| | The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Thursday, April 4, 2002
4:00pm ET | |
| • | Agreement Makes SportsLine Content Available To Sprint PCS Users |
| • | Tiger Woods Foundation's PGA Tour Event Targets New Title Sponsor |
| • | Sportvision To Debut Virtual Signage On ESPN Sunday Baseball |
| • | Book 'Em, Bobby: IN Stores Prepare For Knight's Sunday Book Signing |
| • | Seahawks Put A Lid On Week-Long Helmet Poll |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/In Other News/Daily Stat/Channel Surfing |
SPRINT DOWNLOADS WIRELESS DEAL WITH CBS SPORTSLINE
Sprint and CBS SportsLine.com have entered into an agreement that allows Sprint PCS customers to receive up-to-the-minute coverage of live sports events on their wireless products. CBS SportsLine.com is located in the "Sports" and "What's New?" categories on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web (THE DAILY).
TARGET REPLACES WILLIAMS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF TIGER'S EVENT
Target will become the title sponsor of the World Challenge presented by Williams, the Tiger Woods Foundation's PGA Tour event. Beginning in '02 and running through '06, Target takes over for former title sponsor Williams, which will move to presenting sponsor. The event will be held December 3-8 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, CA (THE DAILY).
SPORTVISION MAKES VIRTUAL LEAP OVER TO ESPN
Sportvision, Inc. will provide virtual billboards for ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcasts throughout the '02 MLB season. The virtual signage debuted last Sunday night, and includes ESPN and MLB promotional messages, as well as billboards for MLB sponsors such as Gatorade, Radio Shack and Century 21 (THE DAILY).
WORDS WILL NEVER HURT YOU: STORE BRACES FOR KNIGHT SIGNING
The INDIANAPOLIS STAR writes that there are "four clues" that TX Tech coach Bob Knight's local book-signing events this weekend in Bloomington, IN, "could be just like the author – colorful and controversial:"
- The store where Knight will appear "has already received numerous phone calls about whether customers can camp out overnight for the book signing" at 6:00pm CT Sunday (The answer: No camping allowed).
- The "first jokes about Knight throwing a chair have been tossed out" at the Indianapolis store where he will sign the book.
- The Bloomington bookstore staff "will wear referee shirts to greet Knight."
- Extra security "has been ordered because thousands of people are expected to wait in line."
Bloomington Barnes & Nobles assistant manager Melissa Little: "We're all a little frightened, quite frankly" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 4/4).
BUZZER BEATERS
Univ. of MD men's college basketball coach Gary Williams, who received a standing ovation during last night's Orioles game, "will throw out the first pitch before tomorrow's game against Boston" at Camden Yards (Baltimore SUN, 4/4).
In a weeklong contest that began last Wednesday and ended yesterday, a total of 64,513 fans voted in the Seahawks helmet poll, with 49,447 (76.6%) voting for the new Seahawks blue helmet. The traditional silver helmet received 15,066 votes (23.4%). Below is a breakdown of the voting (THE DAILY):
| Blue | Silver | Total |
| Online | 46,276 | 14,383 | 60,659 |
| Phone | 3,013 | 641 | 3,654 |
| Safeco Field | 158 | 42 | 200 |
| Total | 49,447 | 15,066 | 64,513 |
| (76.6%) | (23.4%) | |
During this weekend's Winston Cup Series Samsung/RadioShack 500 at at Texas Motor Speedway, MBV Motorsports' No. 10 Pontiac of Johnny Benson will sport a paint scheme commemorating MLB's Opening Day as part of a promotion with MLB and race sponsor RadioShack. Meanwhile, MB2 Motorsports' No. 36 Pontiac of Ken Schrader will display the Combos colors, and Sterling Marlin's No. 40 Chip Ganassi Racing Coors Dodge will feature country music group Brooks & Dunn (THE DAILY).
The 29th annual Michael Jordan Brand Capital Classic (JBCC), scheduled for Thursday, April 11 at 8:30pm ET, will be carried on FSN (THE DAILY).
TODAY'S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
The N.Y. TIMES' Richard Sandomir on questions raised by the Cablevision/YES stalemate.
The Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER's Martha Quillin on Mooresville, NC's new role as a racing "mecca."
