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In Oklahoma City, Mel Bracht reports ESPN Tuesday is "planning extensive coverage of the University of Connecticut women's basketball team's bid to surpass the all-time winning streak of 88 games, set by UCLA's men's team." UConn's game against Florida State is being moved from ESPNU to ESPN2 "to provide more exposure." The net also is scheduled to air a one-hour pregame show and "five hours of special programming on ESPNU" (DAILY OKLAHOMAN, 12/17). The UConn women "will try to tie" UCLA's record during Sunday's Ohio State-UConn game at MSG, which will be televised by ESPNU (HARTFORD COURANT, 12/17).
GOING HOME AGAIN: In St. Louis, Dan Caesar reports former KFNS-AM host Kevin Slaten will return to the station on Jan. 3. KFNS fired Slaten "nearly three years ago in a high profile, highly volatile move that led to a massive ratings hit for the station, messy legal wranglings, a war of words and eventually the sale of not only that outlet but its FM counterpart." Slaten settled his suit against the station "in October for undisclosed terms," and Big League Broadcasting earlier this year "sold KFNS to Grand Slam Sports, a local company that also recently purchased the other St. Louis AM sports station, KSLG, from Utah-based Simmons Media" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 12/17).
BOSTON LEGAL: FoxSports.com has struck a digital content sharing partnership with NESN in which the RSN will be the network site's exclusive provider of New England and Boston sports news. FoxSports.com additionally will gain rights to publish and link to NESN.com content, and the deal includes significant cross-promotional elements. NESN.com will be added to FoxSports.com roster of sites that also includes 14 locally oriented online hubs (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).
TALKING HOOPS: In Milwaukee, Bob Wolfley noted Sirius XM Wednesday launched "Sirius XM Radio College Basketball Today," a college basketball talk show. The show's analysts include former ESPN analyst Tom Brennan, ESPN announcer Bob Valvano and former NBAers Kenny Anderson and Jim Jackson (JSONLINE.com, 12/15).
