The voices of Fox MLB announcers Joe Buck and Tim
McCarver calling Game Five of the '97 Yankees-Indians series
are heard in the background on one of the Linda Tripp-Monica
Lewinsky tapes released yesterday. McCarver: "If that's not
a sign that baseball is back, nothing is" (USA TODAY,
11/18)....NBC Sports and Golf Magazine will launch a cross-
media project, "The Best Things in Golf," recognizing the
year's best in the game. NBC Sports will air a one-hour
special on Saturday, February 13, 1999, and Golf Magazine
will publish a stand-alone issue, which will hit newsstands
on February 1. Users will be able to vote on their "Best
Things in Golf" via a survey on http://www.golfonline.com
(NBC Sports)....USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke reports that "MNF"
analyst Dan Dierdorf "is in negotiations for a new pact that
might be completed by around Thanksgiving." ABC earned a
13.9 rating for the Broncos' 30-7 win over the Chiefs,
putting the season average at 13.8, down from a 14.8 in '97
(USA TODAY, 11/18)....The Breeders' Cup Web site,
http://www.breederscup.com, received 3.1 million visits this
year -- more than double last year's usage (Breeders' Cup).
...The Military Channel will air Saturday's SMU-Navy game,
its second live football production (The Military Channel).
