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Afternoon News & Headlines
Thursday, Febuary 19, 2004
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| • | FSN Today Announces That Max Kellerman Will Join Net Immediately |
| • | Lexus, Peter Jacobsen Today Announce Five-Year Partnership Agreement |
| • | Freddy Adu And DC United To Play MLS Exhibition Tonight In North Tampa |
| • | Schick Quattro To Be Primary Sponsor Of Toliver Racing’s NHRA Funny Car |
| • | MLS Galaxy F Carlos Ruiz To Be Cover Athlete For “World Tour Soccer 2005” |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
MAX KELLERMAN JUMPS TO FSN TO LEAD DAILY N.Y.-BASED SHOW
FSNtoday announced that Max Kellerman, former host of ESPN’s “Around TheHorn,” has joined the net, effective immediately. Kellerman will host a 30-minute daily show based out of N.Y. thatwill launch in mid-April. The show willbe the first FSN program to completely originate from N.Y. FSN execs describe the show as a mix between“The O’Reilly Factor” and “The Daily Show.” Kellerman will also contribute to FSN’s “Sunday Night Fights” and otherprogramming (FSN).
ESPN TODAY INKS CARRIAGE DEALS WITH COX & CHARTER
ESPN today announced long-term distribution agreements with both Charter and Cox Communications including the continued distribution of ESPN and ESPN2 on expanded basic cable. Cox will continue to carry ESPNews, ESPN Classic and ESPN HD and will launch ESPN Deports in markets where it offers a Spanish-language tier. Charter will continue to carry ESPN Classic, ESPNews, and will launch ESPN Broadband, ESPN Deportes and ESPN HD. Additional terms of the agreements were not disclosed (ESPN).
LEXUS, PETER JACOBSEN TODAY AGREE TO FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP
Lexusand PGA Tour player Peter Jacobsen today announced that they have signeda five-year partnership agreement, under which Jacobsen will wear the Lexusname and logo during tournaments and public appearances for the brand (Lexus).
SMI TODAY ANNOUNCES SERIES OF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
SMItoday announced that its BOD unanimously appointed VP, Treasurer & CFO WilliamBrooks to Exec VP & CFO, VP/Business Development Marcus Smith toExec VP/National Sales & Marketing and Controller James Scudder toChief Accounting Officer. Further,Texas Motor Speedway Exec VP & GM Eddie Gossage has been appointedTexas Motor Speedway President (SMI).
SELLOUT CROWD IN HAND FOR TONIGHT’S DC UNITED EXHIBITION
DCUnited will face the Wizards tonight during a 7:00pm ET MLS exhibition match atthe Univ. of South Florida in Tampa, and the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES notes thatthe match features Freddy Adu, who has “generated an unprecedented buzzin the American soccer community.” Tonight’s match, “which benefits the USF soccer program, sold out the3,860-seat venue and an additional few hundred seats have been added along thesidelines” (ST.PETERSBURG TIMES, 2/19).
BUZZER BEATERS
VikingsOwner Red McCombs today released a statement that read in part:“Contrary to published reports that I’m in discussions to sell the team, thereare no discussions with anyone regarding the sale of the Vikings. … Thesereports pop up from time to time and it’s unfortunate that they do” (Vikings).
SchickQuattro today announced that it will be the primary sponsor of Toliver Racing’sNHRA Funny Car, driven by Jerry Toliver. Schick will leverage its sponsorship with consumer-directcommunications, in-store sweepstakes and sampling at races. Schick Quattro is also the official razor ofthe NHRA (Schick Quattro).
SonyComputer Entertainment America and 989 Sports today announced that MLS Galaxy FCarlos Ruiz will be the cover athlete for the upcoming “World TourSoccer 2005.” The game is scheduled fora spring ’04 release (Sony Computer).
TheORLANDO BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that the Orlando office of CKPR, the publicrelations arm of Chicago-based Cramer-Krasselt, has “landed a contract with St.Johns County to promote the area as a tourist destination” as part of nextyear’s Super Bowl. CKPR “competedwith five other agencies for the $135,000 contract, funded by the county’stourist development tax” (BIZJOURNALS.com,2/19).
MicrosSystems today announced that it has been selected to supply an enterprisesystem to manage Citizens Bank Park’s food services, which will be managed by ajoint venture of the Phillies, Aramark and World Wide Concessions (MicrosSystems).
A LIGHTER BUZZ
TheAP reports that some Valencia soccer club supporters “plan to take legal actionagainst referee Pedro Tristante Oliva for awarding a last-minute penaltyagainst their team in a recent league match against Real Madrid. The fans are seeking one euro a person forcausing them distress. The refereeruled a Real Madrid striker was fouled in injury time last Sunday, withValencia leading 1-0 and about to rise above Madrid into top place in thestandings. Real Madrid scored andthwarted Valencia” (AP, 2/19).
