| | The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
4:00pm ET | |
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| • | Cross-Sport Deal Between Dale Jarrett And Arnold Palmer Announced Today |
| • | Sports Illustrated To Move SI.com Office From Atlanta To N.Y. In February |
| • | Cox Sports TV Today Reaches Carriage Deal With Charter Communications |
| • | U.S. Sailing Today Announces Two-Year Sponsorship With Dry Creek Vineyard |
| • | Motion To Seal Court Filings Related To Evidence In Kobe Bryant Case Rejected |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
DALE JARRETT TO RACE WITH ARNOLD PALMER PAINT SCHEME
UPS,Robert Yates Racing and Action Performance today announced details of across-sport collaboration between NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett and golfer ArnoldPalmer. For the March 14 GoldenCorral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jarrett will drive the No. 88 UPS/ArnoldPalmer: Tribute to a Legend Ford, which will feature a special paintscheme. Action Performance will producecommemorative die-cast replicas of the car (Action Performance).
SI.COM EDITORIAL OFFICE TO MOVE FROM ATLANTA TO N.Y. IN FEBRUARY
SportsIllustrated today announced that SI.com will move its editorial base ofoperations from CNN Center in Atlanta to the magazine’s HQs in N.Y., effectiveFebruary 6. SI.com, which will remainthe exclusive sports content provider for CNN, will be hosted and maintained byCNN Internet technologies. Alreadyheadquartered in N.Y., SI.com’s business operation will expand its sales forceand business development group (SI).
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS TO CARRY COX SPORTS TV
MULTICHANNELNEWS reports that Cox Sports TV today reached a carriage deal with CharterCommunications, under which Charter “will make CST available to 11 Louisianasystems serving nearly 150,000 basic customers.” CST airs Hornets games (MULTICHANNELNEWS, 12/9).
DRY CREEK VINEYARD TO BE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF U.S. SAILING
U.S.Sailing today announced a two-year sponsorship agreement with Dry CreekVineyard, naming the winery an official sponsor. The agreement provides Dry Creek with marketing rights as well asbenefits to select events. Dry Creekwill use the partnership to support its Regatta label, and donate a portion ofthe proceeds from the label’s sales to U.S. Sailing programs (U.S. Sailing).
BUZZER BEATERS
Pumatoday announced a partnership with London-based Vexed Generation Clothing to introducetwo new apparel lines for the ’04 Autumn Collection: Martial Arts and UrbanMobility (Puma).
TheAP reports that Colorado District Judge Terry Ruckriegle today “rejecteda motion by the prosecution to seal any court filing related to evidence” inthe Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. Instead, Ruckriegle ruled that attorneys can “file motions with ‘limitedfactual allegations’ about Bryant and his accuser that he might later ruleinadmissible at trial” (AP, 12/9).
ESPNtoday announced that “SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn will host theshow’s first live coverage of the X Games from a special set at Aspen/Snowmass,Colorado, on January 26-27. Cohn willintroduce the final competition of two events during the 11:00pm ET edition of“SportsCenter” on each night (ESPN).
TheSports Network today announced that it will provide its full scope of contentto Reuters for use in all Reuters products (The Sports Network).
TheSabres today re-launched their official Website, including a multimedia section developed by club sponsor Choice OneCommunications (BIZJOURNALS.com,12/9).
ESPNVideogames today announced an alliance with NTN Communications to introducesimulated game-play graphics into NTN’s QB1 predict-the-play football game onthe out-of-home NTN interactive Television Network (ESPN Videogames).
TheLondon INDEPENDENT reports that a Greek anti-terrorism court yesterday“convicted 15 members of the November 17 guerrilla group, including its chiefassassin and mastermind.” The Greekgovernment, “under pressure to prove its security credentials before the Olympics,greeted the convictions with relief” (LondonINDEPENDENT, 12/9).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
TheJets, in conjunction with the N.Y. Mercantile Exchange Charitable Foundation,will open a Jets Academy at the East Village Community School in Manhattan at5:00pm ET. Jets Owner Woody Johnsonand President Jay Cross will participate in the event (Jets).
CHANNEL SURFING
ESPNwill air The Jimmy V Classic:Illinois-Providence at 7:00pm ET, followed by Arizona-Texas at 9:00pm.
ESPNClassic’s “SportsCentury” will profile Joe Louis at 8:00pm ET.
