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Canada's Sports Leaders
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The Top 25 in Canadian Sports | The media stars | Ten to watch in 2001
Part 5 of 5: Friday December 29, 2000
Ten to watch in 2001
Pound worth watching in 2001
Montrealer should head IOC, but internal politicking could have an effect
By JAMES CHRISTIE
The presidency of the International Olympic Committee -- make that the throne of world sport -- becomes vacant this summer when Spain's Juan Antonio Samaranch finally retires at 80.
Part 4 of 5: Thursday December 28, 2000
The Media Stars
Mixing media figures
Explosion of television, radio, Internet coverage has produced a big demand for sports personalities with versatility
By WILLIAM HOUSTON
Sport has never been as intensely covered, probed, analyzed and commented upon as it is today.Cable television has made it into a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, billion-dollar industry. The Internet has spawned thousands of sports and sports-related Web sites. And since the launch of WFAN in New York 13 years ago, all-sports radio has spread to virtually every major market in the United States and Canada. Throw in traditional main network coverage, not to mention your daily newspaper, and you are looking into the maw of a ravenous media giant.
Part 3 of 5: Wednesday December 27, 2000
The Unsung Heroes
Faces are unknown, but impact is felt
By JAMES CHRISTIE
Of all the folk in the sport world who affect what we see and do -- and where we spend our money, the ones with the greatest impact may be those whose names we've never heard, whose faces we've never seen.
Part 2 of 5: Tuesday December 26, 2000
The Athletes
Carter slam dunks the globe
By JAMES CHRISTIE
Vince Carter did not need to stand on the shoulders of a giant to get to the top -- but he certainly enjoyed the view up there, and the sports world enjoyed the show.
Part 1 of 5: Saturday December 23, 2000
The Leaders and Losers
The top 25 in Canadian sports
By WILLIAM HOUSTON
He was always close, but never a real player. As a cable operator, he owned Canadian rights to the National Football League's pay-per-view programming. He served as a member of the Maple Leaf Gardens board of directors until the board was fired in the bitter 1992 Steve Stavro takeover. And periodically his name appeared in the news as the cable guy who wanted to buy an NFL team and move it to Toronto. But Edward (Ted) Rogers remained a peripheral figure in Canadian sport, a minor-leaguer waiting for his big chance.
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