The NCAA's Internet home page was hacked Sunday and
replaced with racial slurs. Internet officials were able to
divert web surfers to the proper page (AP/DALLAS MORNING
NEWS, 3/10)....Packers Coach Mike Holmgren has canceled all
of his weekly TV and radio shows for the '97 season so he
can focus his attention to repeating as Super Bowl champions
(MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 3/7)....The Canadian Justice
Department "assured" Grand Prix F-1 of Canada, the holder of
broadcast rights to Grand Prix events, and the nation's TV
networks, that the telecasting of F-1 Grand Prix races in
Canada will continue to be legal until October 1, 1998
(Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 3/8)....Stars play-by-play announcer
Ralph Strangis has signed a three-year contract extension to
carry him through the end of the 1999-2000 season (FT. WORTH
STAR-TELEGRAM, 3/9)...One of Europe's "most-talked-about TV
alliances has come to an end" with BSkyB, the Rupert
Murdoch-controlled pay TV "giant," splitting with Germany's
Kirch Group before their digital TV deal "even got off the
ground" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 3/10).
