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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sullivan was and is a member of the Alliance for Change (AFC) party...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Latest Election Prompts Evaluation of System | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

After then-CCA member Triantafillou appeared to have won the election, AFC member Anthony D. Galluccio switched his vote to Duehay...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Latest Election Prompts Evaluation of System | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Finally, the NFC streak of Super Bowl wins, dating back to the 1984 season, is over. If the AFC wins the Pro Bowl this weekend, people are going to start writing about that conference's dominance--which shows how much sports journalists know...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Incompetent Ferrets Entertain, but Super Bowl Even Better | 1/30/1998 | See Source »

...sent to the bench as a result of CBS's acquisition of its AFC rights, had to resort to claiming rational behavior to explain coming up empty-handed. Executives at the unit of giant General Electric called the contract bids "reckless," saying it wasn't worth more than $340 million a year to keep the AFC rights, the weakest in the package, or more than $500 million a year to obtain Monday Night, considered the strongest. "There was no chance of making money in this deal," said Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, after the announcements. "I'll guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrown for a Loss by the NFL | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...series into a hit became more difficult because the networks use sports to flog their other shows endlessly. Without a football lead-in, 60 Minutes' audience share shrank from 30% to 22%. CBS eventually sank to third place. With football, the network, which owns stations in seven AFC markets, insisted it would break even by selling more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrown for a Loss by the NFL | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

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