The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
4:00pm ET
| • | NBC’s Got A Fast Car…And High Final Nielsens |
| • | Playing It Close To The Mitt On Choice For IOC President |
| • | Mountain High: Asheville NBDL Team Tabs White |
| • | It Costs More And More To Rock Out |
| • | Lycos’ Top Searched Athlete: Can Anyone Top Anna? |
| • | Buzzer Beaters |
SKY HIGH: FINAL NIELSEN RATINGS IN FOR NBC’S NASCAR DEBUT
NBC’s coverage of the Pepsi 400 from 8:00-11:15pm ET earned a 6.1/13 national Nielsen rating, making it network TV’s highest-rated program Saturday night. From 8:00-11:00pm ET Saturday, NBC earned a 4.4 rating in the male 18-49 demo, compared to CBS’ 1.6, ABC’s 2.2 and Fox’ 2.5 rating in the same demo. NBC Sports estimates that 25 million viewers watched all or part of the telecast (THE DAILY).
ROMNEY MUM ON HIS FAVORITE FOR IOC PRESIDENT
The DESERET NEWS reports SLOC President Mitt Romney "isn't saying who'd be the best IOC president," but "offered praise" Tuesday for Korean IOC VP Kim Un-Yong, "the only one of the five candidates disciplined in the Salt Lake bid scandal." Romney: "I think Mr. Kim brings many strengths to his candidacy that overshadow the skepticism and concerns about what may have happened" (DESERET NEWS, 7/10).
SOUTHERN MAN: NBDL TEAM NAMES PRESIDENT
Southern Conference Commissioner Alfred White, who also once worked for the NCAA, has been named president of the NBDL’s Asheville franchise (THE DAILY).
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE FOR CONCERTS HITS NEW HIGH
USA TODAY cites a report from concert trade publication Pollstar showing the average concert ticket price during the first six months of this year was $46.69, a 4.2% increase from the same period last year. The report also shows ticket sales were down 15.5% this year compared with the first six months of ’00 (USA TODAY, 7/10).
LYCOS MOST SEARCHED ATHLETE FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 7th
Wimbledon fever continues to dominate the top-ten list, as eight of the top athletes are tennis players.
| Rank | Athlete | Last Week |
| 1. | Anna Kournikova | 1 |
| 2. | Jennifer Capriati | 7 |
| 3. | Allen Iverson | 2 |
| 4. | Vicky Botwright | 3 |
| 5. | Jelena Dokic | – |
| 6. | Justine Henin | – |
| 7. | Martina Hingis | 4 |
| 8. | Barbara Schett | 5 |
| 9. | Venus Williams | 8 |
| 10. | Andy Roddick | 9 |
BUZZER BEATERS
The Multicultural Group has been named to head AquaClara/SerVenRich’s, global ad campaign. SerVenRich is the bottle water created by the Williams family (THE DAILY)…. Global Sports Inc. will develop and operate Olympia Sports’ e-commerce store (THE DAILY)….The Postal Service has decided to continue delivering mail six days a week. The agency had been considering eliminating Saturday deliveries, but after a preliminary study decided to drop the plan (AP/BOSTON GLOBE, 7/10)…. Pat McKernan, the longtime GM of the Triple A PCL Dukes, died today after complications with cancer at the age of 60 (AP/BOSTON GLOBE, 7/10)….The Privacy Foundation claims that 35% of U.S. workers with internet access "are constantly monitored by their employers" (Reuters, 7/10)…. Software company Stuctural Dynamics Reasearch Corp. has renewed and expanded its marketing alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing with a five-year contract (THE DAILY)…The International Touring Company has cancelled a promotional basketball tour featuring former NBAer Dennis Rodman. The Australia-wide $1M "Rodman’s Outlaws" tour was postponed due to "a lack of support from basketball bodies and clubs plus a weak Australian dollar" (B4BSport, 7/9)…John Irving’s latest novel, "The Fourth Hand," features a character named Doris Clausen, who works in ticket sales for the Packers (USA TODAY, 7/10).
THE DAILY STATS
.724 – The winning percentage of the Mariners. The fourth team with a winning percentage over .700 to host the All-Star game (Reds in 1970, Red Sox in 1946 and Yankees in 1936).
CHANNEL SURFING
TUESDAY
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig will be on "The Last Word."
Cubs RF Sammy Sosa and Rockies 1B Todd Helton will be on "Up Close."
Fox’ coverage of the MLB All-Star Game begins at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN Classic’s "SportsCentury" will profile Mickey Mantle.
A&E’s "Biography" will profile the WWF’s Steve Austin.
The topic of CNN’s "Greenfield At Large" will be, "Should the Olympics be used as Chinese checkers?"
WEDNESDAY
John McEnroe will guest host and NBA No. 1 overall draft pick Kwame Brown will be a guest on "Live With Regis and Kelly."
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| "The Late Show" | Julia Roberts |
| "The Late Late Show" | Samantha Mathis |
| "Late Night" | James Woods |
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