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          TV MONITOR: Last night's 11:00pm ET edition of ESPN's
     "SportsCenter" led with White Sox-Red Sox followed by Blue
     Jays-Devil Rays.  "Fox Sports News Primetime" (Fox Sports
     Net South) led with Mets-Marlins followed by Braves-Expos. 
     CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" led with Phillies-Pirates followed
     by Braves-Expos (THE DAILY).  
          NOTES: DAILY VARIETY's Richard Katz writes on
     speculation Disney is going to combine ESPN and Disney
     Channel affil sales departments: "A merger would join two
     polar opposites in affiliate sales strategies.  ESPN is
     known as the toughest negotiator in cable while Disney uses
     a more touchy-feely approach."  Katz adds Continental
     Consulting Group "has been retained to run an analysis on
     whether or not it makes sense" to combine the two
     departments (DAILY VARIETY, 6/29)....NEWSDAY's Steve
     Jacobson wrote on L.A. Times MLB writer  Ross Newhan, whose
     son David has been called up by the Padres.  Jacobson
     wondered: "Can Ross write objectively about the players
     union, about salaries and umpires?  He certainly can't cover
     the Padres against the Dodgers."  Ross: "If he has a future
     in the major leagues, it becomes hard for me to stay at this
     position.  If I have to give up the beat, I have to give up
     the beat" (NEWSDAY, 6/28).  The Padres plan on optioning
     Newhan back to Triple A Las Vegas today (AP, 6/29)....Chris
     Myers will host Fox Sports Net's one-hour Sunday NFL pregame
     show, "NFL This Morning."  The show will air at 11:00am ET
     beginning September 12.  Myers will be teamed with Jackie
     Slater, with additional studio analysts to be named later
     (FSN)....Time Warner Sports President Seth Abraham, on HBO
     dropping Wimbledon: "If we had tried to renew Wimbledon,
     then we wouldn't have been able to try other new things." 
     Abraham "would not elaborate on his plans to acquire
     replacement programming," but said that it wouldn't involve
     another tennis tournament (ESPN.com, 6/28). 

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