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Afternoon News & Headlines
Monday, October 6, 2003
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| • | Fox Sports Adds Al Leiter, Bret Boone As Game Analysts For LCS Coverage |
| • | Red Sox-A’s Game Five On Fox To Go Head-To-Head With “MNF” Tonight |
| • | Launch Of L.A.-Based Paragon Sports Entertainment Announced Today |
| • | Lakers G Gary Payton, Nets G Jason Kidd Latest Additions To Team Jordan |
| • | ESPN Classic To Begin Fifth Anniversary Season Of “SportsCentury” Tonight |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
LEITER AND BOONE TO SERVE AS ANALYSTS FOR FOX’ LCS COVERAGE
FoxSports today announced that it has added Mets P Al Leiter and Mariners2B Bret Boone as game analysts for the NLCS and ALCS, respectively. Leiter will join Thom Brennaman and SteveLyons for the NLCS, while Boone will join Joe Buck and TimMcCarver for the ALCS (Fox Sports).
MLB.comtoday announced that a live streaming video pregame show will air prior toevery postseason game throughout the World Series. Guest analysts will include NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen,D’Backs 3B Matt Williams, former MLB managers Davey Johnson, TommyLasorda and Bob Boone, as well as “Wheel of Fortune” host PatSajak (MLB.com).
NIELSEN RATINGS TREND FOR MLB PLAYOFF GAMES VERSUS “MNF”
TheALDS concludes tonight with Red Sox-A’s Game Five at 8:00pm ET on Fox, whichwill air opposite Colts-Bucs “MNF” on ABC, beginning at 9:00pm ET. The following presents a five-year Nielsenratings trend for MLB playoff games versus “MNF” games, when both aired on thesame night:
| Date | Game | Nielsen Overnight Rating |
| 10/7/02 | Giants-Braves NLDS Game Five | 7.7/11 (preliminary) |
| | Packers-Bears | 12.1/18 (preliminary) |
| 10/22/01 | Mariners-Yankees ALCS Game Five | 9.7/14 |
| | Eagles-Giants | 10.8/17 |
| 10/15/01 | A’s-Yankees ALDS Game Five | 10.7/16 |
| | Redskins-Cowboys | 10.1/16 |
| 10/16/00 | Cardinals-Mets NLCS Game Five | 7.9/12 |
| | Jaguars-Titans | 10.8/17 |
| 10/18/99 | Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Game Five | 11.3/18 |
| | Cowboys-Giants | 12.3/19 |
| 10/11/99 | Red Sox-Indians ALDS Game Five | 10.9/17 |
| | Jaguars-Jets | 10.6/17 |
| 10/12/98 | Padres-Braves NLCS Game Five | 11.2/17 |
| | Dolphins-Jaguars | 13.1/20 |
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L.A.-BASED PARAGON SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES TODAY
FormerGaylord Cable Networks President Cindy Wilson today announced theformation of L.A.-based Paragon Sports Entertainment, which will providebranded entertainment opportunities through televised events, as well asdevelop sports-related TV series and specials. The group is initially focusing on new PGA Tour events, including an ’05Champions Tour event. Wilson will leadParagon as its President. The rest ofthe management team is as follows:
| Paragon Sports Entertainment Management Team |
| Bob Wilson | VP & GM |
| Garth Casper | Senior VP/Sales – Western Region |
| Paul Slagle | Senior VP/Sales – Eastern Region |
| Jennifer Biehn | VP/Marketing |
| Mitchell Freund | VP/Development |
| David Sherman | Business Affairs |
BUZZER BEATERS
Nike’sJordan brand today announced the addition of Lakers G Gary Payton andNets G Jason Kidd to Team Jordan. Both players were already Nike endorsers (Jordan).
TennisMagazine today announced that Pete Sampras has become an investor,partner and special consultant to Tennis Magazine and Tennis.com. Sampras will be involved in corporate andmarketing efforts, as well as contribute articles and instruction pieces to thepublications (Tennis Magazine).
ESPN2’s“NFL Films Presents” at 7:00pm ET will include a segment with NFL Senior Dir ofOfficiating Mike Pereira, and the HOUSTON CHRONICLE notes that when theNFL Network debuts November 4, Pereira will “will appear each Monday to discussthe previous day’s controversial plays and explain if officials made the rightor wrong calls.” NFL Films President SteveSabol: “Mike Pereira will be the Brad Pitt of the NFL Network” (HOUSTONCHRONICLE, 10/6).
