The WNBA Rockers announced that Joe Tait, the voice of
the Cavs, will handle play-by-play duties for all 28 Rockers
games on WERE-AM (Rockers)....Sports books featured on this
week's USA TODAY top-selling books list include: Earl Woods'
"Training a Tiger" (#22); Cal Ripken Jr.'s "The Only Way I
Know" (#24); and Rick Pitino's "Success Is a Choice" (#43).
Other top golf books include: "Jack Nicklaus: My Story"
(#111); Gary McCord's "Just a Range Ball in a Box of
Titleists" (#160); John Feinstein's "A Good Walk Spoiled"
(#170); SI writers' "Tiger Woods: The Making of a Champion"
(#244); John Strenge's "Tiger: A Biography of Tiger Woods"
(#247); and Tim Rosaforte's "Tiger Woods: The Making of a
Champion" (#256) (USA TODAY, 6/19)....In Chicago Steve
Rosenbloom reports that SI is working on a "major" piece on
Jerry Reinsdorf. Reinsdorf, who set terms for the story,
including no anonymous quotes and that he be given the
chance to respond to the statements, said, "I tried to talk
them out of it" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/19)....Lifetime TV airs
its second "Breaking Through" sports documentary series
tonight at 7:00 pm ET. Lifetime President Doug McCormick,
on sports programming: "This isn't going to be a hit
overnight; there's going to be somewhat of an adjustment
period" (USA TODAY, 6/19)....Inside Sports and Fox Sports
have reached a deal where Fox's Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long,
James Brown and Ronnie Lott will contribute to and appear on
the cover of Inside Sports' September NFL Preview issue,
which will be featured on Fox NFL telecasts (Inside Sports).