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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE was among those who joined
     PRESIDENT CLINTON to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Title
     IX (USA TODAY, 6/18)....Turner Sports VP of Administration
     DAVE MAGGARD received the All-American Football Foundation's
     General Robert Reese Neyland Athletic Director Lifetime
     Achievement Award at the Foundation's Banquet of Champions
     VII in Las Vegas (Turner Sports)....Bulls G STEVE KERR was
     the lead guest on the NBC's "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. 
     Kerr, on his series-clinching shot in Game Six of the NBA
     Finals: "You know what's great about this shot is that for
     the whole series I was awful.  I played a terrible series. 
     Then all of sudden I hit one shot and it's like, 'Hey, I'm a
     hero.  I'm on the 'Tonight Show.'  All right!' It's great"
     ("Tonight Show," NBC, 6/17)....Comedian RICHARD LEWIS will
     star in the movie "Game Day," where he plays a college
     basketball coach ("Access Hollywood," 6/17)....WAYNE
     HUIZENGA will be on CNN's "Moneyline" tonight (THE DAILY).

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On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with TNT’s Stan Van Gundy as he breaks down the NBA Playoffs from the booth. Later in the show, we hear from ESPN’s VP of Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed as the NFL Draft gets set to kick off on Thursday night in Motown. SBJ’s Tom Friend also joins the show to share his insights into NBA viewership trends.

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