USA TODAY's David Lieberman reports that News Corp. CEO
Rupert Murdoch "could cut a deal, perhaps by this weekend,
to become a minority partner with nonvoting shares" in
Primestar. Lieberman adds that Primestar partner Time
Warner, "which is feuding with Murdoch," opposes the deal
(USA TODAY, 5/22)....Lifetime debuts "Breaking Through:
Women Behind the Wheel," tonight at 7:00pm ET. The special
is hosted by actress Geena Davis and among the drivers
featured are Indy 500 qualifier Lyn St. James and drag racer
Shirley Muldowney (USA TODAY, 5/22)....ESPN earned a 2.0
rating for Tuesday's Game Three of the Rangers-Flyers
Eastern Conference Finals. TNT earned a 7.6 rating for Game
One of the Heat-Bulls NBA Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday,
the highest-rated TNT program in '97 and the second-highest
rated game in Turner Sports' 13 years of televising the NBA
playoffs. Turner Sports has averaged a 3.3 rating thus far
for the '97 NBA playoffs, up 10% from last year (PHILA.
INQUIRER, 5/22)....Among USA TODAY's list of the top 150
best-selling books this week are Rick Pitino's "Success Is a
Choice" (#27); Earl Woods' "Training a Tiger" (#62); Dennis
Rodman's "Walk on the Wild Side" (#105); Cal Ripken Jr.'s
"The Only Way I Know" (#123); and Keith Olbermann's and Dan
Patrick's "The Big Show" (#137) (USA TODAY, 5/22).
