TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET 60-minute edition of FSN's "National Sports Report" led with Cavaliers-76ers, followed by Pacers-Pistons. The first non-NBA report, at 3:54 into the broadcast, was A's 1B Jason Giambi being named AL MVP. Last night's 11:00pm ET 60-minute edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" also led with Cavaliers-76ers, followed by Heat-Nets. The first non-NBA report, at 7:15, was the Globetrotters-Purdue Univ. exhibition game. Last night's 11:00pm ET 30-minute edition of CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" was pre-empted by coverage of Election 2000 (THE DAILY). WEB SITE GAMBLING DEBATE CONTINUES: The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Noah Liberman reports that the NBA and NFL are "considering whether banner ads for gambling-related businesses" on FoxSports.com and ESPN Internet Group's soccernet.com "conflict with the leagues' anti-gambling policies" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/13 issue). NOTES: USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke reports that last Saturday's Lennox Lewis-David Tua heavyweight title bout, televised by HBO's TVKO, recorded 420,000 PPV buys at $44.95 each, 300,000 from cable systems and 120,000 from satellite homes. Martzke cites Paul Kagan Associates' Pay TV Newsletter as reporting that last month's Mike Tyson-Andrew Golota fight on Showtime Event Entertainment had 450,000 PPV buys (USA TODAY, 11/16)....ESPN has launched a Spanish- language production of "SportsCenter" on its Latin American network. The show is produced from Argentina and anchored by former Argentine soccer player and current ESPN Int'l personality Quique Wolff (ESPN Int'l)....TNT's Ernie Johnson introduced analyst Charles Barkley last night by saying, "Charles Barkley, back from a whirlwind media tour, which included a stop last night on the David Letterman show." Barkley, to TNT's Kenny Smith: "I gave you a plug. You should be happy." Smith: "Next time you give me a plug, say my whole name. Say Kenny Smith or Kenny 'The Jet' Smith, don't just [say] Kenny and Ernie." Johnson: "Do you see me complaining about it?" (TNT, 11/15)....U.S. Gold medal- winning wrestler Brandon Slay and his agent John Rizzuti plan to launch the Web site, morethangold.com, "to spread his message that, 'There is more to life than gold medals, first-place trophies and blue ribbons. It's about having a dream, a goal'" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 11/15).
