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SUGGESTED READING: BOSTON HERALD'S FIVE-PART SPORTS SPECIAL

          The final two installments of the BOSTON HERALD's five-
     part series, "Bad Vibes," on sports' impact on society, ran
     Saturday and Sunday.  In the final feature, Karen Guregian
     examined the relationship between pro athletes and the
     media.  SI's Gerry Callahan "fears some media outlets will
     be, for the most part, rendered insignificant" with the
     emergence of "big-time sports" TV outlets like ESPN, Fox and
     CNN/SI.  Callahan: "The daily newspaper guys just aren't as
     important.  Some (athletes) attempt to be civil ... but it
     just seems like they don't give a damn anymore.  They're in
     a different stratosphere."   More Callahan: "The one thing
     that always drives me nuts and makes me want to quit the
     profession on a regular basis is when they look at you like
     you're a lower form of life.  We're a few notches down the
     food chain.  And fans are even a few notches below us." 
     SI's Jackie MacMullan said that in the future, athletes may
     not "talk to us at all unless they get paid."  MacMullan:
     "What these athletes don't realize is we give them the best
     publicity of all.  It's worth millions when you think about
     it.  And they don't seem to grasp that" (BOS. HERALD, 4/25). 
          

NASCAR’s Brian Herbst, NFL Schedule Release, Caitlin Clark Effect

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