TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET 60-minute edition
of FSN's "The Keith Olbermann Evening News" led with Tiger
Woods' dispute with the PGA Tour, followed by Rams-Giants.
The first report on the AmEx World Golf Championship was at
10:09 into the broadcast. "Olbermann" had 14:41 of total
NFL coverage. Last night's 11:00pm ET 30-minute edition of
CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" led with Rams-Giants, followed by
Saints-Panthers. The first non-NFL report, at 7:44, was
Rockets-Lakers. The first report on the AmEx WGC was at
9:41. "Sports Tonight" had 13:54 of total NFL coverage.
Last night's 11:30pm ET 60-minute edition of ESPN's
"SportsCenter" led with Jets-Colts, followed by Bears-Bills.
The first non-NFL report, at 12:06, was the AmEx WGC.
"SportsCenter" had 29:02 of total NFL coverage (THE DAILY).
BROADBAND/ESPN.COM DEAL? The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's
Noah Liberman cites sources as saying that CA-based
Broadband Sports "is nearing a deal" with ESPN Internet
Group (EIG) to place content from Broadband's AthletesDirect
on ESPN.com. EIG "would command an undisclosed fee" from
Broadband (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/13 issue).
NOTES: SI's Peter King reports that NBC "is talking" to
MN Gov. Jesse Ventura about "doing color" on its XFL games
(SI, 11/13 issue)....USA TODAY's Edward Baig writes on video
technology and notes that the NHL Rangers are among 16 teams
that have access to a $30,000 database supplied by Ontario-
based RinkNet. About 23,000 players in each level of hockey
are represented in the database. Baig adds that the Rangers
are also one of nine NHL teams using a digital-editing
system called the Hockey System, which is provided by
Ottawa-based Sports Systems (USA TODAY, 11/13)....USA
TODAY's Rudy Martzke gives his "comeback" award to CBS
sideline reporter Jill Arrington, who was criticized by
Martzke for wearing a black tank top on the sidelines last
week. Arrington donned a "conservative" top for Saturday's
Univ. of SC-Univ. of FL game (USA TODAY, 11/13).
