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INJUNCTION FREEZES PENGUINS PLANS: FSP TO AIR TONIGHT'S GAME
Published March 5, 1998
Fox Sports Pittsburgh announced that Allegheny County,
PA, Judge Judith Friedman entered an immediate injunction
yesterday, barring the Penguins from implementing the
termination of their telecast agreement with Fox Sports
Pittsburgh (FSP). The injunction orders the team to comply
fully with the telecast rights agreement. FSP will televise
tonight's Penguins-Red Wings game as scheduled (FSP). In
Pittsburgh, David Brown reports that the team said it did
not attend the meeting with Friedman "because they did not
receive notice of it." Friedman has scheduled a hearing
Friday afternoon on the dispute, which led Penguins Owners
Roger Marino and Howard Baldwin to announce they were
dropping FSP and planning to start their own local sports
network. FSP Senior VP/Legal Matters Dan Fawcett said the
network has deposited $600,000 with the court as a "good-
faith measure" in case it is found to owe the disputed fees.
Marino, on the team's planned network, called Marino Sports
TV: "[I]f we're allowed to go through with this, we have a
lot of confidence in it" (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 3/5).




