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NEXUS BETWEEN SPORTS & POLITICS: "SNL" PROJECTS THE OUTCOMES

          On NBC's "Saturday Night Live," cast member DARRELL
     HAMMOND portrayed CBS' DAN RATHER in a skit that mocked the
     networks' call of Tuesday's Presidential election.  Hammond,
     as Rather: "Good evening folks.  Let's get right to the NBA.
     ... In Phoenix, the SUNS lead the HEAT from Miami by the
     score of 64-57 in the third quarter.  CBS News now projects
     that the PHOENIX SUNS have won this game.  When all the
     results are in, the SUNS will take this game and the HEAT
     will take it where the sun don't shine, and buddy, they're
     going to take it hard.  In Portland, where the men catch
     fish and the fish catch herpes, the HOUSTON ROCKETS lead the
     TRAIL BLAZERS 31-28 nearing the end of the first quarter. 
     At this moment, CBS News holds this game is too close to
     call.  Too close at the moment. ... When CBS News calls this
     game you can bet your mothers maxi-pad that we've called the
     winner."  Hammond also projects an outcome for the NBA
     season: "CBS News is projecting that the UTAH JAZZ, based on
     our information, are the NBA Champions for this season.  A
     big night in the Mormon state" ("SNL," NBC, 11/11).

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