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Philip Morris is delivering a "thinly veiled warning" to publishers who are considering restricting its tobacco advertising by threatening to take away its food and beer ads (ADVERTISING AGE, 11/20 is
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REFS UNION WON'T VOTE ON NBA PACKAGE; NO NEW TALKS SLATED
The NBA said it has reached its "negotiating limit" with its locked-out referees and that they are prepared to play out the regular season with replacements, according to the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS.
THE HOUSE THAT WEBBER BUILT: WILL DC ARENA GET NIKETOWN?
When Bullets/Capitals Owner Abe Pollin opens his new MCI Center in downtown Washington in ''97, the new arena will include around 50,000 square feet of retail space. Noting rumors that a Niketown stor
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
PGA Tour pros STEVE ELKINGTON, COREY PAVIN, FRED COUPLES, and JEFF MAGGERT will all have parts in KEVIN COSTNER''s upcoming film "Tin Cup," but PETER JACOBSEN, who has a speaking part in the film, wil
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NO LAST-DITCH EFFORTS EXPECTED TO KEEP OILERS IN HOUSTON
A committee studying the need for new sports venues in Houston "is not likely to put together a last-ditch effort to keep the Houston Oilers in town," according to group chairman Pete Coneway. This mo
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WORLD TOUR STILL BEING DISCUSSED IN GOLF CIRCLES
Despite the outcry over a World Tour idea that was floated just one year ago, the "notion of increasing elite competition among the world''s best players lives on strongly," according to Jeff Rude in
OLYMPIC NOTES: ACOG AND UNICEF TEAM UP FOR OLYMPIC AID
ACOG and UNICEF have announced the launch of Olympic Aid- Atlanta, a special initiative designed to raise funds that will help alleviate the plight of millions of war-affected children on the occasion
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FRANCHISE NOTES: J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS
N.Y. Jets Owner Leon Hess was asked after Sunday''s loss if he has thought about selling the team. Hess: "Not at all. This is one of the few pleasures I get out of life, win or lose" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS,
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C'MON, IT'S A PARTY! CBS CUTS AD PRICES FOR FIESTA PACKAGE
CBS has now sold 75-80% of ad time for their Fiesta Bowl telecast January 2, as 30-second spots have "tumbled from the astronomical rate" of $550,000 to around $400,000, according to INSIDE MEDIA. To
MEDIA NOTES
ESPN2 is launching in more than 2 million households throughout the fourth quarter of ''95, bringing their total to more than 27 million by the end of the year (ESPN)....The Sports Network site on the
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