USA TODAY's Christine Brennan on U.S. TV viewers who did not watch the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
ESPN.com's Darren Rovell on the Celebriduck promotional trend.
The MERCURY NEWS' Ann Killion on the MLS Earthquakes' bandwagon of fans.
The Nashville TENNESSEAN's Larry Woody on NASCAR wife Liz Allison's new book.
The ATLANTA CONSTITUTION's Maria Saporta on Atlanta's introduction to the AFL.
The PALM BEACH POST's Tom D'Angelo on offensive team nicknames.
See The Daily Insider's Articles Of Interest section for more sports business-related links.
TONIGHT'S EVENTS
2002 USA Basketball Team hopefuls Tari Phillips, Ruth Riley and Tamika Catchings will appear at the NBA Store in N.Y. at 5:30pm ET to discuss competing for a spot on the team. In addition, the trio will preview the upcoming '02 WNBA season, scheduled to tip-off on May 25. ESPN's Vera Jones will host the event (THE DAILY).
76ers Exec VP Dave Coskey, Community Relations Representative World B. Free and team mascot Hip-Hop will appear at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House for the team's "Read for Ronald" reception at 6:30pm ET (THE DAILY).
TNT's "Inside the NBA" will air live from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, SC, marking the first time the show will air from a non-basketball venue (THE DAILY).
IN OTHER NEWS….
PREMIERE magazine writes that AOL Time Warner's Richard Parsons and Robert Pittman "grab the gold from last year's No. 1 winner Viacom's Sumner Redstone (now at No. 2) on Premiere magazine's 2002 Power List of the 100 most influential people in Hollywood." For the full list, click here.
Philip Anschutz has "agreed to pay for a multimillion-dollar school and theater" that will be CO's first year-round professional stage "dedicated to live entertainment for children." The Walden Family Playhouse is set to open in '03 at the new Colorado Mills mall (AP, 4/4).
THE DAILY STAT: BILLBOARD CHARTS
The following lists Billboard Magazine's top-selling CDs for the week ending April 4 (BILLBOARD, 4/13):
| RK | | ALBUM | ARTIST | LABEL |
| 1) | | A New Day Has Come | Celine Dion | Epic |
| 2) | | Now 9 | Various | Universal/EMI/Zomba/Sony |
| 3) | | WWF: Forceable Entry | Various | Columbia |
| 4) | | The Best of Both Worlds | R. Kelly & Jay-Z | Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam |
| 5) | | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Soundtrack | Lost Highway/Mercury |
| 6) | | Ecstasy | Avant | Magic Johnson |
| 7) | | M!ssundaztood | Pink | Arista |
| 8) | | The Scorpion King | Soundtrack | Universal |
| 9) | | [Hybrid Theory] | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 10) | | Drive | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
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CHANNEL SURFING
Former NBAer Dennis Johnson will be profiled on ESPN Classic's "Vintage NBA" at 7:00pm ET.
ESPN will air "The Life" at 7:30pm ET.
ESPN2 will air NCAA Div. I Men's Ice Hockey tournament semifinals, Minnesota-Michigan, at 7:30pm ET.
TBS will air Phillies-Braves at 7:30pm ET.
ESPN will air the '02 McDonald's High School All-American Game at 8:00pm ET
TNT will air Clippers-Mavericks at 9:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air Red Wings-Kings at 10:30pm ET.
ESPN Classic's "SportsCentury" will profile Jimmy Piersall at 8:00pm ET.
Indians DH Ellis Burks and P C.C. Sabathia will be on ESPN's "Unscripted."
A's VP & GM Billy Beane and Cubs RF Sammy Sosa will be on FSN's "The Last Word."
TX Tech men's basketball coach Bob Knight and Giants RF Reggie Sanders will be on FSN's "Best Damn Sports Show Period."
A&E's "Biography" will profile actor Robert Wagner at 8:00pm ET.
E!'s "True Hollywood Story" will profile Jessica Hahn at 9:00pm ET.
Knight will be on NBC's "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno at 11:30pm ET.
CBS' Dick Enberg will be on "The Late Show" with David Letterman at 11:30pm ET
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight's headline guests on the following talk shows:
| "The Late Show" | Selma Blair |
| "The Tonight Show" | Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| "The Late Late Show" | Jennifer Tilly |
| "Late Night" | Tony Danza |
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