Media Notes

ESPN's Karl Ravech, the host of "Baseball Tonight," on Sunday will interview President Bush, a former majority owner of the MLB Rangers, at the White House.  Ravech said that he will "sound out [Bush] on whether 'owners were really in the dark' about players' steroid use years ago and whether Bush would consider becoming [MLB] commissioner" (USA TODAY, 7/13).

NHL: In Pittsburgh, Rob Rossi reports a proposed outdoor game between the Penguins and Sabres "could be played" February 17, 2008, rather than New Year's Day, as a Sunday in February would be "an ideal slot for NBC to televise an outdoor game, given that major sporting competition would be limited to the NBA and college basketball" (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 7/13)....In Miami, Barry Jackson reports WAXY-AM "is close to a deal to acquire Panthers radio rights" (MIAMI HERALD, 7/13).

NOTES: Kansas-based Everest, which has 38,000 subscribers in the K.C. area, has reached a deal to air NFL Network's eight regular-season telecasts and its preseason schedule.  Time Warner Cable, the largest system in the area, is still without an agreement with the net (K.C. STAR, 7/13)....WMVP-AM host Dan McNeil has been suspended until July 25 after calling Comcast SportsNet Chicago exec Lissa Druss Christman a "bitch" on the air.  WMVP GM Jim Pastor indicated that the penalty "also was rooted in McNeil's previous indiscretions" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/12)....Golf Living, a biannual magazine that was "spun out of Golf Magazine to capitalize on the growing golf resort communities," has suspended publication after three issues (N.Y. POST, 7/13).