College Sports Television covers Iraqi wrestling team's arrival and stay in USA
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Wayne Catan (CSTV)
04/02/2004
New York, N.Y. - The Iraqi wrestlers have experienced technical difficulties... at least their flight from NY to Denver has. They will not be arriving in Denver tonight. College Sports Television, the first 24-hour college sports network will be there for every step of the way. Instead, they'll arrive in Denver Saturday at 10:15 MT. CSTV's crew will shoot the arrival and then shoot the press conference and facilities tour. The arrival part will air on College Sports Television's "Tourney Talk" and "Primetime" on Saturday April 3. The press conferences will be fed and will be used on "Tourney Talk and Primetime on Sunday April 4th. CSTV is comprised of two primary business units: College Sports TV and CollegeSports.com. College Sports TV televises regular season and championship event coverage from every major collegiate athletic conference, in addition to nine NCAA Championships. The network also has a programming and marketing agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee. CollegeSports.com, the most-trafficked college sports Web site, and its network of 150 official athletic sites for top colleges, universities and athletic associations, are the number one online source for college sports news, information, scores and analysis. College Sports Television was co-founded by President/CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Stephen Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN and which is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company's successful foray into the college market. For more information on College Sports Television, log on to www.collegesports.com.