TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET 60-minute edition
of FSN's "National Sports Report" led with 76ers-Celtics,
followed by Hornets-Raptors. The first non-NBA report, at
6:45 into the broadcast, was Univ. of AZ-Chaminade Univ.
NCAA men's basketball. "NSR" reported on the NAPA 500 at
15:36. Last night's 12:00am ET 60-minute edition of ESPN's
"SportsCenter" also led with 76ers-Celtics, followed by
Hornets-Raptors. The first non-NBA report, at 7:09, was
Univ. of Louisville-Univ. of MD NCAA men's basketball.
"SportsCenter" reported on the NAPA 500 at 13:55. Last
night's 11:00pm ET 30-minute edition of CNN/SI's "Sports
Tonight" was pre-empted due to Election 2000 (THE DAILY).
BIG NUMBER FOR THE WAR IN FL: ABC earned an 8.3/14
final rating for Saturday's FL-FSU game, marking the
network's highest college football rating since the SEC
Championship in December '98 (THE DAILY).
LET HIS INSPIRATION FLOW: USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke
reports that NBC has agreed to allow its NBA analyst Bill
Walton join CBS for three weeks of the 2001 NCAA men's
college basketball tournament (USA TODAY, 11/21).
ON THE WEB: In Chicago, Barry Temkin profiled
BigTimeRecruit.com, a site established by Nets C Evan
Eschmeyer and former Northwestern classmate Ben Flammang.
The site helps athletes "sell themselves to college
coaches," but what is "relatively rare is that Eschmeyer and
Flammang will not charge athletes or coaches to use their
service." The two believe they can make a profit from
selling advertising and "cutting marketing and promotional
deals with other companies, perhaps including pro teams"
(CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/19)....In Houston, John McClain
reported that the Texans' Web site ranked 13th out of 32 NFL
teams in hits during September, which he calls "incredibly
impressive because they don't start playing until 2002"
(HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 11/19)....The IHL has signed a deal with
IntheCrease.com to become the official Website provider for
the league. IntheCrease will develop and maintain the IHL's
official site at www.theihl.com (IHL)....Users will be able
to get live scores of all Fed Cup matches beginning today at
www.usta.com, marking the first time there has been live
scoring for the event (USTA)....SportsTicker will distribute
English-language soccer news from EFE, the Spanish and Latin
American news service (SportsTicker).