BuccaneersWR Keenan McCardell, rapper Method Man and former NBAer MarkJackson are scheduled to appear on FSN’s “BDSSP.”
Bob Costas will be on Fox NewsChannel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” at 8:00pm ET.
The Golf Channel will air the final episode of “The Big Break” at 8:00pm ET. The winner will receive four Canadian Tour exemptions in ’04.
Bravowill air “Celebrity Poker Showdown”at 9:00pm ET, featuring the cast of NBC’s "The WestWing."
NBATV will air Knicks-Lakers at 10:30pmET.
Michael Irvin will be on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
ESPN’s“OTL Nightly” will examine the fiscal shift in MLB as teams attempt tounload big-dollar contracts at 12:30am ET.
A&E will air “BiographyCountdown: Top 10 to Watch” at 8:00pm ET.
E! will air “101 BiggestCelebrity Oops!” (60-41) at 10:00pm ET.
HEADLINERS
Hereare tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Danny DeVito |
| “The Tonight Show” | Jimmy Carter |
| “The Late Late Show” | Peter Boyle |
| “Late Night” | Brian Williams |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Michael Irvin |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
TheDENVER POST’s Kevin Simpson writes of Professional Bull Riders, “In a marketingsense, the PBR has followed squarely in NASCAR’s footsteps. It aims for a remarkably similardemographic, tries to piggybackits broadcasts on the televised auto races and understands the axiom thatmany fans - of either sport - show up in the hope of witnessing a spectacularcrash” (DENVER POST).
ThePortland OREGONIAN’s Manning & Hunsberger write of the Trail Blazers, “The11 worst-attended games in the Rose Garden’s nine-year history all have comeamong the 12 home games so far this season. Attendance is down 15[%] through Friday, by far the worst in the NBA anda stunningdecline for a franchise with Portland’s history of loyal fan support. …Oregon’s economy remains slow and its unemployment high. Large corporations, which typically furnisha critical fan base for the NBA, have left Portland. And the team has played more early season home games than usual,perhaps exceeding fan demand” (Portland OREGONIAN).
TheINDIANAPOLIS STAR’s Curt Cavin writes of CART’s financial woes, “In all, CARTcommitted $33[M] to its first-year team assistance program and gave eachentrant $42,500 per race to field cars. Add in the traditionalpurse payouts and total race distribution is at $49.7[M], an increase of215[%]. That has been the primary drainon the cash reserve” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR).
SeeThe Daily Insider’s Articles ofInterest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Sports& Entertainment: “Saved by the Bell” was known as “Good Morning Miss Bliss” during itsfirst season. Max Battimostarred as Mikey Gonzalez, best friend of Zach and Screech. Battimo is now a professional hockeyreferee. For which league does Battimowork?
- AHL
- CHL
- ECHL
- WHA2
IN OTHER NEWS……
REUTERSreports that the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday “approvedlegislation that would tighten the national television ownership limit,preventing two networks from acquiring more local stations. The new permanent cap would preventtelevision networks from owning local stations that collectively reach morethan 39% of the national audience.” Both News Corp.’s Fox and Viacom’s CBS are at that limit. The Senate “must also vote for thecompromise” (REUTERS,12/9).
THE DAILY STAT: TOP SPORTS SITES FORWEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 23
Thefollowing are the top five sports Web sites ranked according to home uniqueaudience for the week ending November 23, according toNielsen//NetRatings. Unique Audience = the number of persons in thousandsaccessing the site or network, with each counted only once. Average timespent = the average amount of time a visitor has spent at that property for theweek. This data is based on 37,000 home users with Internet access (Nielsen//NetRatings). Note: Traffic to the SportsLine.com brand does not include traffic to itsnetwork of sites, such as the NFL Network and PGA Tour.
| RK | BRAND OR CHANNEL | UNIQUE AUD. | AVG. TIME SPENT (HH:MM:SS) |
| 1) | ESPN | 4,637 | 0:19:17 |
| 2) | NFL Internet Network | 3,085 | 0:19:29 |
| 3) | Yahoo! Sports | 3,075 | 0:19:48 |
| 4) | eBay Sports | 2,450 | 0:11:28 |
| 5) | Sportsline.com | 2,155 | 0:29:53 |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
Battimo, who was written off the show, is currentlyan ECHL referee.
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