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WNBA Chicago Sky Strike Five-Year Local TV Deal With A Ratings-Earning Station05 / 21 / 13The WNBA Sky for the first time will have "nearly an entire season of games" broadcast on a ratings-earning TV station, according to Danny Ecker of CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. The club "struck a five-year agreement with Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co. to air 24 games a year on its family of netw... |
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In today''s WASHINGTON POST, Leonard Shapiro writes from Wimbledon that, as broadcasters, Chris Evert and John McEnroe "became big-time players." On Evert: During the women''s final she was "concise,
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MEDIA NOTES
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HBO SPORTS LOOKING FOR A KNOCKOUT WITH BOXING TOURNEY
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