Word: nfl
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...city that shouts "minor league" has outbid our beloved Beantown. Now the NFL's "Hartford Patriots" join the ranks of the CBA's Connecticut Pride, the American Basketball League's New England Blizzard and the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolfpack. The Connecticut capital lost its only major league sports franchise in 1997, the NHL's Hartford Whalers. What has Pats owner Bob Kraft been smoking...
Despite what many say, the Constitution State can support an NFL organization--an assertion that is buoyed by Hartford's $1 billion commitment to developing the city's riverfront area. Connecticut surely won't let past mistakes doom this deal. Go Pats, Go! CABLE TV--Alex M. Carter; ADAMS ATTACKS--Laura C. Semerjian; PATS LEAVE--William P. Bohlen; PATS ARRIVE--Scott A. Resnick
...network's football coverage. The Wal-Mart FLW bass-fishing tour has become the most popular program on ESPN2, drawing well among young male viewers as well as those in their 40s and 50s. And NASCAR's TV ratings are now second only to those of the NFL. This fragmentation of the sports audience has attracted advertisers and sponsors eager to grab a larger share of the $700 billion spent each year by young males. "Right now, if you're looking for the young male demographic, you have to look outside the traditional sports," says Bob Igiel, director...
DOUG FLUTIE Can a sub-6-ft. QB really star in the NFL? Yeah, right--just as soon as a 77-year-old flies in space...
...touch pads and eraser-head pointers on notebook computers are great space savers but aren't much good for dodging a tackle in NFL Blitz or going for the goal in Fox Sports Soccer 99. The Gravis Stinger ($40), designed especially for notebooks, handily plugs into a serial port (rather than the game port notebooks lack) but is nearly as bulky as the computers it plugs into...