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Afternoon News & Headlines
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
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| • | Bettman Announces That Owners Will Lock Out Players For Coming Season |
| • | Astros P Roger Clemens Inks Three-Year Deal To Pitch H-E-B’s Line Of Meats |
| • | Bearing Point Extends Endorsement Pact With Phil Mickelson For Three Years |
| • | Red Sox Become Fourth Franchise To Sell Out Entire 81-Game Home Schedule |
| • | Al Michaels, Frank Gifford To Appear On ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tonight |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
NHL OWNERS TODAY CONFIRM THAT PLAYERSWILL BE LOCKED OUT
With the NHL CBA scheduled toexpire at 12:01am ET tonight, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman today announced that the owners will lock out theplayers, saying, “It is my somber duty to report that at today’s meeting, theNHL Board of Governors unanimously reconfirmed that NHL teams will not play atthe expiration of the CBA until we have a new system that fixes the economicproblems facing our game.”
More Bettman: “This action is not taken lightly – or eagerly – and whenthe union wants to stop the posturing and acknowledges that the problems are asreal as our Governors' resolve to fix them, we will be here, ready to make afair and meaningful agreement that will usher in a new era for our game. … Idid tell the teams that they could release their buildings going out 30 daysbecause I don’t see any way that we could do anything in the next 30 days toget the players on the ice.”
NHLPA Exec Dir Bob Goodenow today released a statementthat read in part, “An honest partnership can never be achieved under theLeague’s ‘my way or the highway’ approach. Partnerships are built onrespect, trust and willingness to compromise. Partnerships are not builtthrough confrontation. Nonetheless, Gary and the Owners have chosen,through a lockout, to try to force Players to accept a system they know Playerswould never agree to” (THE DAILY).
ASTROS P ROGER CLEMENS SET TO PITCH H-E-B’SLINE OF MEATS
ADWEEK reported that Astros PRoger Clemens has signed athree-year endorsement deal with H-E-B to promote the grocer’s line offully-cooked meats, fresh ground breef and Prime 1 steaks and pork chops. Clemens, his wife and four sons will befeatured in four 30-second spots, via The Richards Group, Dallas,airing throughout Texas. Additionally, Clemens and H-E-B will “worktogether on promotions, in-store visits and local initiatives (ADWEEK.com,9/14).
BEARING POINT GETTING THREE MORE YEARSOUT OF LEFTY
Bearing Point today inked Phil Mickelson to a three-yearextension of his endorsement deal. Mickelson will continue to wear the Bearing Point logo on his headwearduring tournament play and other promotions. The relationship between Mickelson and Bearing Point began in ’00 (Bearing Point).
AOL LAUNCHES ONLINE SPORTS RADIO PROGRAM,“THE SHOW”
AOL today launched a live,daily, online sports radio program, “The Show,” hosted by former NFL kicker Jess Atkinson, at noon ET. The program allows AOL members to ask livequestions via instant messages, email or telephone. “The Show” is available on-demand for 24hours. Bob Costas and Dodgers Senior VP Tommy Lasorda were guests on today’s show (AOL).
BUZZER BEATERS
Sporting News this weekfeatures Redskins RB Clinton Portis,with the header “NFL Blastoff. Clinton runs … Joereturns … Redskins win … D.C. united.”
Sports Illustrated this weekfeatures Falcons QB Michael Vick,with the header “Game On. The NFL kicksoff and Michael Vick is rolling again.”
ESPN The Magazine this weekfeatures MLB Cardinals LF Albert Pujols,3B Scott Rolen and CF Jim Edmonds,with the header “The Best Team in Baseball.”
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The Red Sox have sold outtheir entire 81-game home schedule for the first time in franchise history, joining the ’96-00 Indians, the ’96 Rockiesand the ‘00 Giants as the only franchises to sell out for an entireseason (Red Sox).
New Balance is “talking toroster shop Boathouse about taking on an expanded role following the client'srecent decision to pull the creative portion of its $12-15[M] ad account fromHavas' Euro RSCG” (ADWEEK.com,9/15).
