FINAL NATIONAL AND CABLE RATINGS FROM RECENT EVENTS

          The following lists final national and cable Nielsen
     ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).

EVENT                              DATE  NET  TIME        RAT/SHR
Greater Hartford Open -- 3rd Rd.    7/1  ABC  4:00-6:00pm  1.1/4
Craftsman Series: Sears DieHard 200 7/1  CBS  2:30-5:00pm  0.9/3
Winston Cup: Pepsi 400              7/1  CBS  8:00-11:00pm 5.2/12
"MLB On Fox": (regional)            7/1  Fox  1:15-4:00pm  3.3/11
Wimbledon: Early Round Play         7/1  NBC 12:00-3:00pm  2.0/7
U.S. Senior Open -- 3rd Rd.         7/1  NBC  3:00-6:00pm  1.7/6
Greater Hartford Open -- 4th Rd.    7/2  ABC  3:00-6:00pm  1.7/5
CART: Marconi Grand Prix            7/2  ABC  1:30-3:00pm  1.0/3 
BGN: Sears DieHard 250              7/2  CBS  2:00-5:00pm  1.4/4
CBS Sports Spectacular: USAT&F      7/2  CBS  5:00-6:00pm  1.5/5
Wimbledon: First Week Highlights    7/2  NBC 12:00-3:00pm  2.0/7
U.S. Senior Open -- 4th Rd.         7/2  NBC  3:00-6:00pm  1.9/6

                                             US    COV 
EVENT                             DATE NET   AREA  AREA  SHR  000
MLB: Cubs-Braves                  6/21 ESPN  1.4   1.8    3  1416
Boxing: Tyson v. Savarese         6/24 SHOW  1.7   8.4   14  1725
Boxing: De La Hoya v. Mosely      6/24 HBO   2.4   7.4   14  2405
Winston Cup: Save Mart/Kragen 350 6/25 ESPN  3.5   4.6   10  3573

          For broadcast numbers, one ratings point = 1,008,000
     homes.  For cable, "COV AREA" = % of homes tuned in to that
     program in that network's universe of subscribers. 
          RATINGS NEWS & NOTES: NBC's two-day rating for the U.S.
     Senior Open, played one week later in '99, was a 1.8, down
     5% from '99's 1.9 rating (NBC)....The season-to-date rating
     for "MLB on Fox" through six telecasts is even with last
     year's 2.9/9 through the same amount of broadcasts (Fox).

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