TONIGHT’SEVENTS
TheS.F. chapter of the National Sports Marketing Network will host a paneldiscussion,
”Athlete Marketing In The Post-Kobe Bryant Era” at the Hyatt Regency S.F. from6:00-8:30pm PT. S.F. Business Timessports business writer Eric Young will moderate a panel that includes RaidersSenior Administrator Morris Bradshaw, BDA Sports Management President BillDuffy, McCann-Erickson, S.F., Exec Creative Dir Kevin Moehlenkampand EA Sports VP/Marketing & Brand Innovation Don Transeth.
TheT’Wolves will distribute KG4MVP T-shirts to the first 5,000 fans in attendancefor the team’s 6:30pm CT game against the Kings at Target Center to promote theteam’s campaign for F Kevin Garnett to win the MVP award (ST. PAULPIONEER PRESS, 2/19).
CHANNEL SURFING
ESPN2will air NCAA men’s basketball: GeorgiaTech-Maryland at 7:00pm ET.
TNTwill air Kings-T’Wolves at 7:30pm ETand 76ers-Sonics at 10:00pm.
ESPNwill air regional coverage of Bruins-Flyersor Sharks-Blackhawks at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN2will air Best of 2003 World Series ofPoker with “Best Bluffs” at10:00pm ET, “Amazing All-Ins” at10:30pm and “Memorable Moments” at11:00pm.
FSNwill air NCAA men’s basketball: Oregon-Arizonaat 10:30pm ET.
RaidersS Rod Woodson, Lakers G Gary Payton, Raptors G Jalen Rose and golfer Rich Beem are scheduled to appear onFSN’s “BDSSP.”
Yankees3B Alex Rodriguez will be on ESPN’s“Rome is Burning” at midnight ET.
E!’s“True Hollywood Story” will profile MissyElliot at 8:00pm ET.
HEADLINERS
Hereare tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| “The Tonight Show” | Dana Carvey |
| “The Late Late Show” | Tom Cavanaugh |
| “Late Night” | Kim Cattrall |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Bonnie Hunt |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
USATODAY’s Sylwester & Witosky write, “Average athletic budgets rose at a pacemore than doublethe increases in average university spending at Division I schools between1995 and 2001, according to an analysis by USA TODAY and The Des MoinesRegisterof the most recently available NCAA and U.S. Department ofEducation data. Spending on Division I intercollegiate athletics has increasedon average about 25%, while university spending has increased on average 10%,after inflation” (USA TODAY).
- Profile of SI writer E.M. Swift, who covered the ’80 U.S. Olympic hockey team.
- A look at the financial demise of The Football Network.
- Finishing schools assist prospects in preparation for NFL Draft.
- Profile of 105-year-old Maple Leafs fan Bessie Lamson.
SeeThe Daily Insider’s Articles OfInterest for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
SportsBusiness:According to Forbes’ estimates, which NBA team has increased its franchisevaluation the most over the past two years?
IN OTHERNEWS…
TheDENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that AEG Chair Phil Anschutz is buyingthe S.F. Examiner, S.F. Independent and San Mateo Independent, all of whichwill be run by the newly formed SF Newspaper Co. The company “will offer Bay area advertisers a combined buy to compete”with the S.F. Chronicle. One attraction“for Anschutz in buying the Examiner was the paper’s ownership of the ‘Bay toBreakers’ running event,” in which he has competed since the mid-‘80s (BIZJOURNALS.com,2/19).
THE DAILY STAT: BILLBOARD CHARTS
Thefollowing lists Billboard Magazine’s top-selling CDs for the week endingFebruary 15 (BILLBOARD.com, 2/19):
| RK | ALBUM | ARTIST | LABEL |
| 1) | Feels Like Home | Norah Jones | Blue Note |
| 2) | The College Dropout | Kanye West | Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam |
| 3) | When The Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney | BNA |
| 4) | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Outkast | Arista |
| 5) | Closer | Josh Groban | 143/Reprise |
| 6) | Only You | Harry Connick Jr. | Columbia |
| 7) | Fallen | Evanescence | Wind-up |
| 8) | Kamikaze | Twista | Atlantic |
| 9) | A Crow Left Of Murder… | Incubus | Immortal/Epic |
| 10) | 2004 Grammy Nominees | Various Artists | Grammy |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
The Mavericks have increased their value60.2% from $211M in ‘02 to $338M this year.
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