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E2 THE BOSTON GLOBE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1999 Sports Log Channel 25 is on deck Fox affiliate expected to be named Red Sox' new carrier I CoMgi batMtwnwMNw UNH at Dartmouth, 7. I Pro bockayi AHL: Provldenca vs. i Saint John at Providence Civic Can- I I ter, 7 p.m.) Lowell at Springfield, 7 1 By Howard Manly GLOBE STAFF jUkia (AL): Named Joe Maddon bench coach, Bud Black pitching coach, Alfredo Griffin first base coach, Ron Roenicka third basa coach, and Mlckay Hatcher baiting coach, Jkrinna (NL): Signed Ru Springer to two-year contract. AtJaata (NUt Sant INF Manx DeRosa outright to Richmond 0O; announced Justin Speiar hat been claimed off walvwi by Cleveland (AU, CUeage (NU Named Rene Lachemann bench coach. Detroit (At Signed Chad Ogea to minor league contract, HetMtea (NLh Purchased contracts of Ps Jason Green, Eric Ireland, Wayne Franklin, and Jerome Robertson from Jackson (Texas); Wllfredo Rodriguez from Klsslmmee (FSU, and INF Aaron McNeal from Michigan (Midwest).

Mtaeakee (Mji Named Rod Carew batting coach. W-eeeU IAU: Named Paul Molitor to coaching staff for the 2000 season. New Verk Hit Named Bruce Benedict advance scout and John Stearns catching coach, i Oakland (AU: Signed Gil Heredia. St. La INL): Signed Heathcliff Slo-cumb to two-year contract.

Saa Mf (NU: Named Gary Roenlcke, Rich Hacker, Van Smith, Ben McLure, and Charles Bolton to pro scouting Ckariott INBll! ArtiuatoH ft Blrl Da. Names 76erslose Iverson with broken thumb NBA scoring leader Allen Ivei son will miss 3-6 weeks with a broken thumb on his shooting hand. The Philadelphia 76ers guard was hurt in the first half of a 94-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night He played the rest of the game, scoring 35 points but missing 21 of 34 shots Latrell Sprewell's behavior toward Golden' State Warriors fans who taunted him Saturday during his first game against his former team is being investigated by the league. Sprewell shouted obscenities at some fans during the game, won by the Knicks, 86-79 Cleveland Indians center fielder Kenny Lofton might need surgery on the left shoulder he dislocated while diving into first base during the American League playoffs against the Red Sox. An MRI showed the shoulder capsule had healed but there was still rotator cuff damage The Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent right-handed reliever Russ Springer to a $4 million, two-year contract The St Louis Cardinals signed former Red Sox reliever Heathcliff Slo-cumb to a $3.45 million, two-year deal Rod Carew was named Milwaukee Brewers batting coach after eight seasons as hitting instructor for the Angels Paul Molitor was hired as a coach by the Minnesota Twins Rene Lachemann was named bench coach by the Chicago Cubs.

But Dunn's deal fell through, allowing Channel 68, at the time owned by Boston University, to sign a two-year contract The deal worked well for the Red Sox, but Channel 68 hemorrhaged as much as $6 million a year carrying the 70 or so games. The station declined to exercise a $14 million option in 1998, leaving the door open for new suitors. Offers included a 10-year deal from Fox as well as one from Home Shopping Network magnate Barry Diller. JCS eventually won the right to carry last season. The search for a new television partner started after the Red Sox fired JCS at the end of the season.

Several outlets lobbied for the over-the-air broadcast package, including Channel 25, Channel 38, Channel 56, and a bizarre combination of Diller's Home Shopping Network and Channel 5, an ABC affiliate. In the past, the Red Sox have opted for the most unlikely of television partners to solve short-term needs. But those kinds of two- and three-year deals made it difficult to increase ratings on a sustained basis. The team wants expensive rights fees, but those fees have prohibited television partners from making a profit. NESN has the exclusive cable rights to the team, but that could change in the near future to allow a Fox cable arm, Fox Sports New England, to carry Red Sox games.

Fox has a similar deal with the New York Yankees. The network's flagship station in Manhattan signed a two-year deal last year that called for the broadcast of 50 games. Most of those are shown during late-night hours or afternoons, allowing Fox to air its prime-time programming. Ratings skyrocketed, making the station's $25 million-a-year rights fee a solid investment In making an agreement with Channel 25, the Red Sox are trusting the station and its network to steadily increase ratings so they can make even more money in a future television rights deal. The Red Sox have all but ended their search for a new television partner, agreeing in principle to a deal with Channel 25, the Boston Fox affiliate, to air at least 65 games next season, with the rest remaining on New England Sports Network.

Channel 25 general manager Greg Kelley called reports of a deal "premature" but a source familiar with the negotiations said the parties have a deal that will be announced soon, perhaps today. Over the years, the Red Sox have been a money-losing proposition for their television partners. Channel 38, for instance, had the rights for two decades before surrendering them in 1995 after losing $8 million that season. The most recent Red Sox TV deal ended in disaster, as JCS New England Television Network, a start-up company run by former CBS president Gene Jankowski and Kevin Dunn, could not come up with about half of the $10 million rights fee. Red Sox officials were hard-pressed to find a replacement for JCS.

