07-23-2007, 11:53 AM
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High school sports
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St. X-DeMatha ESPN status
You may have seen this week's announcement that ESPNU, ESPN and ESPN2 will televise at least 14 live high school football games as part of the 2007 ESPNU Old Spice High School Showcase.
You may also have seen the St. Xavier-DeMatha game, which is part of the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge on Sept. 2 (12:05 p.m.), was not listed. That's because the Herbstreit game is still being negotiated with ESPN and also is not part of the Old Spice series.
Dan Jones of Chicago-based Intersport, a sports marketing firm that is handling much of the Herbstreit organization this year, said St. X-DeMatha still looks good for ESPN.
"We're still in talks with ESPN," Jones told me today. "This (St. X-DeMatha) is not part of that series of Old Spice events. We do not have a deal finalized with (ESPN), but we're very close and we're continuing to work on it."
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