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Afternoon News & Headlines
Monday, July 19, 2004
4:00pm ET | |
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| • | Levy Restaurants Today Signs Worldwide Deal With AEG |
| • | Adidas Today Breaking Two Campaigns Under The “Impossible Is Nothing” Tag |
| • | Coyotes Getting New Offices As Part Of First Phase Of Arena Development |
| • | Goodenow & Bettman Will Meet Again On Labor Issues Wednesday |
| • | Panel Tonight To Discuss The Impact Of The L.A. Olympics 20 Years Later |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
LEVY TO HANDLE FOOD & BEVERAGE AT ALL AEG FACILITIES
Levy Restaurants, in partnership with Wolfgang Puck Catering & Events, today was awarded a multi-year contract for the food and beverage services at all of AEG’s sports and entertainment properties throughout the world. AEG, Levy and Wolfgang Puck will create a joint venture to oversee all aspects of this agreement. Levy has provided premium dining at AEG-owned Staples Center since it opened in '99 (Levy Restaurants).
ADIDAS TODAY LAUNCHES TWO NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
adidastoday launched a new global basketball campaign, via 180\TBWA, S.F., featuring T’Wolves F Kevin Garnett. The campaign promotes Garnett's first signature shoe, which is the first product launch under the "Impossible Is Nothing" brand identity for adidas. The campaign will be supported with TV, print, outdoor, POS, PR and online executions (adidas).
adidas today also announced the launch of part two of its global “Impossible Is Nothing” campaign, again via 180\TBWA. Three 30-second spots, entitled "Haile," "Nadia" and "Jesse" will target the ‘04 Athens Olympics. The three TV commercials focus on Nadia Comaneci, Haile Gebrselassie and Jesse Owens. The campaign will run in over 50 markets across the world starting mid-July (adidas).
NFL ANNOUNCES CONCERT TO KICK OFF '04 SEASON
The JACKSONVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that Jacksonville’s Metropolitan Park on Thursday, September 9, will host a free concert by a “nationally known performer,” with portions to be broadcast as part of the hour-long pre-game show prior to the Colts-Patriots NFL season opener on ABC. The show is part of the NFL’s “new idea of branding a season by hosting opening games at the home of the defending Super Bowl champions and airing features from cities hosting the next Super Bowl” (BIZJOURNALS.com, 7/19).
FIRST PHASE OF GLENDALE ARENA DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN SEPT. 29
The Ellman Companies today announced that construction on the first phase of the Westgate City Center project around Glendale Arena is expected to begin September 29, with the first tenants expected to open in October '05. The first phase will include 280,000 square feet of retail and entertainment and 220,000 square feet of loft office. The loft office complex will be anchored by the relocation of the offices of the Coyotes and NLL Sting, which will include 25,000 square feet for over 80 employees (Ellman Companies).
COUNTING DOWN TO TONIGHT’S DEBUT OF FSN’S “THE SPORTS LIST”
FSN tonight premieres “The Sports List,” a 30-minute show hosted by Summer Sanders that counts down the top ten rankings on a variety of sports-related categories. Tonight’s episode features the top ten “biggest chokes” in sports history (FSN).
MEDIA LIFE writes, “Realistically, it would be too much to expect the show to average 100,000 viewers. … But if FSN reruns the show during the days and late nights, and if the production quality is good, it could be a nice little challenger to [ESPN's countdowns as part of their 25th anniversary] in terms of quality. That’s definitely an area where `I, Max’ fails” (MEDIALIFE.com, 7/19).
BUZZER BEATERS
MLBAM through the All-Star break sold a record 8 million tickets on MLB.com and related team Web sites. The sales surpass last year’s full-season total of 7.6 million (MLBAM).
CSN Mid-Atlantic announced today that it will produce three Redskins’ preseason games for the Baltimore DMA, as well as provide an HD broadcast for the two home preseason games to viewers in both DC and Baltimore. CSN will rebroadcast each preseason game twice during the following week (CSN).
CSTV today named producer Craig Janoff to the newly-created position of Senior Dir, effectively immediately. Janoff will work with CSTV Exec VP Joel Feld and his production team (CSTV).
ESPN PPV today launched www.espnppv.com to provide fans with information about the company’s services (ESPN).
The Colorado Supreme Court today ruled 4-3 that the media “have no right to publish mistakenly released details from a closed-door hearing in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case” (AP, 7/19).
