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| February 12, 2001 | F.Q. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

* The peril of live microphones: Two wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap incidents on Super Bowl Sunday--the 76ers' Allen Iverson on NBC, and the Ravens' Tony Siragusa on CBS. Shouldn't networks just use a seven-second delay?. "That would be a substantial overreaction," says David Neal, NBC coordinating producer. "Live TV is spontaneous and unpredictable, yet the rate of occurrence is extremely low."

* Vital statistic: Nick Charles, joining news anchor Bernard Shaw on the CNN buyout bench, was at the network for its startup 21 years ago.

* Commercialism: Duke-North Carolina was the showcase on the tacky-titled Rivalry ...

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