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* Enter this in your Jordan Palm Pilot: Michael Jordan is back; NBC and Turner have him (world premiere: Wizards-Knicks, TBS, October 30, opposite World Series Game 3); will TV and the NBA live happily ever after? Oh, regular-season ratings will soar. But NBC's Dick Ebersol notes, "75 to 80 percent of the value of this contract for us is the postseason." And the Wizards are no shoo-in. Though it's the last year of the current network axis, MJ isn't expected in uniform for the life of the next contract, so fatter rights fees aren't likely. This reality will hasten NBC to re-sign and open the door for ESPN.
* The buzz: ESPN and Fox intentionally didn't cover all the bases in Barry Bonds' late-late homer show. Fox ...