TV MONITOR: Last night's 11:00pm ET 30-minute edition
of CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" led with the NEC Invitational,
followed by A's-Indians. "Sports Tonight" had 5:41 of total
NFL coverage and 2:14 of total NEC Invitational coverage.
Last night's 11:45pm ET 75-minute edition of ESPN's
"SportsCenter" led with Red Sox-Royals, followed by A's-
Indians. The first non-MLB report, at 10:07 into the
broadcast, was the NEC Invitational. "SportsCenter" had
17:18 of NFL coverage and 5:23 of NEC Invitational coverage.
Last night's 12:00am ET 60-minute edition of FSN's "National
Sports Report" also led with Red Sox-Royals, followed by
Rangers-Yankees. The first non-MLB report, at 9:17, was
also the NEC Invitational. "NSR" had 5:48 of NFL coverage
and 2:14 of NEC Invitational coverage (THE DAILY).
ALBERT TO RETURN TO MSG? In N.Y., Bob Raissman cites
sources as saying that MSG Network execs have "already set
the wheels in motion" to bring Marv Albert back to handle
Knicks games on MSG with Clyde Frazier. Mike Breen, who has
been the Knicks' TV voice for the past three seasons, will
"move back to the radio booth to work with analyst John
Andariese." Sources say that Albert, who has been the
Knicks play-by-play radio voice for the last two seasons, is
in "contract negotiations" with MSG (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 8/25).
NOTES: The Pan American Sports Network (PSN) has signed
a three-year agreement with the NBA where PSN will broadcast
as many as 34 NBA games in Spanish and Portuguese next
season (BLOOMBERG, 8/24)....The Hurricanes signed a two-year
extension with WRBZ-AM to continue as the team's flagship
station (Hurricanes)....In K.C., Jonathan Rand profiles the
NFL's Internet strategy and cites Chiefs Manager of Internet
Services Lance Brown as saying that the team's Web site
"generates $300,000 yearly." Brown: "This is a moneymaker
now. At first, we were thinking, 'This is a break-even
proposition.' It was not easy to find advertisers. But it's
not as hard as it once was" (K.C. STAR, 8/25).
