Steve Nidetz

Notre Dame`s loss was the networks` gain, in more ways than one. By throwing the college football national championship up for grabs, the victory by Miami (Fla.) over the Irish...

CBS made big news last week when it agreed to pay $1 billion over seven years for exclusive rights to the NCAA basketball tournament, but the contract poses a few...

Outside, it was a cold and rainy day. Inside, the Ohio State basketball team was practicing for its game that night against De Paul. And even though it was the...

Denver-based Tele-Communications Inc., owners of such local cable companies as the much-maligned Chicago Cable, quietly has bumped SportsChannel Chicago from its basic package. Citing rising fees charged by cable programmers,...

For the second time in less than a year, CBS has opened its pocketbook to the tune of $1 billion for a sports event. The network Tuesday retained its rights...

This week`s TV lesson: Notre Dame is more important than Lech Walesa. But not bowling or the University of Illinois. The Polish labor leader`s visit to Chicago pre-empted sports events...

Paul Hornung has been part of the Notre Dame mystique since he won the Heisman Trophy while playing quarterback for an Irish football team that won only two games in...

Apparently, Wayne Larrivee won`t be the new Cubs broadcaster after all. ''It doesn`t look very good,'' Larrivee said over the weekend. ''There are just too many conflicts.'' Larrivee was hired...

The Battle of the Network Bucks escalated Thursday when NBC wrestled the National Basketball Association away from CBS for more than three times what the package had been worth four...

Mike Adamle will have a front-row seat for Saturday`s Michigan-Illinois Big 10 football clash. Literally. Adamle, the Big 10 Most Valuable Player in 1970 who still holds many Northwestern rushing...