FilaCEO Jon Epstein today named Chris Brewer as VP/PerformanceFootwear. Brewer formerly was MizunoUSA Dir of Footwear Marketing (Fila).
TheAP reports that Steffi Graf gave birth to her second child with AndreAgassi on Friday in Las Vegas. Thebaby, Jaz Elle, and Graf are doing fine (AP,10/6).
HorizonProductions today announced that The American Foundation for AIDS Research willbe the charity partner for the inaugural Lingerie Bowl. Horizon will contribute $40,000 to theorganization (Horizon).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
CBS’“The Late Late Show” host Craig Kilborn will scrimmage with the T’Wolvestoday and tomorrow (THE DAILY).
CHANNEL SURFING
ESPNwill air “Monday Night Countdown” at 7:30pm ET.
ESPN2will air “The Sports Reporters Primetime” at 7:30pm ET.
ESPN2will air the ’03 World Gymnastics Championships: Women’s Final Events at8:00pm ET.
ESPNClassic begins the fifth season of “SportsCentury” with the first of a two-partseries profiling the Yankees at 8:00pm ET. The Yankees profile is the first of 38 new topics that willdebut this season.
Foxwill air Red Sox-A’s ALDS Game Five at 8:00pm ET.
ABCwill air Colts-Bucs at 9:00pm ET.
“MLBon Fox” play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and Cedric The Entertainerare scheduled to appear on FSN’s “BDSSP.”
SunshineNetwork will premiere “Sportstalk Live!” at 7:00pm ET. Hosted by Sunshine anchor Whit Watson,the roundtable discussion show will feature WFXJ-AM personality David Lamm,Univ. of Miami football radio announcer Joe Zagacki and Orlando Sentinelcolumnist Mike Bianchi.
49ersWR Terrell Owens is scheduled to appear on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
ESPN’s“Around The Horn” host Max Kellerman is scheduled to appear on NBC’s “LastCall with Carson Daly.”
A&E’s“Biography” will profile Charles Bronson at 8:00pm ET.
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headline guests on thefollowing talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Jessica Simpson |
| “The Tonight Show” | Katie Couric |
| “The Late Late Show” | Dennis Franz |
| “Late Night” | Carson Daly (r) |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Cedric The Entertainer |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
AuthorTim Wendel writes in USA TODAY’s “The Forum,” “The percentage of players fromoutside the U.S. continues to grow in professional baseball, football, soccerand basketball. What we’re witnessingis the beginningof the global sports age. Thistrend could create a harsh new reality for U.S.-born players – especially forthe African-American athletes who dominate some of those sports.” Wendel is the author of “The New Face ofBaseball: The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America’sFavorite Sport” (USA TODAY).
TheWASHINGTON POST’s William Gildea examined sports on TV, and wrote, “It is the‘packaging’ of sports as entertainment that at best is annoying. At worst, it detracts from the game itself.…The essenceof sports is its spontaneity. That’s why we watch. … Spontaneity cannot be ‘packaged.’ But TV keeps trying” (WASHINGTON POST).
SeeThe Daily Insider’s Articles ofInterest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Sports: Since the inception of thewild card, 36 MLB Division Series have been played. Including tonight’s Red Sox-A’s finale, how many reached adecisive Game Five?
IN OTHER NEWS…
ADWEEKreports that Yahoo’s first customized campaign breaks today in The NewYorker. The effort, by Yahoo’s Idea Group, “toutsproperties such as Yahoo! Personals and Yahoo! Search” (ADWEEK.com,10/6).
THE DAILY STAT: N.Y. TIMES BESTSELLING NONFICTION
Thefollowing presents best selling nonfiction books for the week ending October 5(NYTIMES.com, 10/6):
| THIS WEEK | HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
| 1) | WHO'S LOOKINBG OUT FOR YOU?, Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) |
| 2) | LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM), Al Franken (Dutton) |
| 3) | MADAM SECRETARY, Madeleine Albright (Miramax) |
| 4) | BUSHWHACKED, Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose (Random House) |
| 5) | THE GREAT UNRAVELING, Paul Krugman (Norton) |
| 6) | SHUT UP & SING, Laura Ingraham (Regnery) |
| 7) | REAGAN: A LIFE IN LETTERS, edited by Kiron Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (Free Press) |
| 8) | PERSECUTION, David Limbaugh (Regnery) |
| 9) | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) |
| 10) | LIVING HISTORY, Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster) |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
Eleven. (Eight in the American League and three inthe National League)
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