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Morning Buzz, February 14, 2002

 
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Morning News & Headlines
Thursday, February 14, 2002
9:00am ET

Comprehensive Olympic Coverage: Today's Headlines, Schedules, Forecasts
Skating Controversy A Hot Topic On Last Night's TV News, Talk Shows
Tracking The Advertising Presence Of OPUS Sponsors, Partners
NHL Enters Break For Winter Olympics, Perhaps For The Final Time
Good Clean Fun: First Batch Of Olympic Urine Tests Have Come Back Negative
A Lighter Buzz/In Other News/Laugh Track/TV Monitor

THE SALT LAKE CITY WINTER GAMES, DAY 7: TODAY'S HEADLINES

Salt Lake Tribune:

Deseret News:

Salt Lake TV

KSL Radio

National News:


QUOTE FROM THE GAMES…

“I'm thrilled by the quality of the organization. The volunteers are wonderful. We have fine weather; the U.S. [is] winning a lot of medals, which is important.”

– IOC President Jacques Rogge, on Salt Lake City as host of the Winter Games
(DESERET NEWS, 2/14).


TODAY'S UT WEATHER

The forecast calls for snow flurries today, with a high of 34°F.

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

NBC's TV COVERAGE

TODAY'S VISITOR INFORMATION

SALT LAKE CITY MEDIA GUIDE (requires Adobe Acrobat)

Click on the buttons below for additional Olympic links:

OFFICIAL SITES

NEWS SITES

NGB/SPORTS SITES

IOC/TOP SPONSORS

OLYMPIC HISTORY

OLYMPIC TRIVIA


COVERING THE COVERAGE: MEDIA REPORTS ON SKATING SCANDAL

The ongoing figure skating controversy was the main topic on last night's TV news programs. NBC's Tom Brokaw: "A hotly debated figure skating decision now threatens to blow up into a major scandal" ("Nightly News," NBC, 2/13). ABC's Peter Jennings called the controversy a "brouhaha" ("World News Tonight," ABC, 2/13). "Inside Edition" host Deborah Norville: "It just wouldn't be the Winter Olympics without a good scandal." Correspondent Paul Boyd: "The cloud of controversy is overshadowing the entire competition" ("Inside Edition," 2/13). CNNfn's Lou Dobbs: "Well, there's Enron, and now there are the Olympics" ("Moneyline," CNNfn, 2/13). SLOC President & CEO Mitt Romney: "One body of infested water I will not get into is the judging body. Too many sharks there" ("Brian Williams: Olympic Wrap-Up," MSNBC, 2/13).

The following TV Monitor details programs that discussed the figure skating controversy:

ESPN:

  • ESPN's "Unscripted" host Chris Connelly discussed the pairs figure skating controversy in his monologue at 1:52 into the broadcast.
  • ESPN's "PTI" led with the skating controversy.
  • Last night's 6:00pm ET edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" led with the skating controversy.
  • Last night's 11:00pm ET edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" first reported on the skating controversy at 34:13.

NEWS PROGRAMS:

  • NBC's "Nightly News" led with the skating controversy.
  • ABC's "World News Tonight" first reported on the skating controversy at 13:17.
  • "Inside Edition" led with the skating controversy.
  • MSNBC's "Brian Williams: Olympic Wrap-Up" led with the skating controversy.
  • "Newshour with Jim Lehrer" first reported on the skating controversy at 2:50.
  • "Entertainment Tonight" led with the skating scandal.
  • CNNfn's "Moneyline" first reported on the skating controversy at 37:03.

TALK SHOWS:

  • MSNBC's "The News With Brian Williams" led with the skating controversy.
  • CNN's "Larry King Live" interviewed Jamie Sale and David Pelletier.
  • CBS' "Late Show" and NBC's "Tonight Show" both joked about the skating controversy.