The ECHL announced today it has signed a one-year deal with New Jersey-based FinnStar Hockey for the ’04-05 season (ECHL).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
USOC Chair Peter Ueberroth, IOC member Anita DeFrantz, L.A. Times sports editor Bill Dwyre, U.S. Gold Medalist Rafer Johnson, and Jim Lampley will attend a seminar at the L.A. Museum of TV & Radio from 7:00-8:30pm PT. The discussion will focus on the 20th anniversary of the L.A. Olympics. Filmmaker Bud Greenspan will debut a new film, “Bud Greenspan Remembers: The 1984 LA Olympics.”
“Dream Job” winner Mike Hall will team with Linda Cohn during his “SportsCenter” debut at 1:00am.
CHANNEL SURFING
ESPN2 will air coverage of Great Outdoor Games V at 6:00pm ET.
ESPN Classic will air part one of “Reflections of Summer: Barcelona 1992” at 7:00pm ET.
ESPN will air Cardinals-Cubs at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN’s “SportsCentury” will profile Florence Griffith-Joyner at 8:00pm ET.
Former NBAer Dennis Rodman, Indians P C.C. Sabathia, actor D.L. Hughley and Fox’ Kevin Kennedy will appear on FSN’s “BDSSP.”
Showtime will air “Bud Greenspan Remembers: The 1984 L.A. Olympic Games” at 9:00pm ET.
NASCAR driver Tim Fedewa and FitzBradshaw Racing co-Owner Terry Bradshaw will appear on TBS’s “Dinner and a Movie,” which will feature “Jerry McGuire.”
ESPN’s Jim Rome will appear on CBS’ “Late Show” at 11:35pm ET.
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Denzel Washington |
| “The Tonight Show” | Benjamin Bratt |
| “The Late Late Show” | Harry Smith |
| “Late Night” | Quentin Tarantino (r) |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Charlie Murphy |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
The WASHINGTON POST 's La Canfora & Demasio write, “The Redskins payroll in 2004 will exceed $110[M], breaking the previous record of $102[M] set by the Denver Broncos in 2001.” The average NFL payroll last season was $71.77M. Redskins execs “refute the notion that they are mortgaging the team’s future and say they are positioned to avoid running up against cap problems at least through 2007. … Yet, several officials from other NFL clubs who have looked at Washington’s salary structure said they believe the bills on the Redskins’ offseason spending will come due sooner than the Washington front office predicts” (WASHINGTON POST).
The L.A. TIMES’ Mike Bresnahan notes that the NHL players who “expected huge contract offers after the July 1 start of the free-agency period have been hit with plodding salary negotiations, a product of a quickly changing climate that favors phrases such as ‘cost certainty’ and ‘sorry, not this summer.’ The most affected players are the point-scorers, the high-churning forwards who bring the fans out of their seats—but apparently not the general managers and owners out of theirs” (L.A. TIMES).
Also:
- USADA is doing its best, but theirs is a difficult task.
- Cycling’s dirty reputation hard to shake.
- Popularity of Ironman triathlons outpaces opportunities to compete.
- Profile of Sidney Crosby, who at 16, some are already calling the next Gretzky.
See The Daily Insider’s Articles of Interest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Sports: With the British Open again using its unique four-hole playoff this weekend, has the playoff ever needed to be extended extra holes?
IN OTHER NEWS……
USA TODAY notes that in “letters to affiliates in recent weeks, ABC, NBC and Fox loosened contract provisions that limited the affiliates rights to reject network shows for local substitutes. CBS dropped such limits in 2001” (USA TODAY, 7/19).
THE DAILY STAT: N.Y. TIMES BESTSELLING NONFICTION
The following presents best selling nonfiction books for the week ending July 10 (NYTIMES.com, 7/19):
| THIS WEEK | HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
| 1) | My Life, Bill Clinton (Knopf) |
| 2) | Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris (Little Brown) |
| 3) | Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss (Gotham) |
| 4) | Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson, (Random House) |
| 5) | To Be The Man, Ric Flair with Keith Elliott Greenberg (WWE/Pocket Books) |
| 6) | Father Joe, Tony Hendra (Random House) |
| 7) | Big Russ and Me, Tim Russert (Miramax) |
| 8) | Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, (Penguin Press) |
| 9) | Plan of Attack, Bob Woodward, (Simon & Schuster) |
| 10) | Obliviously on He Sails, Calvin Trillin, (Random House) |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
Answer: Yes. In 2002, Ernie Els, yesterday’s runner-up, defeated Thomas Levet on the fifth playoff hole (the first of sudden death).
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