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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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05/03/95
OTTAWA SUMMIT YIELDS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR CANADIAN TEAMS

"The fate of struggling franchises in Winnipeg and Quebec City remains in doubt today after the federal government signaled it''s not prepared to sign a blank cheque to keep teams from moving to the U

Tags: ESPN, Franchises, New York Jets, NHL, Walt Disney

05/02/95
LIBERTY SPORTS LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMMING

Liberty Sports Inc., the sports programming division of TCI, will begin production on four new series this month and ultimately roll out 56 hours of original programming per week during the next two y

Tags: Cablevision, New York Liberty, Media

05/02/95
JETS STUCK ON RUNWAY; BETTMAN TO MEET ON CANADA'S FUTURE

The May 1 Midnight deadline came and went as Jets President Barry Shenkarow agreed to a Canadian federal government request to delay any decision on the future of the team, according to the Toronto GL

Tags: Franchises, New York Jets, NHL

05/02/95
LIONS LOOK TO FOLLOW COWBOYS' LEAD WITH SPECIAL JERSEY

The Lions are in the process of choosing a design for a "special-events jersey" for the ''95 season. The jersey will be worn for special games, which could include the opener, Monday nights and Thanks

Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions

05/02/95
EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

CFL announced that DON BARKER has retired as the league''s Dir of Officiating. ROSS PERRIER has been named new Director (CFL)....SUSAN BINFORD has been promoted to Exec VP of Public Relations for Turn

Tags: Anheuser Busch, Cablevision, CFL, Detroit Lions, New York Liberty, People and Pop Culture

05/02/95
MORE BEVERAGE NEWS: IS THE U.K. VIRGIN TERRITORY?

Virgin Cola advertising hits British TV screens tonight in the company''s next step in its bid "to take on the might of Coca- Cola and PepsiCo in the global soft drinks market. After introducing his d

Tags: Anheuser Busch, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo

05/02/95
THE MIAMI SNOWBIRDS? CFL LOOKS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FOOTHOLD

CFL Commissioner Larry Smith "will be flying to Miami today in hopes of working out details that will establish a new franchise in the Florida city in time for the 1996 season," according to Marty Yor

Tags: CFL, Leagues and Governing Bodies, Miami Dolphins, NFL

05/02/95
MEDIA NOTES

NBC''s five weekend NBA playoff telecasts gained an overnight rating of 7.8, up from 6.7 a year ago. The late Sunday Hornets/Bulls game drew an 11.4, up 52% from last year (N.Y. TIMES, 5/2)....Among t

Tags: ABC, Boston Celtics, CBS, Chicago Bulls, HBO, MLB, NBA, NBC, New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, RDV Sports, Media, Time Warner, Viacom, Walt Disney

05/02/95
U OF MN HOPES TO LURE FANS WITH GREENS FEES, CLASS DISCOUNTS

The Univ. of Minnesota is hoping to lure fans back to football games with promotions such as pre-game rock concerts for students, greens fees at the university golf course and discounts on extension c

Tags: Colleges

05/02/95
UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES OVER NEW MARINERS HOME

With Mariners owners saying they will put the team up for sale next year if a new stadium isn''t built, the future of the team appears to be in the hands of some dissenting lawmakers. The bill that pa

Tags: Facilities, Seattle Mariners

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