The Commonwealth Games, Six Nations and FA Cup have been keeping everyone at BBC Sport busy in recent weeks.
With so much top sport going on, my in-box has been full of comments and questions about our coverage.
So here's my latest round-up of responses, based on the most popular topics of debate you've been raising with me.
Regards,
Roger
Q: The Commonwealth Games coverage was very good, but why did you send so many people to Melbourne?
A: We've had a lot of compliments about the Games, but you can't produce this volume or quality of output without a significant number of people on site.
Australia provides its own challenges because of the timezones: we had to deliver programmes through the UK night and then through the Australian night.
We also now have all our interactive TV and broadband services, so the era of there being just one channel to serve is long gone.
That said, our staffing on big events isn't out of line with other major international broadcasters. For instance, at the Winter Olympics the BBC team was a fraction of the size of NBC's for the United States.
Q: I was disappointed there wasn't more coverage of minority sports like basketball and netball.
A: Even with a lot of television and radio time, we have to make tough choices about what sports to show.
Most of them do get a decent airing at least on the interactive channels, though we're sometimes restricted by what the host broadcaster can offer.
But I think we should celebrate the sports that did raise their profile through the Commonwealth Games: badminton, for instance, appears to have won new fans - and we had emails thanking us for covering sports like clay pigeon shooting, which isn't normally part of our repertoire.
We will, of course, cover Olympic sports in the run-up to the BBC's coverage of Beijing and London.
Q: Did the commentary on the Closing Ceremony have to be so grumpy - especially about the Indian contribution?
A: Opening and closing ceremonies of major events are increasingly strange, but personally I rather liked the Indian section in Melbourne.
We'll try to be more cheerful when we get the full works in Delhi 2010.
Q: Phil Jones was too aggressive in his interviewing - especially with English sprinters.
A: I thought Phil Jones was one of the successes of the Games for us, and I was interested to hear Michael Johnson - in a terrific piece of broadcasting - say that sportsmen and women should be held accountable by the media.
Clearly, we need to be sensitive to the emotions of the moment - but proper, fair questioning is one of our obligations.
Q: Do you regret showing three of the FA Cup quarter-finals on different nights?
A: No. This was a one-off caused by Sven's wish to have a four-week break before the World Cup - so it wasn't the dearest wish of either the FA or the broadcasters to have this scheduling.
But this is one of those things where there's a contrast between sports media world and the real world.
In the media world, everyone was suffused by gloom about it; whereas in the real world attendances were healthy and viewing figures were even better.
There were 35% more viewers than at this stage in last year's tournament - which is quite an achievement given that we'd all agree they weren't classic matches.
Q: Which semi-final will you be showing?
A: Liverpool v Chelsea.
Q: Why do your team not condemn the current trend in football for diving and/or surrounding the referee after controversial decisions?
A: I've seen and heard some healthy debate about this. One of the things I believe strongly is that sports journalism is an important part of what we do.
So it's absolutely right that our commentators and studio pundits should raise the issues freely - and they do.
Q: Is it true you've paid Maradona a large fee for an interview with Gary Lineker?
A: We don't disclose the fees we pay, but Maradona is taking part in a major BBC documentary ahead of the World Cup.
He gave us a significant amount of access for filming as well as an interview, and as a media figure these days as well as a very famous footballer it's unlikely he would have done this for nothing.
But the overall cost of the programme is in line with the standard for BBC1 documentaries.
By the way, I saw one of our commercial rivals saying they'd been offered an interview and had turned it down.
This rather misses the point that the interest in the programme is in Gary meeting Diego - and discussing their 1986 World Cup match, which is still one of the most talked-about events in our sporting history.
Q: I liked the factfiles you did during the Six Nations and the Commonwealth Games. Can you send me a tape or more information?
A: The best place to look is on our Sport Academy website - where we pull together a wide range of advice and coaching tips.
Q: Please replace the dreary national anthem with Land Of Hope and Glory, as played for English medals in Melbourne.
A: A bit beyond our powers, I'm afraid, and we don't want to end up in the Tower.
Meanwhile, the postbag is divided between fans of Scotland The Brave and those who prefer Flower Of Scotland.
If I'm allowed a vote as a non-Scot, I'd go with 'Flower' - though I have Scottish friends who complain it's a dirge.
Maybe the Welsh have all the best tunes?
MMIX
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