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i i D2 Tuesday February 8 1983 Memphis Presa-Sclmitar New TV station gains rights to Metro games Tommy Horton the Metro contract for several months TVX Corp also owns stations in Nor station was going to be awarded the con- JSSffitWWcSv Fwrntorsra wmr but an agreement reached until folk Richmond Winston-Salem and tract tniVT the Metro contract for several months but an agreement wasn't reached until TVX Corp also owns stations in Norfolk Richmond Winston-Salem and station was going to be awarded the contract wniM offered for Saturday afternoon One of the three games that WPTY carried this was the Virginia Lt month a tremendous breakthrough for our said Owens have the I thought that the Tanner Co would have at least given us some warning Sure we carry all their Monday night games and Channel didn't carry all the Saturday afternoon games I think both stations had programming conflicts pure and simple why we didn't carry all the Metro games I tie mans agree- thought we had a int speak: Nashville The stations in Norfolk Richmond and Winston-Salem already carry Metro games The new agreement which calls for eight games to be telecast on Saturday afternoon and eight on Monday night next season also includes the station in Nashville Previously no station in the Nashville area has carried Metro basketball Ron Klayman director of broadcast services at WMC gave a terse "no when asked to explain why WMKW was able to land the Metro contract Lew Freifeld general manager of WPTY confirmed that the new station ment with Tanner didn't" apparently we year Tech-Memphis State game on Jan 11 The station however televised the game on a two-hour tape delay in order to show a movie Nicholas Nickelby "If you had your choice of trying to sell a dndnnati-Virginia Tech game or an Ole Miss-Tannessee game which one would you go for?" said Ftelfeld "We honestly did what we thought was in the best interests of the station and the sports fans of Memphis Itp really unfortunate the way this whole thing has worked out" Charles Cavagnaro athletic director at Memphis State said he became aware of WMKWs acquisition of the Metro basketball package two weeks ago Cavagnaro however said member schools have no jurisdiction in such matters "As far as I can tell it was simply a sss decision made by the Tanner said Cavagnaro "Beyond that ig I can really say The us don't have a voice in these matters irrelevant and immaterial how we WMKW-TV (Channel 30) an pendent UHF station scheduled to go on the air in Memphis in mid-April has sent a shock wave through the television community The station owned by the TVX Corp of Norfolk Va has gained exclusive rights to televise Metro Conference basketball games beginning with the 1983-84 season The move means that Metro games will no longer be seen on WMC-TV (Channel S) or WPTY-TV (Channel 24) For several years WMC has carried Saturday afternoon Metro games while WPTY has televised Monday night conference games Martin Owens president and gener-al manager of WMkW said his station has signed a three-year contract with the Memphis-based Tanner Sports Network and will carry "a full schedule of Metro Conference basketball games next year" Owens said his station negotiated for Co but I'd like to think that we landed this contract because we committed ourselves to televising all the Metro games We wont be doing any preempting or tape-delaying We want to be known as the Metro Conference station in Memphis and Pd like to think this gives us credibility and identity" WMKW will specialize in movies and syndicated programs and its only sports involvement this year will be with Metro Conference basketball "On down the road we might get into other areas of sports" said Owens might even consider doing locally produced telecasts for the epdiw colleges in town Right now though our main thrust will be with the Metro Conference We think the city and area deserve continuity in this area and going to deliver" had gained the rights to Metro basketball by land ball by mming the contract with Officials from the Tanner Sports Neb work couldn't be reached for comment but is generally known in television circles that Tanner officials weren't happy with either WMC or deciaon this year to televise only selected Metro games instead of the full schedule This year WMC will carry five of nine Metro games offered on Saturday afternoon while WPTY will carry three of the nine Monday night conference games in the package Over the past three years WPTY has televised 10 Metro games out of 25 that were offered Meanwhile WMC has carried 17 of 25 Tanner But he ssud he was all legal avenues to see if there is anything I can do to keep this from happening? "Naturally rm very upset about it" said Freifeld were told a deal was made with the new station But we were never informed as to what was happening I had absolutely no idea that another people in sports US Indoor gets a boost last year's Philadelphia tournament and about October 1 (not Jack Brennan 1 Play ipion- vhere wr the UJL Indoor McEnroe will this week at the World Chamt ship Tennis stop in Richmond his toughest competition is expected to come from Guillermo Vilas Lendl who wont compete in Memphis will be taking the week off Lendl had been scheduled to compete again in the Challenge at Toronto this week but he withdrew from that event yesterday complaining of a sore arm single title during that span) really needed to beat Lendl' Lendl was the only player McEnroe had lost to since October when McEnroe started to reestablish his world prominence with a victory in the Trimsamerica Open at San Francisco The Indoor doesn't figure to reap a financial bonanza from McEnroe's conquest of Lendl since UA Indoor tickets were already strongly in demand But everyone on the tournament staff Buford said is delighted with the intangible benefits For one thing there wont be a re- Kof the scene from last year when beat McEnroe in the Molson i at Toronto on the Sunday They met in the hall at work It was Monday morning and each man was facing a work week sure to stretch far beyond the normal 40-hour grind But Tommy Buford and Bill Grissom were bom wearing Friday-after noon kind of smiles and neither had to ask his colleague why Grissom said to Buford be just the little boost we need" They sounded like a couple of business executives pausing to exult over a favorable Shift in the stock market and in a sense that's exactly what they were doing Their business is tennis the Feb nament Bolding was