| | The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
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| • | Chargers Today Agree To Extend Negotiating Period With San Diego Until May |
| • | ESPN Today Reports Citgo Bassmaster Classic Average HHs Up 44% |
| • | Gridiron Classic Moving From Florida Citrus Bowl To Retirement Community |
| • | Falcons Today Announce Plans To Telecast Preseason Games In Spanish |
| • | “1st & Ten” Line To Be Utilized On All ESPN, ESPN2 Football Telecasts |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
CHARGERS TODAY AGREE TO EXTEND NEGOTIATING PERIOD
TheChargers today agreed with the city of San Diego’s request to extend theexisting negotiating period until May 1, 2004. Chargers Special Counsel Mark Fabiani said in a statement: “Fivehundred and three days ago the Chargers began our efforts to find a publiclyacceptable way to keep the Chargers and the Super Bowl a continuing part of theSan Diego community. We have been working hard to negotiate with the cityfor the past five months. As the Chargers agree to this extension, wehope that the City will work with us to deliver significant, visible progressto the people of San Diego in the very near future” (Chargers).
CITGO BASSMASTER CLASSIC AVERAGES 425,000 HHs ON ESPN, ESPN2
ESPNtoday reported that the three telecasts of the Citgo Bassmaster Classic thispast weekend on ESPN and ESPN2 averaged 425,000 HHs, a 44% increase over lastyear’s average of 296,000 HHs, also for three telecasts. The final day’s program, Sunday on ESPN,earned a 0.7/ (632,998 HHs) Nielsen cable rating, a 40% increase from lastyear’s 0.5/ (431,495 HHs), also on ESPN (ESPN).
GRIDIRON CLASSIC TO BEPLAYED IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN ‘04
TheAP reports that the Gridiron Classic college football all-star game will movefrom the 70,188-seat Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium to The Villages, a retirementcommunity 40 miles from Orlando. Bleachers will be “erected on the community’s two polo fieldsto accommodate 10,000-20,000 fans.” Attendance for the game, which pits players with FL roots against therest of the nation, “has dropped every year, bottoming out at 9,375 lastJanuary.” The Villages becomes thegame’s title sponsor, replacing Rotary Int’l, which will remain as a secondarysponsor (AP,8/6).
BUZZER BEATERS
SportingNews this week offers four regional covers previewing the college footballseason. Auburn RB Carnell Williams,Ohio St. QB Craig Krenzel and Michigan QB John Navarre, OklahomaDT Tommie Harris and USC WR Mike Williams are featured on thecovers.
SportsIllustrated this week offers its college football preview, featuring Krenzel onthe cover next to the magazine’s preseason top ten.
ESPNMagazine this week features Giants TE Jeremy Shockey on the cover, underthe header, “Live From New York! It’sJeremy Shockey!”
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TheFalcons today announced that all four of the team’s preseason games will betelecast in Spanish on Comcast Sports Southeast and the team’s dedicateddigital channel on the carrier, FalconsVision. Arley Londono and Willi Martinez will serve as theannouncers (Falcons).
ESPNtoday announced that the Sportvision-developed “1st & Ten” linewill be utilized during every NFL and NCAA football game on ESPN and ESPN2during the upcoming seasons, a total of more than 160 games (ESPN).
Golfapparel and accessories manufacturer Page & Tuttle today announced that it hasjoined the PGA Exchange, the official online wholesale buying Web sitefor PGA professionals (Page & Tuttle).
FLW Outdoors today announced that Land O’ Lakes has renewed itssponsorship of its tournament trails, including entitlement of the Angler ofthe Year award (FLW Outdoors).
Youthmarketing agency MASEV Communications Int’l today announced that the Blue Jayshave retained the agency to help develop the club’s youth marketing strategy (MASEV).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
TrailBlazers President Steve Patterson will make several announcements toseason-ticket holders, immediately followed by an 8:30pm PT press conference atthe Rose Garden to provide details to the media.
ThePatriots Cheerleaders will launch their ’04 calendar at Gillette Stadium. The unveiling will include a sneak peek atthe “Making Of” program, which is scheduled to air Monday at 7:30pm ET on FSNNew England.
CHANNELSURFING
Philliesmanager Larry Bowa will be on the “Hot Seat” during the 6:00pm ET“SportsCenter.”
ESPNwill air Rangers-Yankees at 7:00pm ET, with Ernie Harwell callingpart of the game as part of the net’s “Living Legends” series.
