MEDIA NOTES

          In Cincinnati, Sean Keeler wrote that ESPN's "new wave"
     of talent, citing Rich Eisen, Stuart Scott and Kenny Mayne, 
     "seems only to be niche parodies" of Keith Olbermann. 
     Keeler: "Same schtick.  Different collars."  Keeler wrote
     that Fox Sports Net "has tons of cute slogans ... but no
     identity. ... Forget 'Fox attitude.'  Olbermann is attitude.
     The original.  More importantly, he's name" (CINCINNATI
     POST, 11/11)....Packers WR Robert Brooks launched his own
     Web site at http://www.robertbrooks.com, which is created
     and maintained by WI-based Digital Magic Interactive
     (DMI)....The Ontario Jockey Club inked a deal with CTV for
     the Queen's Plate horse race to air on the net, and 17 other
     '99 races to appear on CTV SportsNet (GLOBE & MAIL, 11/12).
     ...IBM and the World Golf Village relaunched its Web site,
     http://www.wgv.com (WGV)....The Steffi Graf-Nathalie Tauziat
     final in the Sparkassen Cup earned a 22.5 TV share in
     Germany, the largest for any sporting event in '98 (WTA).