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...EchoStar has a cozy content provider/programming partner, something it said it was having trouble finding (for the same reasons as Vivendi was having trouble getting on cable systems) with a big library, and an extra $1.5 billion to help the war of attrition against cable. Vivendi, for only $1.5 billion (a heck of a lot less than, say, AT&T Broadband and its 18 million homes are going for these days), gets a direct pipeline into 16 million U.S. homes (6 million, if the EchoStar- DirecTV deal gets spiked) with none of the hassles of actually owning things like cables...
...What do U.S. couch potatoes get, besides the five extra channels of Baywatch reruns and "The Mummy Returns"? Well, maybe a wake-up call for the cable guy. Vertically unchallenged AOL, for instance, might hurry up with long-promised goodies like (Warner Brothers) movies on demand (in Time Warner cable homes). Or Cablevision, which raised rates in suburban New York by 12 percent last year alone, might slow down on the price hikes. Or they might both sic their lobbyists on Washington - Murdoch will come along for the ride - and bust up the EchoStar-DirecTV union, putting satellite TV back...
...Wolverines almost won the game in regulation with several quality chances in the third and then controlled play in the extra session. With just under three minutes to go in overtime, Michigan winger Milan Gajic found himself skating in all alone on the Harvard net. Gajic tried to deke Grumet-Morris, but the Crimson netminder was able to turn his bid aside with his left...
Harvard remained undefeated in overtime games this season (1-0-3), while the Wolverines are now 2-1-3 in extra frames. The Crimson has not lost in overtime since Nov. 25, 2000 against Boston College
Maine made the game close again as Meagan Aarts scored her 11th and 12th goals of the season, the first goal coming 6:09 into the third, and the second goal coming with 1:25 left in regulation after Smart had been pulled for an extra skater...