In Boston, Howard Manly floats Barry Diller as among
the bidders for Red Sox broadcasting rights. Diller owns
Boston's WHSH-TV (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/21)....While financial
terms were not disclosed, "some observers said it was
possible" that ABC paid up to $100M for WMVP-AM in Chicago,
which will become ESPN Radio's flagship station (HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER, 8/21)....In Baltimore, Milton Kent writes that
Ahmad Rashad's interview in the current issue of Playboy
"provides some rather distressing evidence that Rashad has
lost any sense of journalistic perspective if, in fact, he
ever had it." Rashad says that he and Michael Jordan go off
alone before a game "just laughing and talking and hanging
out." Rashad: "I suppose the sports press would hate me
even more than they already do if they knew that. They're a
tough fraternity, and I'm not a member even yet" (Baltimore
SUN, 8/21).....Former Blues player and assistant coach Joe
Micheletti was named analyst for Fox Sports NY's Islanders
coverage (FSNY)....Sonics radio announcer Kevin Calabro will
return for his second season of calling Univ. of WA Huskies
football games on Fox Sports Northwest (FSNW).
