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          TV MONITOR: Last night's 11:00pm ET edition of ESPN's
     "SportsCenter" led with 49ers-Vikings, followed by Packers-
     Chargers.  The first non-NFL story, at 8:03 into the
     broadcast, was Rockets F Charles Barkley announcing his
     retirement after this season.  FSN's 11:00pm ET edition of
     "Primetime" (Fox Sports South) led with Redskins-Cowboys,
     followed by Packers-Chargers.  The first non-NFL story, at
     11:21, was Barkley's announcement.  CNN/SI's 11:00pm ET of
     "Sports Tonight" led with Redskins-Cowboys, followed by
     49ers-Vikings.  The first non-NFL story, at 9:24, was Casey
     Martin earning his PGA Tour card (THE DAILY).  
          NOTES: In Chicago, John Jackson wrote that Dan Patrick
     "has smoothly made the transition" to being a talk-show host
     on ESPN Radio.  Jackson: "Patrick has an easy-going style
     and his deep knowledge of sports is apparent.  Perhaps most
     important, he has avoided the gimmicks and low-brow elements
     that others use in an attempt to get ratings" (CHICAGO SUN-
     TIMES, 10/22)....In N.Y., Phil Mushnick reviewed HBO's
     upcoming documentary on Howard Cosell and wrote, "Like most
     HBO Sports documentaries, it's a high-quality production. 
     Unlike most HBO documentaries, however, it leaves me cold. 
     It doesn't depict the Cosell I knew."  Mushnick: "[It]
     includes glowing testimony about Cosell from people who I
     know disliked him to the extreme and considered him a fraud"
     (N.Y. POST, 10/23)....Fox's Jimmy Kimmel wore a "Cris Is On
     Roids" hat during his picks segment on ("Fox NFL Sunday,"
     10/24)....Showtime Senior VP/Sports & Event Programming Jay
     Larkin, on Showtime's decision to place its name on the ring
     mat instead of selling it" for the Mike Tyson-Orlin Norris
     fight: "We wanted to have that brand name, so people will
     see the Showtime name all over it" (L.V. REVIEW-JOURNAL,
     10/24)....In Chicago, Tim Jones wrote on TV properties and
     networks "spawning magazines."  ESPN Magazine's circulation
     "is projected" to hit one million by January, a "remarkable
     growth rate for any new publication."  ESPN Magazine readers
     are "younger (average age 29 years) than the network viewer
     (average age 41).  The magazine readers are also better
     educated, more likely not to be married and have a slightly
     higher median household income" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/24).

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