STORM COULD GIVE GAMES, SPECTATORS FIRST WEATHER TEST

The SALT LAKE TRIBUNE reports that the "first weather test of the Salt Lake City Olympics could come today, with an erratic storm likely to hit the Wasatch Front about the time spectators depart for four mountain venues featuring morning events." Four to six inches of snow "are predicted in the mountains, and 1 to 3 inches in the northern valleys" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 2/14).


OLYMPIC NOTES: NBC'S ADS, ATHLETE PROFILES & TASTY DOGS

Last night's NBC 8:00-11:30pm ET primetime Olympic broadcast aired one promo for NBC's Wednesday TV line-up; one "Friends" promo; four NBCOlympics.com promos; three "Ed" promos; two "Leap of Faith" promos; one "Watching Ellie" promo; two Daytona 500 promos; and one "Tonight Show" promo. (THE DAILY).

Day six of NBC's Olympic coverage included three athlete profiles: USA Biathlon Team; Bode Miller, USA, Skiing; Kjetil Audre Aamodt and Lasse Kjus, Norway, Skiing (THE DAILY).

The SALT LAKE TRIBUNE reports that the SLOC "had received 400,000 hot dogs from a sponsor, expecting that volume would meet the needs of spectators and volunteers over the 17-day odyssey," but by Tuesday the dogs were gone. The SLOC has ordered "another 250 cases of quarter-pound hot dogs and expects them to arrive from Milwaukee today or Friday" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 2/14).

CBS' David Letterman lists the "Top Ten Signs Your Olympic Event Is Fixed."


OLYMPIC AD MONITOR

OPUS partner AT&T continues its Olympic ad campaign with a full-page ad in today's USA Today (THE DAILY).

OPUS partner Bank of America also takes out a full-page ad in this morning's USA Today. The ad has a hockey theme (THE DAILY).

OPUS partners GM Chevrolet also takes out a full-page ad in this morning's USA Today. The ad has a bobsled theme (THE DAILY).


NHL BEGINS RECESS FOR WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

The TORONTO SUN reports the NHL is shutting down for the next 12 days for "the final round of the Olympic hockey tournament, with NHL participation itself on trial in the coming weeks." NHL Exec VP & CLO Bill Daly, on the league's break: "It's a challenge for us to shut down, no doubt. The obvious concern is stopping in the middle of playoff races. We have a lot of close ones going on right now, more than in 1998," which was the first time the league stopped for the Olympics. Daly said clubs "might not be pleased" about losing momentum during the break (TORONTO SUN, 2/14).

Flyers and Team USA F Jeremy Roenick: "I feel this will be the last time the NHL plays in the Olympics" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 2/14).


JUST SAY NO: SNOWBOARDERS AVOID DRUG TESTING CONTROVERSY

The WASHINGTON POST reports "none of the first 100 urine tests among all athletes at Salt Lake City had found drugs." SLOC Doping Control Dir Doug Rollins, on drug test results: "The snowboarders have competed, the snowboarders have been tested, and all of the tests so far have been negative." Canada's Ross Rebagliati, who won the Gold Medal in snowboarding at the '98 Olympics, "tested positive for marijuana" after winning the event (WASHINGTON POST, 2/14).


FL HOUSE HONORS FRANCE FAMILY, RECOGNIZES “SPEEDWAY DAY”

The ORLANDO SENTINEL reports that FL's Republican-controlled House "served up a glowing tribute" to the France family and "sponsored a resolution declaring Wednesday 'Speedway Day' at the Capitol." The family's patriarch, "Big Bill" France, built a "racing empire from the ground up" in Daytona Beach in the late 1940s, and "was hailed by lawmakers for boosting Florida's economy and typifying the American entrepreneurial spirit" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/14).


A LIGHTER BUZZ

Members of the Cowboys' front office met with Mayor Ed Garza on Wednesday to "discuss the possibility of the team holding part of its training camp in San Antonio this summer" (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 2/14).

The L.A. TIMES reports that Oakley Inc., "feeling the effects of a sluggish economy and a feud with its biggest customer, said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 66% on lower sales." The stock closed at $16.45, off $0.34 a share, on the NYSE (L.A. TIMES, 2/14).


