with them, and Clark Kellogg is there to set them straight. Bruce Pearl is the one that needs to go from their coverage.

▪ After watching Netflix open the baseball season — and its portion of the new MLB rights deal — with all the nuance of a fastball to the ribcage, I appreciated that Amazon Prime video barely did any self-promotion at all Thursday when kicking off its coverage of The Masters. I’d suggest that was because The Masters has strict protocols on its broadcasts that do not permit bluster, but ESPN’s coverage — with wrestler Mike “The Miz” Mizanin joining the set the same day — actually did go over the top.

▪ Best wishes to Patrick “Seton” O’Connor, a senior producer for “The Dan Patrick Show” who wrapped up his on-air role Friday. Patrick’s show has always been my palate cleanser after listening to too much Boston sports radio, and the good-natured O’Connor was an important part of that. He might be the most reasonable Patriots fan I’ve ever heard anywhere.

▪ A series of three texts from my college-aged daughter Thursday night, when the Celtics-Knicks game was on Prime: “Why can’t I watch the Celtics?” … NVM [nevermind], I have to watch on Prime” … “Stupid.” I think that pretty much encapsulates the entire experience of trying to find your team’s game when its on a streamer rather than where you usually find it.

Chad Finn can be reached at chad.finn@globe.com.