For the most part, local stations with network affiliations could not afford to preempt prime-time programming to air games, nor could most afford the asking price. Opting for independents, as the Red Sox have done in recent years, solved short-term problems but created long-term nightmares. The first disaster occurred in 1995. A group of investors headed by Dunn secured the Red Sox rights and promised to pay an estimated $67 million over five years. That came to about $3 million more per year than the other offers, including one made by a syndication group that included Jack Connors of Hill Holliday and former Channel 25 general manager Gerry Walsh.

Miscellany Princeton's Tosches fired after 3-7 year Steve Tosches, who led Princeton to one outright Ivy League football championship and a share of two others in 13 seasons as coach, was fired yesterday, days after the Tigers' first lasfplace finish in 23 years. The Tigers posted a 3-7 record (1-6 in the league) this season An apologetic Tic Price admitted he abruptly resigned as Memphis basketball coach Nov. 14 because he had an affair with a university student. Price also said he paid the 23-year-old woman $17,000 after the affair ended, but did not specify what the money was for Oregon State rewarded football coach Dennis Erickson with a raise as part of a new extended contract after he led his team to a 7-3 mark and a spot in the Oahu Bowl Sedgwick County district attorney Nola Foulston declined to prosecute former Wichita State University pitcher Ben Christensen, finding that a warmup pitch seriously injuring a batter was neither intentional nor reckless under Kansas law. A civil suit is still pending.

waived Derek Hood. COLLECTS Named Mai Moore athletic director. Kaene State: Named Carrie Moura women's lacrosse coach and Phedra Hamilton women's assistant lacrosse coach. Oregea States Signed football coach Dennis Erickson to contract extension through 2004 season. Priaoatoc Fired football coach Steve Tosches.

WPii Named Tom Vukmirovits part-time tennis coach. Yale Named Mark Young director of men's and women's cross-country and track and field programs; named Dan Ireland assistant coach for men's- cross country and men's and women's track and field. FOOTSai Cincinnati (AFC): Waived Will Brtce; signed Brad Costello. Clewlaad (AFC): Released RB George This day in re. 1 BiemmdJfiiiMiiG POSJ TIME 8 PM A daily look at some of the more memorable sports stories both locally and nationally -in the past century: Nov.

24, 1960 Playing against longtime nemesis Bill Russell and the Celtics, Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain grabs a Jones; placed DTs John Jurtovtc and Marcus Spriggs on injured reserve list; signed RB Madre Hill and DL Tyrone Rogers from practice squad; signed TE James Dearth. Greea Bay (NFC): Placed Joe An-druzzf on Injured reserve; signed C-G Craig Heimburger from practice The previous 35 39. Dorothy Hamill skating 40. Steve Grogan football 41. Cy Young baseball 42.

Bobby Doerr baseball 43. Gino Cappelletti football 44. Francis Ouimet golf 45. Tom Heinsohn basketball 46. Michael Haynes football 47.

Gerry Cheevers hockey 48. Ben Coates football 49. Patrick Ewing basketball 50. Joe Cronin baseball 51. Wade Boggs baseball 52.

Jim Nance football 53. Sam Jones basketball 54. Harry Sinden hockey 55. Walter Brown basketball, hockey 56. Chris McCarron horse racing 57.

Johnny Kelley marathon 58. K.C. Jones basketball 59. Tom Glavine baseball 60. Jenny Thompson swimming 61.

Steve Nelson football 62. Tony Plansky track, football 63. Pat Bradley golf 64. Robbie Ftorek hockey 65. Lynn Jennings track 66.

Mickey Cochrane baseball 67. Willie Pep boxing 68. Bill Cleary hockey 69. Mo Vaughn baseball 70. Clarence DeMar marathon 71.

Jimmy Walker basketball 72. Jeff Bagwell baseball 73. Stanley Morgan football Profiles that have run to date can oe found at www.boston.comsfX3rtstoplOO. pedal THANKSGIVING Rating ventre MORNING 0, EVENING sfrjaas riT rim nt nm (nmiHiwiTMiimn SSGREYHOUND PARK Information, Reservations: 508.824.4071 squad. 1 NFU Suspended New York (NFC) Lyle West for four games after ha tested positive for steroids.

New Orleans (NFC): Released Steve Scifres; signed QB Jake Dethomme. New Verk (AFC): Released LB OlricX Johnson; signed Sfupeli Malamala. -Saa Diego (AFC): Placed QB Erik Kramer on Injured reserve; signed LB John Reeves from practice squad. Saa Francisco (NFCfe Waived RB Lawrence Phillips. HOCKEY Bestow (NHL): Recalled Brandon Smith from Providence (AHL).

St Loots (NHL): Assigned Derek Be-kar to Worcester (AHL). i -r 1940 GLOBE FILE PHOTO Jimmle Foxx, old Double was double trouble to pitchers. EL LION league-record 55 rebounds in a 132-129 Boston victory at Philadelphia. Also on this date: 1949 Led by QB Joe Paterno, Brown overcomes a 26-7 deficit by scoring 34 points in the final 17 minutes to beat Colgate, 41-26. 1957 Cleveland Browns rookie Jim Brown rushes for 232 yards and scores four touchdowns in a 45-31 win over the LA Rams.

