Word: postseason
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...sponsorship of sports events by tobacco and brewing companies. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has attacked cigarette sponsorship of such athletic events as Virginia Slims tennis. In its new contract with CBS, the National Collegiate Athletic Association reduced alcohol advertising during its postseason games from 90 seconds to 60 seconds an hour. Said an N.C.A.A. spokesman: "We had gotten widespread feedback from parents, school administrators and the general public that alcohol was the No. 1 problem...
...amount of money pouring in from TV is the major reason for the escalation of player salaries -- and, by extension, labor problems like the current baseball lockout. The flow of TV dollars has increased the already tremendous pressure on college coaches and athletes to compile winning records and reach postseason play. Meanwhile, as drug scandals and other sports controversies proliferate, TV commentators face the difficult task of reporting on events that, in many cases, their employers have a financial interest in. Though less boosterish than they once were, sports journalists have traditionally gone easier on events telecast by their...
After the game, exuberant Yale fans raised banners urging the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) to select their team for its postseason tournament...
Instead, the Big Red--which defeated theCrimson for the second straight night after 11straight defeats--will join Colgate, RPI andClarkson at the postseason party for ECACsemifinalists at the Garden next weekend...
...there were "NIT" banners at Yale's Payne Whitney Gym urging that tournament's selection committee to consider the Elis--Ivy League runner-up to Princeton--for its postseason tournament. Yale is unlikely to garner the bid, despite its 19-7 record, because of its easy schedule. Case Western Reserve, Swarthmore and Columbia aren't exactly the type of competition any national tournament wants to see its teams playing...