Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will now have a new venue to let his opinion be known–his own television show. Cuban, who sparred time and again over officiating and his personal conduct with Commissioner David Stern, racking up $505,000 in fines, will get the show as part of a three-year broadcasting deal between the team and two stations.
“We’re going to try to do things that are fun,” Cuban said. “There’s a lot you can do at 10 o’clock on Saturday night that you can’t do at other times.”
A lawyer’s dream
Fans who had been required to buy a full season of games on NFL’s Direct Ticket package will now be able to purchase them on a week-by-week basis. The new policy is the result of a class-action lawsuit against the NFL that was settled last week.
Under the agreement, a subscriber can purchase individual weeks for $29.99 each for the next two years.
The suit was filed in 1997 as a class action. The two named plaintiffs will receive $1,000 each, while their lawyers will receive, uh, $3.7 million.
Say what?
`It doesn’t matter who we play. We haven’t beaten anybody.’
Tampa Bay manager Hal McRae, on spotting the A’s an 8-0 lead after two innings. The Devil Rays are 15-39.
