
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993                   TAG: 9311030173
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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BASKETBALL-NBA ON TRIAL IN SUPERSTATION SUIT

The NBA is entitled to regulate television broadcasts by its teams, Commissioner David Stern testified in the Chicago Bulls' federal trial challenging that policy.

The Bulls and Chicago-based WGN-TV are suing the NBA and trying to void contracts the league signed this year with NBC and Turner Broadcasting, which secured a virtual lock on broadcasting Bulls' games nationally beginning next season. WGN wants to increase the number of games it is allowed to televise each season from the current 25 to 41.

by CNB