ABC SURE IT`S WON A `SKIN` FROM NBC
NBC, which helped create the Skins Game in 1983, made a mistake when it didn`t copyright the popular event. Don Ohlmeyer, whose production company did grab ownership rights, earlier this...
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PAT & JOHN SHOW STILL GOING STRONG
The CBS pro football broadcasting team of Pat Summerall and John Madden is celebrating its 10th year together. They`ve called more than 150 games. But none could have been more...
MCMICHAEL RATED A SMASH (MOUTH)
He`s rude. He`s crude. And, to the folks at WMAQ-Ch. 5, he`s family. Love him or hate him, Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael, all 6 feet 2 inches, 265 pounds...
COLLEGE TELECASTS PUT PROS TO SHAME
Saturday afternoon`s telecasts demonstrated that there`s parity-and entertainment-as never before in college football. Compared with the NFL pap the networks usually deliver on Sundays (this week`s Bears-Falcons and Broncos-Chargers games...
NO. 1 QUESTION: BOWLS OR PLAYOFFS?
The college football arguments, which used to center on Who`s No. 1, have become How Do You Determine No. 1. What`s the solution? ''It`s very difficult,'' says Mike Francesa, CBS`...
JORDAN TAKES HIS TV ACT TO CHANNEL 2
Michael Jordan is going home-to WBBM-Ch. 2. The Bulls star has agreed to a contract with the local CBS affiliate, where he got his broadcasting start two years ago before...
NANTZ`S STAR RISES TO HEIGHTS AT CBS
It`s been a busy five years for Jim Nantz. He has gone from reporting scores on Salt Lake City TV newscasts in 1985 to the play-by-play seat on CBS` college...
WALSH FEELING MORE AT HOME IN BOOTH
Sunday`s NBC telecast of the Raiders-Chiefs game means it`s midterm exam time for analyst Bill Walsh in this, his sophomore year of broadcasting. So far, the former San Francisco 49ers...
SPORTSCHANNEL SLEEPS NO MORE
SportsChannel Chicago turns another corner this weekend when it becomes the first regional sports network to go round-the-clock. ''It`s an exciting progression of our growth as a business,'' SportsChannel General...
BULLS, WGN SUE NBA FOR TELECAST CUT
The Bulls and WGN-Ch. 9 filed suit in federal court Friday against the National Basketball Association over the league`s restrictions on superstation telecasts. Charles Sennet, attorney for Tribune Co., the...