THE DAILY offers you the '99 year in sports business,
sung to Hark! The Herald Angels Sing:
Hark! The NASCAR leaders sing,
'Glory to the network kings.
We made off with lots of cash.
Hope the ratings stay on track.'
Houston won the NFL
The Loonie plagued the NHL
Milstein lost his Redskins bid
Nike loved what Chastain did
Trouble plagued the IOC
Bid cities offered goodies for free
Juan faced calls for resignation
Congress threatened legislation
Master P signed Ricky Williams
Tiger Woods keeps making millions
Yankees' Curtis snubbed Jim Gray
Bud hopes Pete will go away
David Stern resolved the lockout
But the league saw dips in turnout
Gretzky said farewell to all
Now he's plugging Tylenol
MLS bid adieu to Logan
With Don Garber they are hopin'
CBS kept its college hoops
But is $6 billion too much loot?
SFX keeps getting bigger
Falk's detractors getting bitter?
Oly Stone drove the NFL mad
Would his film make it look bad?
Buyer sought for Ascent teams
Sturm's bid was just a dream
MLB umps tried to strike
then told Richie to take a hike
