ONE NETWORK FAILS THE ABCS OF BROADCASTING
The weekend between the Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game is a time for the TV sports world to catch its collective breath. And for a network like ABC...
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MAGIC VS. MICHAEL A SURE RATINGS BUSTER
What a made-for-TV event. Where is NBC when you really need the broadcast network? The first meeting of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan on opposite ends of an NBA court...
BRENNAMAN, CHIP CARAY JOIN FOX FOR FIRST YEAR OF BASEBALL
A former Cubs announcer and an almost Cubs announcer were two of the three new play-by-play men hired Monday by Fox Sports. Thom Brennaman and Chip Caray will join Joe...
TNT ADDS LAKERS TO SCHEDULE
The return of Magic Johnson, while not having the same impact as last year's comeback by Michael Jordan, still had the NBA's two broadcasting partners, Turner Sports and NBC, taking...
OH, MY, NBC COMES THROUGH WITH SUPER EFFORT OF ITS OWN
It started early. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin was on ESPN Radio's "Sunday Morning Brunch Bunch" explaining how Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was destroying the American middle class with...
ENBERG, NBC READY IN CASE OF SUPER BORE
While no one at NBC wants to come right out and talk about it, preparations are being made just in case Sunday's Super Bowl becomes the turkey everyone seems to...
Lineup changes: UPN introduces a new show…
Lineup changes: UPN introduces a new show and adds an NBC reject Tuesday night. Both are comedies. Allegedly. "Moesha" (7 p.m., WPWR-Ch. 50) stars double Grammy Award nominee Brandy Norwood...
USA NETWORK PULLS NO PUNCHES IN BOXING COVERAGE
When Chicago junior featherweight John Lewus climbs into the Grand Casino ring in Biloxi, Miss., to take on IBF champion Vuyani Bungu this week on USA's "Tuesday Night Fights," he'll...
“Daley, the Last Boss”: During his 21-year…
"Daley, the Last Boss": During his 21-year reign as mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley became the last of the big-city machine leaders. His life and times are documented in...
ART: MOVING PICTURES
The original building of the Museum of Contemporary Art, 237 E. Ontario St., will close two weeks from today, in the first stage of a gradual move to new quarters...