The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Friday, August 10, 2001
4:00pm ET
| • | Good Over Evil? Wildlife Wins Court Battle Over Wrestling |
| • | The Sport Of Queens: New Women’s League To Debut |
| • | The MAAC Is Back On MSG With 3-Year Extension |
| • | Merger Means Job Cuts At Quaker Oats |
| • | Speedvision & Outdoor Life Network Deal Details |
| • | A Lighter Buzz |
WWF NAME BATTLE GOES TO CONSERVATIONISTS
The AP reports that "in the great WWF name battle, the panda body-slammed The Rock." Justice Robin Jacob ruled Friday that the World Wrestling Federation "breached a 1994 agreement" between the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wildlife Fund "that limited its use of the initials." The decision will restrict the wrestling group's ability to promote itself and will force it "to abandon" its Web address, wwf.com. World Wildlife Fund spokesman Anita Neville, on the decision: "Our name and reputation is upheld. …The initials are vital to our organization" (AP/BOSTON GLOBE, 8/10).
NEW WOMEN’S POLO LEAGUE TO DEBUT IN NOVEMBER
The U.S. Women’s Polo Federation (USWPF) announced today the formation of a 12-team professional women’s league to debut in November. The USWPF will place teams in Atlanta, Charlottesville, Chicago, Dallas, L.A., Lexington, Long Island, Palm Beach, San Diego, Scottsdale, Seattle and Washington DC. The USWPF plans to market the league with the tagline: "A Princess at Every Event…A Warrior on the Field" (THE DAILY).
MSG RENEWS MAAC TV BROADCAST RIGHTS
MSG Networks and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) have agreed to a three-year broadcast rights renewal, with MSG televising 22 league contests, including men’s and women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey. MSG will air the Pepsi MAAC Basketball Game of the Week through the ’03-04 season, as well as six men’s games and three women’s games during the MAAC Basketball Tournaments. The network will also televise the MAAC Hockey Championship games through ‘04 (THE DAILY).
QUAKER OATS TO CUT HEADQUARTERS JOBS
REUTERS reports that with the purchase by PepsiCo Inc., Quaker Oats "plans to eliminate about 60 headquarters jobs." The cuts "range from positions in investors relations to finance and accounting" (REUTERS/JUST-DRINKS.com, 8/10). At presstime, PepsiCo shares were trading at $45.79, up $0.46 (THE DAILY).
MORE DETAILS ANNOUNCED ON FOX’S SPEEDVISION & OLN DEALS
TVinsite.com reports that "almost three months after the deal was announced, Cox Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. revealed further details" of their sales of Speedvision and Outdoor Life Network to Fox Cable Networks Group. In an SEC filing, Cox "said it received $439.7 million in cash for its 30 percent stake in Speedvision/OLN." Also in an SEC filing, Comcast loaned "$400 million as part of its acquisition of the remaining interest of OLN" to Fox Entertainment Group (TVinsite, 8/10).
BUZZER BEATERS
Reds Owner Carl Lindner is scheduled to leave the hospital this weekend after treatment for colitis (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 8/10)….Saturday’s Comets-Sparks game is sold out, with $110 courtside tickets "being sold for as much as $165" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 8/10)….With their move from the IHL to the AHL, Barons tickets will be slightly higher this year. After ranging from $8-23 in ’00-01, tickets will be from $9-25 this year (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 8/10)….Boxer Oscar De La Hoya’s handlers have withdrawn a multimillion-dollar offer to fight Fernando Vargas because "Vargas made too many demands as the fighters closed in on a deal." De La Hoya will look to fight Russian Roman Karmazin instead (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 8/10).
The NCAA will appoint a task force to focus on issues of "academic and fiscal integrity" in college athletics (AP/WASHINGTON POST, 8/10)….The World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame is honoring the Nuggets and the Avalanche as the recipients of the 2001 Pro Team Community Award (THE DAILY)….The U.S. Figure Skating Association will visit Portland on Tuesday to review the city’s proposal to host the ’05 National Championships (THE DAILY)….The ’02 U.S. Senior Open Championships announced that former President Bush will serve as Honorary Chair for the 23rd U.S. Senior Open (THE DAILY)….The official theme song of the ’08 Beijing Olympic Games will be "So Much Love, So Far Away," a song produced by Emilio Estefan and co-produced by Jon Secada and Sebastian Krys (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 8/9)….Turkey wants to build a F-1 circuit in Istanbul within three years (BBC, 8/9).
THE DAILY STATS
Lycos’ most-searched athletes for the week ending 08-04-01.
| Rank | Name | Last Week |
| 1 | Anna Kournikova | 1 |
| 2 | Lance Armstrong | 3 |
| 3 | Allen Iverson | 2 |
| 4 | Martina Hingis | - |
| 5 | Korey Stringer | - |
| 6 | Kobe Bryant | 6 |
| 7 | Ian Thorpe | 8 |
| 8 | Tiger Woods | 5 |
| 9 | Vince Carter | - |
| 10 | Tony Hawk | 9 |
Check out how other topics are doing at http://50.lycos.com/
CHANNEL SURFING
FRIDAY
ESPN2 began airing second round coverage of the LPGA Wendy's Championship for Children at 3:00pm ET.
FSN will air live second round coverage of the PGA Tour Buick Open at 4:00pm ET.
Jose Canseco will be on "Up Close."
Isiah Thomas, Jeanie Buss and Merton Hanks will be on "The Last Word."
TNN will air the af2’s "Arena Cup" at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN will air the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Federated Auto Parts 200 at 8:00pm ET.
SATURDAY
"Fox Saturday Baseball" will feature regional coverage of Red Sox-Orioles or Cardinals-Mets at 1:00pm ET and Diamondbacks-Braves or Dodgers-Phillies at 4:00pm ET.
TNT will air WUSA Power-Freedom at Noon ET.
ESPN will air the ATP Tour’s Masters Series Cincinnati semifinals at 1:00pm ET.
ABC will air the AFL Sabrecats-Kats semifinal at 1:30pm ET.
ESPN2 will air third round coverage of the LPGA Wendy's Championship for Children at 2:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air day one of the USGA Walker Cup at 10:30am ET and ESPN will resume coverage at 3:00pm ET.
CBS will air third round coverage of the PGA Tour Buick Open at 4:00pm ET.
ABC will air the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at 4:00pm ET.
NBC will air WNBA Comets-Sparks at 4:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air the Little League World Series Southeast regional final 6:00pm ET. And the Great Lakes regional final at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN will air the Vikings-Saints preseason game at 8:00pm ET.
FX will air Indians-Rangers at 8:30pm ET.
SUNDAY
ESPN will air the CART Miller Lite 200 at Noon ET.
ESPN2 will air WNBA Rockers-Mystics at 1:00pm ET.
NBC will air the NASCAR Winston Cup Global Crossing The Glen at 1:00pm ET.
CBS will air the ATP Tour’s Masters Series Cincinnati championship match at 1:00pm ET.
ABC will air the IRL Kentucky Indy 300 at 1:30pm ET.
ESPN will air final round coverage of the LPGA Wendy's Championship for Children at 2:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air the AFL Firebirds-Rampage semifinal at 3:00pm ET.
CBS will air final round coverage of the PGA Tour Buick Open at 3:00pm ET.
ESPN will air day two of the USGA Walker Cup at 4:00pm ET.
ABC will air the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at 4:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air the Little League World Series Midwest regional final at 6:00pm ET and the Mid-South regional final at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN’s "Sunday Night Baseball" will feature White Sox-Mariners.
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