TV MONITOR: Last night's "Fox Sports News Primetime"
led with the Knicks-Hawks NBA playoffs Game One (Fox Sports
South), while both ESPN's 11:00pm ET "SportsCenter" and
CNN/SI's 11:00pm ET "Sports Tonight" led with the Yankees-
Red Sox (THE DAILY)....The SportsBusiness Journal's Josh
Gotthelf reports that ELTON BRAND has verbally committed to
be represented by DAVID FALK (THE DAILY)....In N.Y., Neal
Travis reports now that Heat President/coach PAT RILEY is
"not a winner, demand is down" for his speaking appearances,
and he "could be out by as much as" $1M a year (N.Y. POST,
5/19).....The grand opening of REIGN, a restaurant
conceptualized by Jets WR KEYSHAWN JOHNSON, restauranteur
HERVE BARBAROUX and chef GERRY GARVIN, will be held tomorrow
in L.A. The restaurant will feature traditional southern
cooking (Reign)....USA TODAY runs a four-page feature on the
impact of technology on the future of sports (USA TODAY,
5/19)....NHL VP/Special Events FRANK SUPOVITZ and Int'l
Special Events Society President JOE JEFF GOLDBLATT have
written a new book, "Dollars and Events: How to Succeed in
the Special Events Business" (John Wiley & Sons).
