The Nike Tour, "unable to attract enough corporate
     sponsors," will not return to Philadelphia in '98.  The
     tournaments were operated locally by Allegheny Health,
     Education & Research Foundation (AHERF).  AHERF Exec Dir
     Mary Ann Saleski: "It was a hard sell in a major city with a
     lot of other professional sports.  The sense is that the
     Nike Tour is a good thing in a smaller market" (PHILA.
     INQUIRER, 12/4)....The '98 Senior PGA Tour schedule will
     stop in the Baltimore/DC area, as the State Farm Senior
     Classic will be played June 29-July 5 at Hobbit's Glen Golf
     Club in Columbia, MD (Senior PGA)....The NCAA women's soccer
     Final Four this weekend is sold out, with crowds of 9,025
     expected at UNC-Greensboro Stadium (USA TODAY, 12/3).

          ESPN has entered into a TV production agreement with
     Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video, which produces "Saturday
     Night Live," for the sixth annual ESPY Awards, which will be
     held Monday, February 9 at Radio City Music Hall.  Broadway
     Video will work with ESPN in all facets of producing the
     show, including talent negotiations, writing and production. 
     ESPN's John Walsh and Jeff Ruhe will serve as Exec Producers
     and ESPN's Fred Gaudelli and Broadway's Marci Klein will co-
     produce.  ESPN's Chip Dean will direct the telecast (ESPN). 
     

          Cablevision Systems acquired Radio City Productions,
     which operates Radio City Music Hall (RCMH), from the
     Rockefeller Group in a deal valued at $400M.  Cablevision
     plans to spend another $25M renovating RCMH into a digital
     TV production center (Leslie Cauley, WALL STREET JOURNAL,
     12/4).  MSG President Dave Checketts will oversee RCHM (N.Y.
     POST, 12/4).  Cablevision took out full-page ads in the
     three N.Y dailies, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today
     welcoming RCMH to its "entertainment family" (THE DAILY).