Advertising: Citi Lets Viewers Vote With a Click for a Sports Group

The campaign presents nine athletes from various groups, and asked viewers to decide how to distribute $500,000 among the groups in increments of $10 a click.

    



F.C.C. Seeks to Do Away With Sports Blackout Rule

The Federal Communications Commission has asked Congress if it has the authority to repeal a 1975 rule that required sports stadiums to be sold out before broadcasting a game.

    



ABC Viewers Tilt Female for a Network Light on Sports

For ABC, every important ratings measure in prime time is qualified by what amounts to a footnote: “not counting sports.”

    



South by Southwest to Add Sports Component

Next March, the pop culture festival in Austin, Tex., will have sports films and presentations alongside its music, film and interactive programs.

    



The TV Watch: Keith Olbermann’s Show Has Its Debut on ESPN2

At the premiere of his hourlong show “Olbermann,” on ESPN2, Keith Olbermann didn’t talk all that much about sports.

    

Remote Control: To Protect Its Empire, ESPN Stays on Offense

Emerging competitors, decreasing cable subscriptions and rising political opposition to bundled channels have created a precarious environment for ESPN, which is fighting back.

    



With Contrition in His Voice, Olbermann Returns to ESPN

Mr. Olbermann, a versatile anchor who ended a stormy tenure at the cable giant 16 years ago, said he would host a late-night sports show on ESPN2.

    

Olbermann Will Return to ESPN

The move to bring back Keith Olbermann, a former co-anchor at ESPN, was the result of 14 months of intense discussion within the network and its parent, the Walt Disney Company.

    

A Sports Agent With Hollywood in His Blood

His grandfather was a mighty Hollywood force, but Casey Wasserman has chosen the sports world for making his mark, with a rapidly growing management and marketing firm.

    

Stan Isaacs, Irreverent Sportswriter, Dies at 83

Mr. Isaacs was part of a group of young reporters known as the Chipmunks, who brought irreverence and daring to sports coverage beginning in the early 1960s.