CBS CAPTURES THE NATION`S EYES WITH FINAL FOUR
CBS Sports, like Michigan`s basketball team, saved the best for last on Saturday`s long day`s journey into night, otherwise known as the Final Four. And the audience in the Chicago...
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MCCARVER GETS HIS FEET WET, AND MORE
Now we know what Tim McCarver did on his winter vacation. The ABC baseball commentator had his hand bitten by a sting ray, snorkeled with sea lions in the feeding...
BIG 10 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL TV DEALS TO ESPN, RAYCOM
The Big 10, in an effort to stabilize its football and basketball television packages, reached separate six-year agreements Wednesday with ESPN and Raycom Sports and Entertainment. The contracts go into...
TELEVISION CONTRACT GIVES EXPOSURE TO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
High school athletics took a small step into the big world of national television Tuesday when SportsChannel America signed a long-term agreement with the National Federation of State High School...
JORDAN, ACADEMICS SHARE CITY TITLE BILL
The Public League boys basketball championship Sunday will feature two of the top 10 high school teams in the nation, Simeon and King; the debut of Bulls star Michael Jordan...
SERIOUSLY, FOLKS, `THE LOOP` IS TRYING TO GET A CORNER ON ALL
This is not funny. WLUP-AM, which bills itself as Chicago`s comedy station, is getting serious about sports. Already the radio home of the Bulls and talk-show host Chet Coppock, the...
TOM SEAVER`S NEW PITCH WILL BE FOR NBC-TV
Tom Terrific is coming back to TV. No, it isn`t a cartoon series. Tom Seaver, the former major league pitcher for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and White Sox,...
NBC RELIVES DAY CLAY BECAME ALI
It was 25 years ago that the boxer then known as Cassius Marcellus Clay stepped into a ring to wage war against then-heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. There was Clay`s boasting,...
SOX`S NEW TV ANNOUNCER WILL WORK FOR ABC, TOO
Gary Thorne will have a busier summer than he planned. Thorne, 40, signed a three-year contract last month with the White Sox to replace John Rooney as the play-by-play man...
ILLINOIS-INDIANA SHOWDOWN A WINNER FOR CH. 66
Executives at WGBO-TV (Channel 66) were smiling Monday when the Nielsen overnight ratings for the weekend came out. The Illinois-Indiana Big 10 basketball showdown Saturday night on WGBO was the...