injured in last victory over McNeese State marking sixth straight win and boosting the Indians' overall record to 14-7 For sale? The Atlanta Hawks soon may be put up for sale The Atlanta Constitution reported today that owner Ted Turner toyed with the idea of selling last week but then changed his mind when the I Hawks beat Boston SundayHowever closest advisers are continuing to urge him to sell the Hawks who lost a reported $3 million last season and will lose a projected 55 million this season Turner denies that -r rnr a sale is imminent "If I lumer sold all my liabilities I wouldn't own anything" said Turner who owns Atlanta Braves the Cable News Network and WTBS-TV a liability My kids are liabilities and I haven't sold them" Elsewhere in the NBA the Dallas Mavericks have turned down a deal that would have sent forward Mark Aquirre to Seattle in exchange for 7-3 center James Donaldson The financially strapped Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday traded center James Edwards one of their most expensive players to Phoenix for seldom-used center Jeff Cook a reported $425000 and a third-round draft choice Ted Stepien the owner denied yesterday that the deal was planned In another deal Denver shipped veteran center to Utah for promising cen- Rich Kelley 14-20 U8 National Indoor Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis Buford is the tournament diree- Big lineman picks Tigers Memphis football team picked up some much-needed bulk today as lineman Edell Davis a 6-3 260-pounder from Madison Ga announced he will sign with the Tigers tomorrow on national signing day Davis said he also visited Georgia Alabama Temple and Tennessee-Chattanooga before deciding on Memphis State However he said he was not offered a scholarship by Georgia picked Memphis State because Memphis is a nice city and has great Davis tor Grissom the financial managar And thanks tn tha events of last weekend the stock of their most marketable product suddenly has skyrocketed in value John McEnroe by virtue of his victory over Ivan Lendl Sunday in the UA Pro Indoor tournament at Philadelphia will be the No 1-ranked player in the world when he comes to Memphis next week If McEnroe had lost to Lendl as most suspected he would after seven consecutive previous losses to the Czech he would have fallen from the No 1 spot and arrived at the Racquet Club as a tar before Indoor first-round play Press and tournament officials watched that match on television at the Racqnet Club while finals of the qualifying rounds were in progress and there was an unmlstak-able feeling of disappointment in the air after victory even though McEnroe remained at that time as the No 1-ranked player gosh yes I was rooting for McEnroe" Buford said referring to last match in Philadelphia "That victory gives our tournament an aura it just wouldn't have had otherwise and besides always had a soft spot in my heart for John He's a much warmer person than most people realize and he's always been good to our tournament" McEnroe and Lendl wont have a chance to meet this year on the eve of phis State also offers great playing opportunities right away" Davis played both tight end and defensive tackle for Madison High which is about 65 miles east of Atlanta and 30 miles from Athens He said the Tigers plan to use him on nished top John as it have to agree that having ouldnt mean quite as much wouldn't Greats honored Football coaching neats Frank Broyles Darrell Royal and Woody Hayes who posted a combined record of 551-183-19 record during their 70 years of coaching today were named to the National Football College Football Hall of Fame Broyles was Arkan-as' head coach for 19 years and guided the Hogs to a 144-58-5 record He is now the Hogs' athletic director ana works as a color commentator on ABC- college football nmuiaa games During his 20 years at Texas Royal saw to it that his Longhorns usually were national championship contenders directing them to a 167-47-5 record Royal who had some memorable games against Broyles started his head coaching career at Mississippi State and then coached for a season at Washington before coming to Texas coaching career covered 32 years with the last 28 coming at Ohio State where he led the Buckeyes to a 20581-10 record Hayes coached previously at Denison and Miami of Ohio Hie coaching selections were made by the Foundation's Honors Court during last NCAA convention in San Diego Stars shine The United States Football League apparently will gain another outstanding college player The Philadelphia Stars were expected to annrmnc today that Bryant North Carolina's star running back has signed a three-year contract Bryant reportedly would earn 5350000 per season The Stars also are expected to sign tackle Irv Batman of UCLA safety Roger Jackson of Penn State and may lure receiver Scott Fitzke away from the NFLs San Diego Chargers In USFL roster moves Ish Ordonez the former Arkansas placeklcker was among 30 players released yesterday by the Arizona Wranglers while linebacker Richard Locke of Memphis State tight end Ron Holland of Tennessee State and offensive lineman Bobby Miketinas of Mississippi State were cut by Birmingham In the NFL Dick Wood the former pro quarterback and assistant coach at Ole Miss and Georgia has been named the Philadelphia offensive coordinator wood was quarterback coach last season Fred Smer-las an all-pro defensive lineman with Buffalo has asked to be traded because "I don't want to waste my career with a Los! Indian Marvin Adams Arkansas head basketball coach will have to manage the rest of the regular season without his leading scorer Center Jeff Bolding who is averaging 14 points per game and leads the Southland Confer- once did if he hiri lost again" Buford took quite a fall between ter Danny Schayes The New Jersey Nets have signed forward Jan van Breda Kolff the former Vanderbilt star to a 10-day contract IteMm by FIRESTONE: MasterCare by FIRESTONE IS NOT ORDINARY CAR CARL Firestone developed MasterCare to provide you wit top quality car care and to make sure that car care is reasonably priced MasterCare prices are posted in plain sight so you know in advance what going to cost Baseball beat Utility player Joel Youngblood finally has found a home The veteran has signed a multi-year contract with San Francisco after playing out his option last season with Montreal The Expos had picked up the lnfielder-outfielder from the New York Mete but elected not to resign him because of their 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