ESPN EXTENDS PEACE PIPE TO MLB FOR SEPTEMBER SUNDAY NIGHTERS

          ESPN "has proposed" the addition of a Friday night MLB
     doubleheader and a Tuesday night game throughout September
     in exchange for placing September MLB Sunday night games on
     ESPN2 so it can present its NFL coverage on ESPN, according
     to Phil Mushnick of the N.Y. POST.  MLB "has indicated that
     if ESPN removes its Sunday nighters from ESPN, it will seek
     an immediate end to its deal with ESPN via a breach of
     contract claim."  MLB "has reached out to learn" if TNT
     "would be willing to assume the balance of its ESPN deal." 
     Mushnick reports that TNT, having lost Sunday night NFL to
     ESPN, "responded with a thumbs-up" (N.Y. POST, 8/14).