TODAY'S EVENTS

The L.A. TIMES reported American Airlines will unveil two new TV commercials during the Winter Olympics as part of "the airline's slow return to traditional advertising after Sept. 11" (L.A. TIMES, 2/13).

Members of the Bills and the team's Alumni Association will visit Buffalo's VA Medical Center as part of the "National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans." The visits will take place from 1:00-2:00pm ET. The nationwide event was established in 1978 (THE DAILY).

U.S. Snowboarders Tricia Byrnes and Gold Medal winner Ross Powers will participate in an Olympic version of the TV show "The Dating Game," with winners getting autographs and photos of the Olympians and a new Samsung N150 phone. The event takes place at The Olympic Rendezvous@Samsung at 3:00pm MT (THE DAILY).

Devil Rays OF Randy Winn will be presented with a '02 Mitsubishi Lancer Oz Rally Edition prior to tonight's Spurs-Clippers games. Winn won the car when he hit a half-court shot during the Mitsubishi halftime promotion at the January 18 Cavaliers-Clippers game. Winn, who played college basketball at Santa Clara, was randomly selected for the contest (THE DAILY).


IN OTHER NEWS….

CABLEDAY reports that USA Network's ratings for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show dropped this year, "but not too badly given that last year the pups weren't going up against the Olympics." Monday night's coverage earned a 3.24 Nielsen rating, "just a hair below last year's 3.28," while Tuesday night earned a 3.4, down from 3.9 in '01 (CABLEDAY, 2/14).

The WASHINGTON POST reports XM Satellite Radio, in an effort to boost its subscription base, will send DirecTV customers "special offers for XM's $10-a-month service within the next few months." DirecTV is one of the largest shareholders of XM (WASHINGTON POST, 2/14).

The N.Y. TIMES reports AP Exec Editor Jonathan Wolman has been appointed Senior VP of the news agency, a "move that signals the beginning of the end of Louis D. Boccardi's 17-year tenure as the top executive of the [AP]" (N.Y. TIMES, 2/14).


FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION

Last night's "Final Jeopardy!" category was "State Capitals."

"This least populous state capital falls alphabetically immediately after Alabama's."


LAUGH TRACK

NBC's Jay Leno last night said Bob Costas had an "embarrassing moment" yesterday. Leno: "I guess he was surrounded by a large crowd of autograph seekers. They thought he was one of the Children of the Light." Leno, on 250,000 condoms being distributed at the Olympics: "Most of those are expected to be used by athletes getting screwed by the pro-Russian judges." Leno, on the skating controversy: "This is being called the worst decision ever made not involving an L.A. jury" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 2/13).

CBS' David Letterman, on the Westminster Dog Show: "When the judges announced that a French poodle had won the competition, an angry Canadian poodle went nuts. Trashed his hotel room." Letterman: "Monday night, 30 million people watched the Olympics from Salt Lake City. In fact, the only people not watching the Olympics are the figure skating judges" ("Late Show," CBS, 2/13).

Last night's "Top Ten" list was "Top Ten Signs Your Olympic Event Is Fixed" ("Late Show," CBS, 2/13).

10.

"Medal ceremony takes place before the event."

9.

"In the middle of your figure skating routine, you're run over by the Zamboni."

8.

"You see five heads in the four-man bobsled."

7.

"Instead of scores, the P.A. system announced bribes given to judges."

6.

"Event judged by former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay."

5.

"You hear the Child of Light wants you to take a dive or else."

4.

"You see six judges and a figure skater check into a Holiday Inn."

3.

"It's curling, and everyone knows curling is controlled by the Mafia."

2.

"You lose to this." (An old black and white video was shown of skater wearing a large, flowery costume)

1.

"For some reason, it's being promoted by Don King."


WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S TV MONITOR

ESPN's 11:00pm ET "SportsCenter" led with Univ. of OK-OK St. Univ. men's college basketball.


FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER

"What is Montpelier?"


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