Labatt Breweries and CTV Sports Net reached a four-year
broadcasting deal for Labatt to sponsor NHL hockey beginning
in the '98-'99 season. The partnership will broadcast one
game a week for each of the 27 weeks of the NHL regular
season, in addition to 14 games featuring U.S.-based teams
during the first round of the playoffs (CP, 2/14).
NOTES: SI's '98 swimsuit issue hits newsstands on
Wednesday, but an extra 50 photos can be seen online at
www.cnnsi.com for a one-time charge of $7.95 (USA TODAY,
2/16). The issue also features seven "hot couples" from pro
sports, including Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones (AP/Mult.,
2/17)....Barry Diller was profiled by Geraldine Fabrikant in
Sunday's N.Y. TIMES. Diller "plans to spend at least" $20M
on City Vision, his new local programming format that will
debut in Miami, which includes Heat broadcasts (N.Y. TIMES,
2/15)....In L.A., Larry Stewart wrote that Fox Sports Net's
new magazine show "Goin' Deep" -- hosted by Joe Buck -- "has
a number of segments and moves well" (L.A. TIMES, 2/16).
