MEDIA NOTES

          TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET 60-minute edition
     of FSN's "National Sports Report" led with a 4:03 report on
     Pete Sampras winning Wimbledon, followed by Mets C Mike
     Piazza's reaction to being hit by a pitch by Yankees P Roger
     Clemens on Saturday and All-Star injury updates.  "NSR" had
     7:50 of total Wimbledon coverage.  Last night's 11:00pm ET
     60-minute edition of CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" led with a
     3:16 report on Sampras' win at Wimbledon, followed by
     reactions to Piazza being hit and Braves-Red Sox.  "Sports
     Tonight" had 10:07 of total Wimbledon coverage. Last night's
     11:00pm ET 60-minute edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" led
     with a 4:08 report on Sampras win at Wimbledon, followed by
     Yankees-Mets and Braves-Red Sox.  "SportsCenter" had 6:52 of
     total Wimbledon coverage (THE DAILY).
          NOTES: In Winston-Salem, Mike Mulhern cited NASCAR
     sources as saying that TNN's Steve Byrnes "may be the
     anchor" for Fox's new one-hour NASCAR pre-race show.  Fox
     "also plans a 30-minute post-race show next year, but
     drivers are expected to strongly resist having to hang
     around the track that long after a race" (WINSTON-SALEM
     JOURNAL, 7/8)....In Denver, Sam Adams wrote that Wednesday's
     debut of FSN's "Regional Sports Report" had a "good flow." 
     Adams: "Now if they could just do something to change the 11
     p.m. start time" (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 7/8)....USA TODAY's
     Larry King writes that the Washington Post's Tony Kornheiser
     was the "second choice" of ABC execs to join the "MNF"
     broadcast team (USA TODAY, 7/10).