ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, December 21, 1993                   TAG: 9312210027
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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HOW THE NETWORKS DIVIDE THE SPORTS\ CBS SEES ITS SPORTS PROGRAMMING PRESENCE

CBS: Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994; NCAA basketball and NCAA Tournament, through 1997-98; Masters and PGA Championship golf; and U.S. Open tennis.\ \ ABC: NFL Monday night football, through 1997, and the 1995 Super Bowl; major-league baseball as a participant with NBC in The Baseball Network, through 1999; College Football Association games, through 1995; Big Ten and Pac-10 football, through 1996; SEC football championship game, through 1995; Sugar, Rose, Citrus, Independence, Blue-Gray and Aloha bowls; U.S. Open, British Open, Tournament of Champions, Skins Game in golf; Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, Hambletonian in horse racing; Tour de France cycling race; Indianapolis 500 auto race; and World Cup Soccer in 1994.\ \ NBC: American Conference NFL games, through 1997, and the 1996 and '98 Super Bowl games; major-league baseball as a participant with ABC in The Baseball Network, through 1999; Atlanta Summer Olympics in 1996; NBA, through 1996-97 season; NHL All-Star Game; Notre Dame home football games, through 1995; Fiesta, Cotton and Orange bowls; Players Championship and Ryder Cup golf; Heisman Trophy award show; Breeders' Cup horse racing; and Wimbledon and French Open tennis.\ \ FOX: National Conference NFL games, through 1997, and the 1997 Super Bowl.\



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