| | The Daily Insider
Afternoon News & Headlines
Thursday, August 26, 2004
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| • | President Bush’s Campaign Today Refuses To Pull Olympic-Themed TV Ad |
| • | Jerry Jones To Be Featured In “Owners Desk” As Cowboys Unveil New Channel |
| • | White Sox Today Unveil Plans For Scout Seating Behind Home Plate For ‘05 |
| • | NCAA Today Turns Down Mike Williams’ Appeal For Reinstatement At USC |
| • | U.S. Gold Medalist Natalie Coughlin To Appear On CBS’ “Late Show” Tonight |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
NEWS FROM THE ATHENS GAMES, DAY 14: BUSH CAMPAIGN REFUSES
The AP reports that President Bush’s re-election campaign today“refused a request by the [USOC] … to pull a television ad that mentions theOlympics.” The ads will continue throughSunday, the final day of the Games. Campaign spokesperson ScottStanzel: “We are on firm legal ground to mention the Olympics to make afactual point in a political advertisement” (AP,8/26).
COWBOYS OWNER TO BE FEATURED WEEKLY ONNEW CHANNEL
Comcast and the Cowboys todayofficially announced a partnership to create a digital cable channel – DallasCowboys Channel – devoted entirely to the team. The channel will debut September 8, four days before the opening of the’04 NFL season, on the Comcast Digital Plus lineup at no extra charge to 1.3million subscribers in the Dallasarea. Programming will include coverageof press conferences, interviews, call-in shows and “Owners Desk,” a weeklyreport from Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones(Cowboys).
WHITE SOX UNVEIL PLANS FOR SCOUT SEATINGBEHIND HOME PLATE
The White Sox today unveiledplans for a new seating area to be completed prior to the ’05 season directlybehind home plate at U.S. Cellular Field. The 314-seat area called Scout Seating, a portion of the club’s Phase Vrenovations, will feature pre- and post-game access to a 5,000-square-footrestaurant, in-seat wait service and a special parking area near theballpark. Prices will be $200 for thefront row and $170 for the remaining rows, and the seats will be sold inseason-ticket packages. All Phase Vrenovations are designed by HKS (WhiteSox).
WRANGLER SUPPORTING NEW DALE EARNHARDTJR. SWEEPSTAKES
BRANDWEEK reports thatWrangler Jeans today began running TV, print and radio ads “hitching itself tothe Nextel Cup with a new promotion dangling a chance to win a trip around thetrack” with Dale Earnhardt Jr. onOctober 26 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Thesweeps runs through September 27, and ads are slated to run in ESPN TheMagazine and Rolling Stone, as well as on ESPN, Discovery Network and Spike TVprogramming (BRANDWEEK.com,8/26).
BUZZER BEATERS
ESPNews is reporting that theNCAA today turned down former USC WR MikeWilliams’ appeal for reinstatement after entering the ’04 NFL Draft (ESPNews, 8/26).
The Goodyear Blimp, equippedwith JVC equipment, will provide HD aerial coverage for ABC’s “MNF” broadcastsduring the ’04 season (BRANDWEEK.com,8/26).
The Celtics today inked adeal with Student Advantage to offer discount ticket prices to StudentAdvantage Cardholders (Student Advantage).
A LIGHTER BUZZ
After theAtlantic City Surf fired PA announcer GregMaiuro on Monday for saying the team’s playing of “YMCA” was “sponsored byGovernor Jim McGreevey,” the APreports that the team today offered Maiuro and scoreboard operator Marco Cerino, who resigned, their jobsback “following a plea” by McGreevey for the team to “overlook their jokesabout his sexuality” (AP, 8/26).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
The Charger Girls will unveiltheir ’05 swimsuit calendar at 6:30pm PT at Deco’s in San Diego.
CHANNEL SURFING
NBC’s primetime Olympiccoverage tonight will highlight track and field, volleyball and diving. Clickhere for a listing of events across the NBC Universal networks.
NBC’s “Nightly News” willprofile U.S.women’s basketball team member DianaTaurasi at 6:30pm ET.
Paul and Morgan Hamm will appear on CNN’s“Anderson Cooper 360” at 7:00pm ET.
ESPN will air NFL preseason: Steelers-Eagles at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air the Little League World Series:California-Maryland at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN Classic’s“SportsCentury” will profile SparkyAnderson at 8:00pm ET.
CNN’s “Newsnight” willprofile the Iraqmen’s Olympic soccer team at 10:00pm ET.
Gold Medalist Natalie Coughlin will appear on CBS’“Late Show” at 11:35pm ET.
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and Saints WR Donte Stallworth will appear on ESPN’s“Jim Rome is Burning” at midnight ET.
ESPN’s “OTL Nightly” willexamine players coming out of retirement at 12:30am ET.
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headlineguests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Natalie Coughlin |
| “The Late Late Show” | Jon Voight |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Josh Hartnett |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
USA TODAY’s Christine Brennan writes, “What [Jacques] Rogge and the IOC should do is announce that the organization isgoing to take on judgingscandals the way it has decided to attack its performance-enhancing drugissue. Centralize the matter. Examine all judged sports and their problems.Establish a separate arm of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to oversee alljudging controversies. Most of all, treat this seriously, from the top down,not from the bottom up, piecemeal, federation by federation” (USA TODAY).
See The Daily Insider’s Articles ofInterest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Sports Business: What is the only beer sold at Athens Olympics venues?
THE DAILYSTAT: BILLBOARD CHARTS
The following lists BillboardMagazine’s top-selling CDs for the week ending August 22 (BILLBOARD.com, 8/26).
| RK | ALBUM | ARTIST | LABEL |
| 1) | Now 16 | Various Artists | Universal/EMI/Sony Music/Zomba |
| 2) | Autobiography | Ashlee Simpson | Geffen |
| 3) | Musicology | Prince | NPG/Columbia |
| 4) | The Hard Way | 213 | Doggystyle |
| 5) | Confessions | Usher | LaFace |
| 6) | Songs About Jane | Maroon5 | Octone/J |
| 7) | Godfather Buried Alive | Shyne | Gangland/Def Jam |
| 8) | Take It All Away | Ryan Cabrera | E.V.L.A./Atlantic |
| 9) | Under My Skin | Avril Lavigne | RCA |
| 10) | Horse Of A Different Color | Big & Rich | Warner Bros. |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
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