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The Daily's Hot Reads For Wednesday: Art For Art's Sake

The Baltimore SUN's Childs Walker writes, "Late Ravens owner Art Modell might face an easier path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame if the museum follows through on tentative discussions of putting 'contributors' in a different voting pool than players " ( Baltimore SUN ). ESPN.com's Brant Jame...

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10/25/95
EVERYONE'S BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE DREAM

Hakeem Olajuwon''s endorsement of low-priced Spalding shoes is examined by Ron Trujillo in this morning''s USA TODAY. Trujillo notes Hakeem''s "Dream" shoe by Spalding, listed at below $45, hit 12,500

Tags: NBA, PepsiCo, Russell Athletic

10/25/95
THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER

TODAY: Week 7 AFC Home Attendance HOME ''95 YEAR-TO-DATE ''94 TIX REVENUE TEAM DATES AVG. TIX REVENUE AVG. +/- FROM ''94 OAK^ 4 53,900 $51 $10,995,600 47,442 + $4,733,289 CLE^ 4 72,409 $33 $9,557,988

Tags: The Back of the Book

10/25/95
STADIUM NOTES

The Twins and the Metro Sports Facilities Commission announced yesterday that collectible items cut from the turf of the Metrodome used during their ''87 and ''91 World Series wins will be auctioned a

Tags: Facilities, Minnesota Twins

10/25/95
MURDOCH'S NEWS CORP. LOOKING AT LIBERTY AS A RIVAL TO ESPN

TCI Inc. is reportedly in talks with News Corp.''s Fox to join their TV sports operations in creating a "national rival" to ESPN. Terms of a deal "are sketchy," according to the WALL STREET JOURNAL, b

Tags: Cablevision, ESPN, Madison Square Garden, New York Liberty, News Corp./Fox, Media, Walt Disney

10/25/95
BEARS TO HIBERNATE ON STADIUM DECISION UNTIL DECEMBER

The Bears will not decide until December "at the earliest" or after January 1 whether to stay at renovated Soldier Field or move to Northern IN, according to this morning''s CHICAGO SUN- TIMES. Bears

Tags: Chicago Bears, Facilities

10/25/95
DECISION ON BIG 12 TITLE-GAME EXPECTED TODAY

Athletic directors in the Big 12 expect to decide today where to play their football championship game, according to the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. "There remains a sentiment among some league athletic direct

Tags: Colleges

10/25/95
DAY TWO OF MAFFIA TESTIMONY IN KING FRAUD TRIAL

In his second day of testimony, Joseph Maffia, the former Controller of Don King Productions, said that King instructed him to "create" $350,000 in training expenses to justify an insurance claim for

Tags: ESPN, Law and Politics, Walt Disney

10/25/95
MORE FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE FOOTWEAR WAR

Nike will design New York City Marathon artwork that "marries its trademark swoosh with the race name," adding to the "growing competition" between Nike and Reebok for sports properties, writes Steve

Tags: Nike, Reebok

10/25/95
NAMES IN THE NEWS

Former Colgate-Palmolive Chair & CEO DAVID FOSTER has been named the ''95 honoree of the LPGA Commissioner''s Award (LPGA)....JOHN FEINSTEIN''s new book "Winter Games" is alleged to take some "none-to

Tags: Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Bills, CBS, ESPN, LPGA, Miami Dolphins, NBC, Nike, People and Pop Culture, Viacom, Walt Disney

10/25/95
CBS AND WESTINGHOUSE REPORTEDLY PUT BASEBALL OFFER ON HOLD

CBS yesterday pulled their five-year offer to split MLB coverage with Fox, according to Rudy Martzke of USA TODAY. CBS was expected to pay between $80-90M for a deal giving the network two World Serie

Tags: ABC, Anheuser Busch, CBS, MLB, NBC, News Corp./Fox, Media, Viacom, Walt Disney

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