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Afternoon News & Headlines
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
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| • | FCC Today Fines 20 CBS-Owned Stations $27,500 Each Over Super Bowl |
| • | Cubs Select Levy Restaurants To Replace Aramark At Wrigley Starting In '05 |
| • | Aramark President & CEO William Leonard Resigns, Effective Immediately |
| • | MLB Unveils The 30 Club Nominees For The ’04 Roberto Clemente Award |
| • | U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May Appearing On CNBC’s “The Big Idea” |
| • | Buzzer Beaters/Tonight’s Events/Channel Surfing/In Other News/The Daily Stat |
FCC TODAY FINES CBS-OWNED STATIONS $27,500 EACH; $550,000 TOTAL
BLOOMBERG NEWS reports that the FCC today fined 20 CBS-owned stations $27,500 each “for airing indecent material during” the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. The $550,000 total fine is the “biggest ever imposed on television stations for indecency.” CBS’ 199 other affiliated stations were not fined (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 9/22).
CUBS TAP LEVY RESTAURANTS TO REPLACE ARAMARK AT WRIGLEY
By Don Muret, Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal
The Chicago Cubs selected Levy Restaurants to take over the food concessions at Wrigley Field from Aramark starting in 2005, according to industry sources. Levy already services the ballpark’s suites and Stadium Club eatery. The contract going forward includes a multi-million dollar capital investment at the 90-year-old facility. Sportservice, the longtime concessionaire across town at U.S. Cellular Field, was among the other bidders for the all-inclusive Cubs deal, proposing a joint venture with the city’s popular Harry Caray’s Restaurant.
Meanwhile, the Aramark BOD today announced that President & CEO William Leonard has stepped down from his posts and resigned from the board, effective immediately. The board named Exec Chair Joseph Neubauer Chair and CEO, a role he held from ’84-03. Neubauer has agreed to serve in the three roles for at least three years (THE DAILY).
MLB TODAY ANNOUNCES ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD NOMINEES
MLB today announced the 30 club nominees who will be eligible for the ’04 Roberto Clemente Award, given to the player who best combines on-field achievement with work in the community. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, John Hancock Financial Services Chair & CEO Dave D’Alessandro and Clemente's widow, Vera, will select the winner, who will be announced prior to Game Three of the World Series. The nominees are (MLB):
| 2004 ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD NOMINEES |
| TEAM | PLAYER | TEAM | PLAYER |
| Angels | Tim Salmon | Brewers | Geoff Jenkins |
| D’Backs | Matt Mantei | Twins | Brad Radke |
| Braves | John Smoltz | Expos | Brad Wilkerson |
| Orioles | B.J. Surhoff | Mets | Mike Cameron |
| Red Sox | Tim Wakefield | Yankees | Mike Mussina |
| Cubs | Kerry Wood | A’s | Tim Hudson |
| White Sox | Jose Valentin | Phillies | Bobby Abreu |
| Reds | Sean Casey | Pirates | Craig Wilson |
| Indians | Matt Lawton | Cardinals | Mike Matheny |
| Rockies | Charles Johnson | Padres | Ryan Klesko |
| Tigers | Dmitri Young | Giants | Scott Eyre |
| Marlins | Jeff Conine | Mariners | Edgar Martinez |
| Astros | Roger Clemens | Devil Rays | Toby Hall |
| Royals | Mike Sweeney | Rangers | Rusty Greer |
| Dodgers | Jose Lima | Blue Jays | Roy Halladay |
BUZZER BEATERS
Sporting News this week features an action shot of Oklahoma RB Adrian Peterson, with the header “Who’s No. 1?”
Sports Illustrated this week celebrates its 50th anniversary with a sports-related adaptation of the Sistine Chapel.
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The IOC has notified the governing bodies for golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports that they will be “studied further” as part of a review of the Summer Games’ competition schedule. The roster of sports will remain the same for the ’08 Olympics in Beijing, but could change prior to the 2012 Games (AP, 9/22).
Cycling team Phonak today suspended Tyler Hamilton indefinitely “for failing doping tests” in Athens and during the Tour of Spain earlier this month (REUTERS, 9/22).
The Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced it has signed prostate cancer survivor Arnold Palmer to participate in the group’s “It’s a TEAM Approach: Prostate Cancer Treatment, Education, Awareness and Management” educational campaign (PCF).
