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          TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET edition of FSN's
     "The National Sports Report" led with Cardinals-Phillies,
     followed by Giants-Braves.  The first non-MLB report, at
     7:36 into the broadcast, was a follow-up report on the
     suspension and fine of IN Univ. men's basketball coach Bobby
     Knight.  The 11:00pm ET edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" led
     with Cardinals-Phillies, followed by Flyers-Devils and
     D'Backs-Expos.  Last night's 11:00pm ET edition of CNN/SI's
     "Sports Tonight" led with Cardinals-Phillies, followed by
     Giants-Braves.  The first non-MLB report, at 4:11, was first
     round coverage of golf's Deutsche Bank-SAP Open (THE DAILY).
          NOTES: In Boston, Howard Manly: "Give NBC some credit
     for telling viewers right up front that its coverage of the
     summer Olympics -- all 437 1/2 hours -- will be via tape
     delay" (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/19)....The Tigers have entered into
     an Internet-based partnership with IL-based Ignite Sports
     Media.  As part of the deal, Ignite has relaunched the
     Tigers Web site, located at www.detroittigers.com.  The
     Tigers site marks Ignite's third MLB team (Ignite)....In OK
     City, Mel Bracht reported that Learfield Communications
     "will retain radio rights" to OK State Univ. football and
     basketball games, and add marketing and TV rights under a
     new four-year contract.  Bracht notes the deal "is similar"
     to a four-year, $7.5M contract the Univ. of OK negotiated
     with a partnership group of Learfield, Renda Broadcasting
     and Griffin Television (OKLAHOMAN, 5/18)....The NATIONAL
     POST's Chris Cobb profiles new CTV Sports President Rick
     Brace and writes that Brace would like "to beef up" sporting
     content on Outdoor Life Network, which "is profitable in the
     highly competitive world of multi-specialty channels, but
     Brace says it has great potential" (NATIONAL POST, 5/19). 

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