SPORTS
Sound and Fury By Dave Kindred. - Entertainment Weekly, March 10, 2006
The Bases Were Loaded (And So Was I) By Tom Callahan. - Entertainment Weekly, April 30, 2004
How Would Cosell Put It? Lately, Monday Night Football’s Schedule Is Lugubrious - Inside.com, October 15, 2001
It's Not Easy Being Mike: Jordan Is Asked to Carry a Team -- and a League -- on His Back - Inside.com, September 26, 2001
Is the Sky the Limit for Live Sports Television? - Inside.com, September 05, 2001
NBA Looks For the Open Man as Its Contract With NBC Runs Out - Inside.com, May 22, 2001
Prosecution slap shot - U.S.News & World Report,
February 7, 2000
No business slam dunk - U.S.News & World Report,
January 31, 2000
Oysters, scotch, and hoops - U.S.News & World Report,
November 15, 1999
A Pilgrimage to Pigskin Paradise. - As
appeared in U.S.News & World Report's Great Vacation Drives,
Spring 1997
A visit to the new College Football Hall of Fame
Marshmallows Then, Rose
Bowl Now - U.S.News & World Report,
December 25, 1995
Courting big-time commercial success - U.S.News & World Report,
December 11, 1995
David Falk - U.S.News & World Report,
December 11, 1995
The games haven’t been very good, either -- and that is testing one of the most consistent franchises in prime time. Tonight’s Cowboys-Redskins matchup features two 0-4 teams -- a first in 32 years of ABC broadcasts.
Look carefully, however, and there are many reasons why the NBA
can't oversell the world's greatest basketball player to networks
negotiating to carry its games. If he can't make it to playoffs, and
play for a while, even his affect will be minimal.
Several companies are looking at ways to obtain the broadcast rights to provide major-league entertainment for weary -- and mostly wealthy -- air travelers tired of the usual retreads.
NBC Sports wants to come back at a less-than-exorbitant price, but
another bidder, like Disney's ABC-ESPN combination, could block that
shot.
Taking sport to court.
His Airness has been in a financial slump.
New sports arenas are dens of luxury. They may also fail.
Northwestern University football coach Gary Barnett turned the perennial
cellar-dwellers into Big Ten champions.
Women's hoops have come a long way. Look for more TV deals, endorsements and pro league.
An offensive threat for NBA players.