Cincinnati NBC affiliate WLWT today inked a three-year title-sponsorship deal for the annual July pole qualifying night at Kentucky Speedway beginning next year. The station receives signage, advertising, a luxury suite and grandstand tickets (Kentucky Speedway).
Rogers SportsNet today hired NHL Rangers analyst John Davidson to serve as an analyst on “sportsnetnews” and “Hockeycentral” (Rogers SportsNet).
TONIGHT’S EVENTS
Washington Sports & Entertainment Chair & CEO Abe Pollin, Univ. of Maryland men’s basketball coach Gary Williams and former Redskins CB Darrell Green will be inducted into the Greater Washington Sports Alliance’s Hall of Champions during Sneaker Ball 2004, a black-tie and sneaker event, at the MCI Center from 6:30-11:00pm ET.
CHANNEL SURFING
ESPN will air Orioles-Red Sox at 7:00pm ET.
ESPN2 will air Cubs-Pirates at 7:00pm ET and Astros-Giants at 10:00pm.
Soccer network GolTV will air the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final at 8:00pm ET.
U.S. Olympic Gold-Medal winning beach volleyball player Misty May will appear on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” at 8:00pm ET.
Evander Holyfield, Buster Douglas, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko and actor Jimmy Fallonwill appear on FSN’s “BDSSP.”
Professional angler Byron Velvick will appear on “The Bachelor” at 9:00pm ET.
Travel Channel will air WPT’s “San Jose’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker” at 9:00pm ET.
World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke will appear on CBS’ “The Late Show” at 11:35pm ET.
ESPN’s “OTL Nightly” will examine the fallout from Pete Rose’s gambling confession in his autobiography at midnight ET.
HEADLINERS
Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:
| “Late Show” | Kelly Ripa |
| “The Tonight Show” | Jimmy Fallon |
| “The Late Late Show” | Sarah Rue (r) |
| “Late Night” | Matt LeBlanc |
| “Jimmy Kimmel Live” | John C. Reilly |
TODAY’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE’s Philip Hersh writes acting USOC CEO Jim Scherr’s “quiet efficiency has cleaned up the malodorous muck left by the influence-peddling mess that led to the 2003 resignations of the USOC's top volunteer official, President Marty Mankamyer, and top salaried official, CEO Lloyd Ward.” Scherr has “kept the USOC running smoothly through the six congressional investigations and major restructuring provoked by the leadership scandal” (CHICAGO TRIBUNE).
The WASHINGTON TIMES’ Bob Cohn writes of Univ. of Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen, “He is everywhere. His mug is plastered on a 20-foot billboard attached to a truck. He exhorts a supposedly fictitious team but clearly his own red-clad Terps in a nationally aired commercial for the Under Armour apparel company. … Season ticket sales have climbed from less than 18,000 in 2000, the last year B.F. (before Friedgen), to more than 31,000” (WASHINGTON TIMES).
See The Daily Insider’s Articles of Interest section for more sports business-related links.
TODAY’S TEASER…
Mindbenders: If ten bags of jelly beans and 6 licorice sticks cost $1, and ten licorice sticks and 6 jelly bean bags cost $0.92, how much does one licorice stick cost?
THE DAILY STAT: PRIMETIME NIELSEN RATINGS
The following lists the final Nielsen ratings for the top ten primetime shows for the week of September 13-19 (TV.YAHOO.com, 9/22).
| RK | SHOW | NET | DAY | RAT/SHR | HHs (IN MILLIONS) |
| 1) | CSI | CBS | Thu | 14.0/22 | 15.3 |
| 2) | MNF: Packers-Panthers | ABC | Mon | 12.5/21 | 13.7 |
| 3) | Survivor: Vanuatu | CBS | Thu | 11.7/19 | 12.8 |
| 4) | Will & Grace | NBC | Thu | 10.8/17 | 11.9 |
| 5) | 60 Minutes | CBS | Sun | 10.6/18 | 11.6 |
| 6) | Without A Trace | CBS | Thu | 10.5/18 | 11.5 |
| 7) | The Apprentice 2 | NBC | Thu | 10.4/17 | 11.3 |
| 8) | Joey | NBC | Thu | 10.1/17 | 11.0 |
| 9) | Siegfried & Roy: Miracle | NBC | Wed | 9.8/15 | 10.8 |
| 10) | Primetime Emmy Awards | ABC | Sun | 9.4/15 | 10.3 |
…TODAY’S ANSWER
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