ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Wednesday, December 4, 1996 TAG: 9612040065
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
CBS, TNT join hands for Olympics
CBS and TNT announced an agreement to work together on a third straight Winter Olympics, the 1998 Nagano Games. TNT will televise more than 50 hours of events, while CBS plans to show 120 hours.
Although financial terms of the CBS-TNT deal were not announced, Turner reportedly paid CBS $25 million for cable rights to each of the past two Winter Games.
* Chicago Blackhawks left wing Basil McRae retired after 16 seasons in the NHL.
McRae, 35, played with seven teams, appearing in 576 games with 53 goals and 83 assists. He also had 2,457 penalty minutes.
* Pernell Whitaker, a Norfolk resident, will defend the WBC welterweight title against unbeaten Diobelis Hurtado on Jan.24 in Atlantic City, N.J.
Whitaker's eighth defense of the 147 pound championship, against the Cuban, who defected to the United States, will be held at the Convention Center. Hurtado has a 20-0 record, with 16 knockouts.
* British Open champion Tom Lehman was selected the Golf Writers Association of America's player of the year and England's Laura Davies was honored as the top women's player.
Jim Colbert was selected the top senior player for the second straight year.
* Butch Reynolds, the world record-holder at 400 meters, has been hired as an assistant track coach at Ohio State.
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