Quote of the Day
“I tried to get fantasy football players that would play on Monday night so I’d have a reason to stay up.”
— ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser, after a catch by Redskins WR Santana Moss (“MNF,” 9/11).
Top Stories
The impact of moving Monday night NFL games to cable and Sunday night games to broadcast is coming into focus, as NBC and ESPN both draw impressive Week One audiences. ESPN pulls an 8.7 overnight for Vikings-Redskins in the early window of its doubleheader last night, and an 8.2 for Chargers-Raiders in the late slot, scoring a rare primetime win for the network. Meanwhile, NBC’s 14.3/23 final rating for Colts-Giants marks the highest rating for a broadcast network primetime season opener since Dennis Miller’s debut in ’00.
ESPN, NBC See Solid Ratings For Week One Of New NFL Packages
Digital
Watch
Big Ten’s new RSN lands carriage deal with AT&T.
Clip Art
Sprint, IMG Media team up to provide sports, entertainment news to mobile phones
users.
Ducat
Seats
Comcast unveils new ticket service in Philadelphia to compete with Ticketmaster.
Wireless
Adapter
Splitting major sponsorship category helps NFL Panthers to another record sales
year.
Tangled
Web
Turner secures online deal with PGA Tour.
Media
Player
Bevilacqua joins Checketts’ Sports Capital Partners.
Driving
The Lane
Hornets G Chris Paul to endorse Toyota’s NBA efforts.
Rock N’
Roll
Peter Lazarus leaves NBC to take post with IMG.
Give
& Take
New federal law prohibits charitable foundations from paying salary to athletes.
