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...tough for a kid pitcher these days just to watch ESPN," Anaheim ace Chuck Finley said. "All they show are guys hitting balls where no one has hit them before. They show them bouncing into fountains and stuff. This is not a good time to be a bad pitcher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

...ESPN the Magazine, a biweekly that debuted last week, is so distinct in look and approach that it hardly seems to be playing the same game--which, of course, is the point. In an effort to grab a young male audience, ESPN's book is oversize, a la Spin or Vibe, with a hip tone, stylish graphics and hide-and-seek typefaces. A section up front offers quirky tidbits like a chart showing an odd correlation between the number of letters in the names of each year's NCAA men's basketball champion and Best New Artist Grammy Award winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookie at Bat | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

Boosted by its TV brand name and backed by parent Walt Disney Co., ESPN is guaranteeing advertisers an initial circulation of 350,000 and hopes to reach 2 million in five years, vs. SI's 3.15 million. Not that anyone is keeping score yet. The goal isn't to grab SI readers, says ESPN editor in chief John Papenek: "We're thinking about all those people who don't read a sports magazine." SI has added pictures and short news items up front, but managing editor Bill Colson says he "would have done it regardless of ESPN's appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookie at Bat | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

NCAA Indoor Track Cham., ESPN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

...team has been on a continued high since the "The Upset," as one Bay Area paper coined the win. Harvard celebrated Saturday night's victory with a party at a Stanford campus hang-out, Pizza A-Go-Go, after the game. ESPN analyst Ann Meyers stayed throughout the celebration, drawing a big crowd of players as she shared...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: W. Basketball Gets Warm Welcome | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

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