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Radio Host Paul Finebaum Headed To ESPN, SEC Network05 / 21 / 13Radio host Paul Finebaum on Aug. 1 is “leaving the Birmingham, Ala., market where his contract expired in January, for Charlotte, N.C., and a national forum: ESPN.” His “multi-tiered platform will include a radio program on ESPN networks, 100 televised appearances annually on ESP... |
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The Mariners promoted LARRY BEINFEST to Dir of Player Development. Beinfest had been Asst Dir of Player Development (Mariners)....AD AGE''s Brad Johnson reports "word is" Reebok is searching for a VP
KINGS, DONALDS AND TYSONS IN THE NEWS
MIKE TYSON will fight BUSTER MATHIS JR. at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia on December 16. The fight, originally scheduled for November 4 in Las Vegas, was postponed due to Tyson''s broken thu
MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP
Wieden & Kennedy will open satellite operations in Paris, Barcelona and Milan to help its Amsterdam office "provide better service" to Nike, according to the current ADWEEK. A source said "Nike sees t
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, CFL, ESPN, Nike, Pittsburgh Pirates, Utah Jazz, Walt Disney, Washington Nationals, Wieden & Kennedy
ANOTHER STEP BACK BEFORE CONVERSE CAN MOVE FORWARD AGAIN
Converse announced yesterday it had laid off an additional 98 employees and will stop production of several shoe lines "as part of a restructuring plan to boost weak sales of its athletic shoes," acco
MEDIA NOTES
Ted Turner, responding to news Rupert Murdoch wants to launch an all-news network to compete with CNN: "We''re going to squash Rupert like a bug" (DAILY VARIETY, 11/30). ....NewSport announced a serie
Tags: CBS, HBO, Nike, Sports Illustrated, Media, Time Warner, Viacom
TAGLIABUE MAKES CASE FOR LIMITED ANTITRUST EXEMPTION
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue appeared before a Senate panel yesterday "and all but pleaded for Congress to grant the league an antitrust exemption so it could keep its teams in place," according to
Tags: ABC, Cleveland Browns, Leagues and Governing Bodies, MLB, NBC, NFL, NHL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Time Warner, Walt Disney, Wilson Sporting Goods
SITV/NFL TEAM UP TO RUN INTERACTIVE TEST ON CABLE NETWORK
Sports Illustrated TV and the NFL are currently developing interactive sports programming applications for Time Warner Cable''s Full Service Network in Orlando, FL. The NFL, in cooperation with Fox an
Tags: NBC, News Corp./Fox, NFL, Sports Illustrated, Media, Time Warner
DALLAS FINANCIER HAS INTEREST REKINDLED IN PURCHASING STARS
Thomas Hicks, a well-respected Dallas financier, is once again thinking about purchasing the Stars, according to the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL. David Shoalts reports that Hicks, who dropped out of the runn
Tags: Dallas Stars, Franchises, NHL, Southwest Sports Group
OTHER NFL NEWS: TAGLIABUE LASHES OUT AT HOUSTON SUIT
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue called a lawsuit filed against the league by Astros Owner Drayton McLane a "sick example of demagoguery," according to this morning''s HOUSTON CHRONICLE. McLane''s suit
Tags: Edmonton Oilers, Houston Astros, Leagues and Governing Bodies, New England Patriots, NFL
PEACOCK PERCHED ATOP '96 SPORTS RATINGS; ESPN CLOSES IN
An analysis done by BJK&E Media Group, New York, for ADVERTISING AGE finds NBC holding a "whopping" 23% share of projected households viewing national TV sports programming in ''96. The projection, us
Tags: ABC, CBS, ESPN, NBC, News Corp./Fox, Media, Viacom, Walt Disney
