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Sports | Holiday basketball tourneys, now canned for TV

Author or source: Bill Graham ~ 12:28 p.m. Nov. 27, 2008
Categories: Business, Sports

CULLOWHEE/ANCHORAGE–The Los Angeles Times talks about the influence of ESPN on holiday tourneys. ESPN now “owns” many of them, and the Times makes the point that the sponsors couldn’t care much less if any actual spectators show up–the events are straight-up made for the tube.

Western Carolina is in Anchorage for the Great Alaska Shootout (they’ll play San Diego State tonight at 11:30pm on WLOS). The shootout used to be a premiere event, but it lost ESPN’s interest this year and will be hard-pressed to survive.

The Anchorage Daily News has a look from an Anchorage perspective.

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