The Maryland RacingCommission has approved Pimlico Race Course’s request to extend its currentmeet by three weeks until November 2 “in order to accommodate constructiondelays” at Laurel Park (DAILY RACING FORM, 9/14).
The Lakers today hired formerplayer and coach Kurt Rambis to thenewly created position of VP/Business & Basketball Integration (Lakers).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
The Ryder Cup Gala Dinnerwill be held from 6:00-11:00pm CT at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, and GOLFWORLDreports that the Ryder Cup is “becoming the golf’s version of the Super Bowlwith everybody but Britney Spearsand Kid Rock on the bills” fortonight’s event and tomorrow’s opening ceremonies (GOLFWORLD, 9/17 issue).
CHANNEL SURFING
Actor Bernie Mac will appear on the “Hot Seat” during ESPN’s“SportsCenter” at 6:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air D’Rays-Red Sox at 7:00pm ET and Padres-Dodgers at 10:00pm.
ESPN will air Astros-Cardinals at 8:00pm ET.
Eagles DE Hugh Douglas, U.S. Olympic GoldMedalist Andre Ward and Padres P David Wells will appear on FSN’s“BDSSP.”
U.S. swimmer AmandaBeard will appear on CNBC’s “Dennis Miller” at 9:00pm ET.
The season-premiere of HBO’s“Inside the NFL” will air at 10:00pm ET.
Al Michaelsand Frank Gifford will appear onABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” at 12:05am ET.
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headlineguests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Jada Pinkett Smith (r) |
| “The Tonight Show” | Kirsten Dunst |
| “The Late Late Show” | John Elway (r) |
| “Late Night” | Megan Mullally |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | Al Michaels & Frank Gifford |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
The N.Y. DAILY NEWS’ MichaelGoodwin writes of N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg’s recent comments about needing the WestSide stadium soon in order to continue competing for the 2012 Olympics, “Whilethe stadium is a linchpinin the city’s bid for the 2012 Summer Games, the mayor’s threat to quit theOlympic hunt struck some insiders as a sign of loud desperation.” One state legislator said of the stadiumbeing built, “The odds are not good at all. I’d bet against it” (N.Y. DAILYNEWS).
- China hoping Americans will improve country’s chance to medal in hoops.
- Ryder Cup is first in a season of “monster sporting events” for Detroit.
- Profile of KXL-AM’s “Sports Business Radio” co-host Brian Berger.
- Q&A with FSN’s “BDSSP” co-host Tom Arnold.
See The Daily Insider’s Articles ofInterest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Blast from the Past: As part of our tenth anniversary celebration, we lookback on this quote from 1997: “I don’tbelieve Falk likes me.” Who said it,and to what was he/she referring?
THE DAILYSTAT: PRIMETIME NIELSEN RATINGS
The following lists the finalNielsen ratings for the top ten primetime shows for the week of August30-September 5 (TV.YAHOO.com, 9/15).
| RK | SHOW | NET | DAY | RAT/SHR | HHs (IN MILLIONS) |
| 1) | 60 Minutes | CBS | Sun | 7.8/17 | 8.5 |
| 2) | Father of the Pride | NBC | Tue | 7.7/12 | 8.5 |
| 3) | Titans-Cowboys Preseason | ABC | Mon | 7.6/13 | 8.4 |
| 4) | CSI: Miami | CBS | Mon | 7.5/12 | 8.2 |
| 5) | Two and a Half Men | CBS | Mon | 7.4/11 | 8.1 |
| 6) | Hawaii | NBC | Wed | 7.2/13 | 7.9 |
| 7) | Dateline | NBC | Wed | 7.0/11 | 7.6 |
| 8) | Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS | Mon | 7.0/11 | 7.7 |
| 9) | Cold Case | CBS | Sun | 6.5/13 | 7.1 |
| 10) | CSI | CBS | Thu | 6.5/10 | 7.1 |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
Chris Webber, on Bullets teammate JuwanHoward’s agent, claiming David Falklobbied for a magazine profile solely of Howard. The magazine ended up profiling both players.
See more quotes we rememberfrom 1997 in tomorrow’s issue of TheDaily.
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