1977 Miami's Bob Griese throws for six touchdowns in a 55-14 Thanksgiving Day victory over the Detroit Lions. 1985 Ron Brown of the Los Angeles Rams returns two kickoffs for touchdowns in a 34-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers. 1990 BYU's Ty Detmer passes for 560 yards and five touchdowns, setting an NCAA record for yards passing in a season in a 45-10 victory over Utah State. Detmer's 4,869 yards break the record of 4,699 set a year earlier by Houston's Andre Ware. Em Chessie Flyer Freight Set Foxx and Sox were good match This Lionel classic freight train set is packed with our best features.

A working headlight and smoking die-cast engine add realism to your fun! The set comes complete with four decorated pieces of rolling stock, 63" For the record Omission: Because of a reporting error, Jim Rice was not included in a list in Sunday's Globe of former MVPs who are major league coaches. oval of track, and a 40-watt power and control system. A By Steve Richards GLOBE STAFF t0mmmt Other Sets Available r-J It'VK From $74.95 to $199.95 ESJ NEW ENGLAND'S TOP 100 As we count down the last 100 days of the 1900s, the Globe -with the help of responses from a Boston.com on-line poll is featuring each day one of its top 100 New England sports figures of the century This year, the deadline for all requests from families seeking Globe Santa aid will be Friday, December 3. Letters will be accepted starting October 2 through December 3. Visit our NEW Operating 781-321-0090 Sunday 12-5 9-9 Sat.

9-5 Charles Ro Supply Company 662 Cross Street Maiden, MA 02148 www.charlesro.com Layout Any letters received after the deadline will not be honored. No. 38 Jimmie Foxx Exit 32 off Rt. 93, 3 miles on Rt.60 East, Behind Davidson Chevrolet Shipped My The requirements to qualify for Globe Santa are as follows: Each family requesting aid must write their own letter explaining the need, giving the name, address, apartment number, zip code, telephone number, ages and sex of each child 14 years old and under. The letter must be countersigned by a licensed warn Mni.

is social worker who has knowledge of the family and docu mented evidence or records of their need; or countersigned It had to have been among the most imposing sights in baseball: Jimmie Foxx, one of the most powerful righthanded hitters in history, standing at the plate in Fenway Park, with the Green Monster looming a mere 300 feet away down the left-field line. The prospect so enticed Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey in 1935, two years after he bought the team, that he swung a deal with Connie Mack to bring the Philadelphia A's slugger to Boston for the '36 season. In anticipation, Yawkey had a 23-foot screen installed atop the Wall to keep some of the home run balls from sailing onto Lansdowne Street. Foxx, who is No. 38 on the Globe's list of the top New England sports figures of the century, did not disappoint Foxx, also known as "Double and "The Beast," came to the Sox with impeccable credentials.

In the four seasons before he joined Boston, Foxx led the American League in home runs and slugging percentage three times, and twice was Most Valuable Player (in 1932, when he hit .364 with 58 home runs and 169 RBIs, and 1933, when he won the Triple Crown, hitting .356 with 48 HRs and 163 RBIs). When Yawkey paid Mack $150,000 in the trade for the 29-year-old Foxx, it was part of a two-year spending spree that also brought Joe Cronin and Lefty Grove to town. While the Sox didn't win a pennant during those days, interest in the team was revived. The muscle-bound Foxx became an instant hit with the Fenway fans. In his first season, he hit .338 with 41 homers and 143 RBIs.

His best year with the Sox was 1938, wln he won his third MVP award. Fox walloped by a clergyperson who has up-to-date congregation census records andor documentation of the families' need. Countersigners may be called to attest that the need truly exists. All letters must contain both the signature and office stampor Church Seal. Letters not containing either of these requirements will not be honored.

Letters received from Agencies or clergy not registered with Globe Santa office will not be honored. Mail requests to: Globe Santa, P.O. Box 1525, Boston, MA 02104 Final date for family requests, Friday, December 3. SMC 50 home runs and had 175 RBIs, still Red Sox records, and led the league with a .349 average and .704 slugging percentage. Thirty-five of his homers came at Fenway.

"He was as strong as a bull," said Red Sox teammate Doc Cramer. "He'd take a hold of your leg right there and put the whole prints of his fingers right in it" Said Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez, "Even his hair has muscles." When he was traded to the Cubs early in the 1942 season, Foxx's playing days were nearly finished, but in six seasons with the Red Sox, he had 222 home runs and 788 RBIs, and batted .320. His .605 slugging and .429 on-base percentages trail only Ted Williams in club history. For his career, Foxx hit 30 or more homers in 12 straight seasons and had at least 100 RBIs in 13 straight He ranks fourth all time in slugging percentage sixth in RBIs and ninth in home runs (534). Foxx worked briefly as a Red Sox radio announcer in 1946.

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