On Saturday night, Fox Sports begins coverage of the
Stanley Cup Finals between the Red Wings-Flyers. Fox will
carry Games One, Five and Seven. ESPN will carry the rest.
For Fox, Mike Emrick and John Davidson will call the action.
For ESPN, it will be Gary Thorne and Bill Clement (THE
DAILY). USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke notes that Fox will "try
to have FoxTrax" show the speed of the puck and "the
reaction time of the goalie" in its Stanley Cup coverage
(USA TODAY, 5/30). During Game One, Laura Wall from CA,
will attempt to win $1M in the MasterCard $1 Million Stanley
Cup Shot Sweepstakes (Fox).
NBA FINALS: NBC Sports will present "NBA Finals Post
Game" wrap up on CNBC. The 30-minute show will begin Sunday
with Game One of the Jazz-Bulls and follow every game. It
will be anchored by Hannah Storm (CNBC).
NCAA WORLD SERIES: ESPN will unveil MaskCam, built into
an umpire's mask, during its coverage of the College World
Series, starting tonight. The camera will be used primarily
for replays (ESPN). CT-based Total Sports and Host
Communications will cybercast the World Series live over the
Internet at www.NCAABaseball.com (Total Sports).
CBS.SportsLine will also offer browsers coverage of the
week-long event (CBS.SportsLine).
COCA-COLA 600: TBS' coverage of last Sunday's NASCAR
Coca-Cola 600, which included a two-hour rain delay, earned
a 5.0 cable rating, the highest rated Coca-Cola 500 in
history and the highest rated motorsports event in TBS
history. The race was up 9% from '96 (NASCAR).
