NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer "might try to block"
a possible Cablevision acquisition of the Yankees to "crack
down on the cable industry's 'monopolistic' practices."
Spitzer: "When you have one company not only owning the
Knicks and the [MLB] Rangers and Madison Square Garden, and
potentially the Yankees, but also controlling all television
rights to those companies and the Devils and Islanders, you
begin to understand the enormous power that one company
possesses in an industry" (NEWSDAY, 1/10)....In Boston, Will
McDonough wrote that "the NFL is very concerned" about the
federal lawsuit consumer advocate Ralph Nader will file to
prevent the Patriots from relocating to Hartford (BOSTON
GLOBE, 1/9)....The Jaguars-Jets AFC Divisional Playoff game
yesterday drew 78,817, the largest crowd ever to see a
sporting event in Giants Stadium (USA TODAY, 1/11)....Heat
Owner Micky Arison, on prospective Marlins Owner John
Henry's interest in "trading" some of his Marlins shares for
an interest in the Heat: "Baseball doesn't appeal to me,
particularly, unless I did something in a way that would be
a great benefit for the Heat" (MIAMI HERALD, 1/9).
