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It's been a bit quiet on this blog of late - for which, apologies. It's a word I'll be coming back to.
But it's been a pretty successful time on screen, on our radio services and here online. The Six Nations got off to a thrilling start and audiences have watched in greater numbers than last season - which was itself a record-breaker.
My colleague Carl Hicks will be posting in more detail about the Six Nations, so I'll move on to other sports.
Middlesbrough v Bristol City on Five Live and Bolton v Arsenal on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One saw off the fourth round of the FA Cup in fine style, and we're this weekend.
However, there's always some criticism as well as support for what we do. Absolutely no more than normal, I'd say, but I thought I'd run through the areas where people have been getting in touch with their views.
First, scheduling - and an issue from the day down under.
The television highlights of the second day of the final had been scheduled at 11.50pm - because at the time the billings were sent out there was a distinct possibility this would feature Australia v New Zealand.
When England made the final and the Sunday match became the one in which they won their first trophy overseas for 10 years, we had a problem.
On the one hand, it felt too good to show post-midnight. On the other hand, dedicated cricket fans all had listings magazines showing an 11.50pm start for the highlights programme.
After a fair bit of discussion involving our colleagues on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, we decided to bring the time forward and link to the cricket directly from Match Of The Day 2 as a way of pleasing as many sports fans as possible.
We announced the new time in our live rugby union that afternoon, in our sports desks on TV and radio and in the main TV bulletins.
Despite that, some people weren't aware of the change - and they weren't best pleased.
So we're sorry if you were caught out by the shift, but the headline ratings suggest we did the right thing for the majority: the audience figures were more than double what they'd have been in the original time, and they were the highest for any day of the England tour.
Getting on for 14m people saw some of this winter's cricket on the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
Another scheduling issue: some news viewers were put out by the on Wednesday and pushing the Ten O'Clock News back to 10.45pm.
It remains one of the fascinating things about the ´óÏó´«Ã½ that we're assailed by some people for not having enough sport but by slightly larger numbers for having too much.
Anyway, we were delighted to have had such an exciting cup tie - and again the headline numbers suggest we were delivering what most viewers wanted.
The peak audience came in that 10pm-10.45 slot with 7.4m people there to see the Gunners win - significantly higher than the slot average.
But we should have pointed out earlier that there was news available as an alternative on ´óÏó´«Ã½ News 24 at 10pm, and we'll do that in future.
Then there were half-a-dozen complaints to our phone log about the coverage from Bolton - all saying that the main cameras were too high.
I should say I was at the on Wednesday night and it's a great stadium - but it's true that the camera gantry is both high and at a rather steep angle to the pitch. This is something that affects Sky and other broadcasters as well as us, and it's a similar placing to the host broadcasters' cameras for the World Cup which was also controversial.
I hope it didn't affect your enjoyment of the game, but full marks to both Bolton and Arsenal for providing terrific entertainment. I can also recommend the Wanderers' lamb curry.
So apologies - that word again - if you were one of the people who called or emailed.
Thanks if you were one of the millions who tuned in or came to the website for our coverage recently - and I'll continue to post here regularly so we can continue the debate.
