PEOPLE & PERSONALITIES: Former NFL QB Pat Ryan will be
the Titans' radio analyst next season (PHILADELPHIA
INQUIRER, 2/14)....Former Georgetown coach John Thompson
will host a one-hour daily talk show on DC's WTEM-AM during
the NCAA Men's basketball tournament in March (WASHINGTON
POST, 2/13)....In N.Y., Bob Raissman reported that members
of an ABC Sports crew were "not happy about the
restrictions" placed on them during Dan Dierdorf's final
appearance at the Pro Bowl. Raissman: "Spies say that
during the game one ABC Sports staffer could be heard
apologizing to Dierdorf, saying the crew was told not to
prepare a video-clip tribute to a man who had spent 12
seasons in the 'Monday Night Football' booth" (N.Y. DAILY
NEWS, 2/14)....In St. Paul, Charley Walters wrote that Paul
Molitor will be paid $200,000 for broadcasting 40 Twins
games on Midwest Sports Channel (PIONEER PRESS, 2/14).
RATINGS NOTES: NBC earned a preliminary overnight
Nielsen rating of a 5.7/11 for Sunday's Pacers-Lakers game
(NBC)....The final round of the Buick Invit'l on CBS, won by
Tiger Woods, received a 6.4 overnight rating, up 64% over
last year's broadcast on NBC (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 2/16).
