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George
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General
news stories
Fox
signs Keith Olbermann and Chris Myers - news and analysis.
Click here to see a review
of Chris Myers first night at Fox Sports Net.
ESPN
names Steven Bornstein chairman.
Review
of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" - November's
show featuring John Daly, ultra-marathoners, academics and college
football, and the 1958 NFL Championship.
Review
of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" - September's
show featuring John Madden, Andrea Jaeger, baseball players ineligible
for pension and Randy Moss.
Review
of Marv Albert's first night
Top
20 memorable sports television moments from 1978-98 (compiled
with Randy) - Our response to TV Guide's list from the summer. Click
here to see our all-time top 10.

General
Stories
ArmchairQB.com
Presents Best, Worst Of 1998 Playoff Coverage
Preview
of Fox's World Series coverage, George's Pick On Series
Justice
served by Gammons report - A review of the dispute between Cleveland
Indians outfielder David Justice and ESPN's Peter Gammons.
Joe
Carter Joins ESPN Lineup
Commentary
on the dispute between baseball and ESPN -
Baseball should give in to ESPN's request to move the Sunday night
games to ESPN2. Check out a lame remake of Casey At Bat...
Mark
McGwire/Sammy Sosa coverage:
Playoff
reviews:

General
Stories
Primer
on the new NFL TV contract
- The ABCs, CBSs, ESPNs of the new NFL television contract. It's
all you need to know in alphabetical order. (9/1/98)
Review
of "Glory For Sale" - Jon Morgan gives an extremely detailed,
evenhanded account of the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore.
ESPN's
first-down marker - George previews it (picture); Randy reviews
it (9/25)
AllMadden.com
- story and review on John Madden's web site with Fox Sports Online.
(9/29)
ABC's
labor problems and MNF - report on how a one-day strike by a
technicians union disrupted ABC's Monday Night Football coverage
of Dallas-Philly. (11/3)
CBS'
first down line - CBS follows ESPN's lead in first down markers.
(11/3)
NFL
Films' CD - a review of a compact disc that feature the
music, sounds and writings of NFL Films. (12/9)
NFL
Telecast Reviews
NFL
Pregame Show Reviews

General
Stories
Reviews
of college football preview magazines
- The Sporting News rates as the best, while Athlon ranks as the
worst. Click here to see each
magazine's preseason top 25 as well as a consensus top 25 from the
seven magazines reviewed. (9/1)
CBS'
Lou Holtz returns to coaching
Best
and worst of the 1998 college football season
AQB
revisits the preseason mags and finds Tenn. was ranked No. 11
College
Telecast Reviews
- 8/31: Kickoff
Classic: Texas A&M-Florida St. (ABC's Jackson and Griese)
- 9/5: Ohio
State-West Virginia (CBS' Sean McDonough and Terry Donahue)
- 9/12: Syracuse-Michigan
(ABC's Brent Musberger and Dan Fouts)
- 9/19: Florida-Tennessee
(McDonough and Donahue)
- 9/26: Northwestern-Wisconsin
(ESPN's Dave Barnett and Bill Curry)
- 10/3: Georgia-LSU
(ESPN's Franklin, Gottfried and Karstan)
- 10/24: Miami-West
Virginia (CBS' Bolerjack, Cunningham and Dockery)
- 11/14: Nebraska-Kansas
State (Jackson, Griese and Swann)
- 11/21: Six
afternoon games - Michigan-Ohio St. (Jackson, Griese
and Swann); LSU-Notre Dame (NBC's Enberg, Haden and Gray);
Penn State-Wisconsin (Barnett, Curry and Ryan); Kentucky-Tennessee
(McDonough, Donahue and Mayock); Florida-Florida State
(Musberger, Fouts and Arute); and Kansas State-Missouri
(ABC's Terry Gannon and Tim Brant)
- 11/27: Texas
A&M-Texas (Musberger, Fouts and Arute)
- 11/28: Miami-Syracuse
(McDonough, Donahue and Mayock)
- 12/4: Championship
Saturday - Notes from three early games - Army vs.
Navy (McDonough, Donahue and Mayock); Air Force vs. BYU
(ABC's Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Dean Blevins); and UCLA
at Miami (Franklin, Gottfried and Karsten).
- Sugar
Bowl (Musberger, Fouts and Arute)
- Orange
Bowl (Nessler, Danielson and Blevins)
- Fiesta
Bowl (Jackson, Griese and Swann)
College
Pregame Show Reviews
Saturday
Selections
Previews and
picks of all the major college football games. Click
here to see the latest version or hit a specific week below:

ESPN
Aug.
24 - Ken Griffey Jr.
Sports
Illustrated
The Sporting
News

"Glory
For Sale" - Jon Morgan gives an extremely detailed, evenhanded
account of the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore. (9/8)

HBO's
documentary of Sugar Ray Robinson
- a review of the look at the boxer many consider the best pound-for-pound
pugilist in history. (12/9)
ESPN
forms the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in college basketball
ESPN
to televise 2000 America's Cup
ESPN,
USGA Extend Golf Pact
Primer
on the new NHL TV contract
- ABC/ESPN won the battle for the NHL television package with a
5-year, $600 million deal. But did Fox win the war? (9/1)
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