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ESPN'S SALVO AT MLB? WWC FINAL REPEAT UP AGAINST ALL-STARS

          ESPN will rebroadcast the WWC Final tonight at 8:00pm
     ET.  The game will be presented Sunday on ESPN Classic at
     5:00pm ET (ESPN).  In Chicago, Phil Rosenthal writes that
     ESPN's feud with MLB "continues tonight," with ESPN
     repeating the Final at the "perfect time," against MLB's
     All-Star Game.  Rosenthal: "The soccer rerun won't draw much
     of a crowd, but it's still a heck of a gesture" (CHICAGO
     SUN-TIMES, 7/13).  In Dallas, Barry Horn writes that if ESPN
     "can woo a few 100,000 or so folks away from the All-Star
     Game, the soccer game may be the king of summer" ratings
     (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 7/13)....ABC Sports Dir of PR Mark
     Mandel, asked if ABC had received any complaints concerning
     U.S. Women's soccer team D Brandi Chastain's use of "some
     salty language" during her postgame interview: "We're
     unaware of any reaction.  We got no calls ... nothing from
     the media, not anything" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 7/13)....In
     N.Y, Richard Sandomir, on the U.S. team's appearance on
     yesterday's morning news shows: "One was struck by the
     gushfest on ABC's 'Good Morning America' by Robin Roberts
     ('Whoo Whoo!' 'You da women!') and Charlie Gibson, and the
     controlled enthusiasm of Katie Couric during her smart
     interview with the players on NBC's 'Today' show.  Mark
     McEwen's taped interview with the team on 'CBS This Morning'
     showed intelligence without fawning" (N.Y. TIMES, 7/13). 

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