ESPN2will air early round coverage of the Tennis Masters Canada at 7:30pm ET.
ESPN2will air Reds-Dodgers at 10:00pm ET, with Al Michaels callingpart of the game as part of the net’s “Living Legends” series.
ESPNClassic’s “SportsCentury” will profile Kobe Bryant at 7:00pm ET and AndreAgassi at 8:00pm ET.
Reds1B Sean Casey and LF Adam Dunn, CBS college basketball analyst BillyPacker, actor/comedian Denis Leary, Court TV’s Vinnie Politanand Philadelphia Inquirer basketball writer Stephen A. Smith arescheduled to appear on FSN’s “BDSSP.”
Foxwill air the ‘03 “Teen Choice Awards” at 8:00pm ET, with Bryant,skateboarder Tony Hawk and surfer Kelly Slater scheduled toappear.
SIcolumnist Rick Reilly will be onCBS’ “Late Show” with David Letterman at 11:35pm ET.
A&E’s“Biography” will profile JonathanWinters at 8:00pm ET.
E!’s“True Hollywood Story” will profile theHilton Sisters at 8:00pm ET.
VH1will air the 100 Sexiest Artists,with Nos. 100-81 at 8:00pm ET and Nos. 80-61 at 9:00pm ET.
HEADLINERS
Hereare tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Samuel L. Jackson |
| “The Tonight Show” | Tara Reid |
| “The Late Late Show” | Candace Bushnell |
| “Late Night” | Colin Farrell |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Jeff Richards |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
ThePITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE’s Mark Madden writes, “When you own a sports franchise,your primary product is not a seat to sit in, nor a team to watch, nor aT-shirt to wear, nor a beer to drink, nor a bobblehead doll to take home. When you own a sports franchise, yourprimary product is hope. … If you can’t sell hope, you’ve mangled yourfranchise pretty badly. Which bring usto the Pirates” (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE).
TheNewark STAR-LEDGER’s Sid Dorfman writes, “The latest word on what baseball isdoing to correct itsdeplorable development program in the Dominican Republic: nothing. … Sogoes the existing reaction to the widening issue of how desperate kids in theDominican Republic and elsewhere in Latin America endure bad conditions andeven risk their lives with dangerous drugs for a chance to become professionalbaseball players in the United States” (Newark STAR-LEDGER).
SeeThe Daily Insider’s Articles ofInterest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Mindbenders: What can be driven, buthas no wheels, and can be sliced, yet still remain whole?
IN OTHERNEWS……
TheWALL STREET JOURNAL examines discrepancies between circulation numbers reportedby publishers of select magazines and the revised numbers released by the AuditBureau of Circulations, writing, “Whether or not the fudging is deliberate, themonthly information provided by publishers – which is widely used to judge amagazine’s success – is often inaccurate” (WALLSTREET JOURNAL, 8/6).
THE DAILY STAT: PRIMETIME NIELSEN RATINGS
Thefollowing lists the final Nielsen ratings for the top ten primetime shows forthe week of July 28-August 3. Alsoprovided are the weekly viewership averages for each net (USA TODAY, 8/6).
| RK | PROGRAM | NET | DAY | RAT/SHR | VIEWERS (IN MILLIONS) |
| 1) | CSI | CBS | Thu | 8.9/15 | 13.2 |
| 2) | Without a Trace | CBS | Thu | 8.0/14 | 12.0 |
| 3) | 60 Minutes | CBS | Sun | 7.8/16 | 11.1 |
| t4) | CSI: Miami | CBS | Mon | 7.2/12 | 10.5 |
| t4) | Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS | Mon | 7.0/12 | 10.5 |
| 6) | Law & Order | NBC | Wed | 7.6/14 | 10.2 |
| 7) | King of Queens | CBS | Mon | 6.6/11 | 10.0 |
| 8) | Law & Order: CI | NBC | Sun | 6.4/11 | 9.9 |
| 9) | Friends | NBC | Thu | 6.5/12 | 9.8 |
| t10) | Big Brother 4 | CBS | Wed | 6.4/11 | 9.6 |
| t10) | Who Wants to Marry My Dad? | NBC | Mon | 6.5/11 | 9.6 |
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| NET | VIEWERS |
| CBS | 8.0 |
| NBC | 7.2 |
| Fox | 5.7 |
| ABC | 5.7 |
| UPN | 2.8 |
| WB | 2.4 |
…TODAY’SANSWER
A golf ball.
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