THE ZAPPER

John O'Keefe

November 05, 2001

Hey, Fox, this isn't the World Cup, it's the World Series, so why the tasteless "virtual" ads and promos behind the plate when there's copious commercial time between innings? It's virtually impossible to focus on the pitch with Calista Flockhart's wide eyes distracting us.... Was that Nebraska's radio team describing Eric Crouch's fourth-quarter score against Oklahoma (a call played minutes later by ABC-TV) or three berserk Cornhuskers fans?...At sho.com/scboxing you can weigh in with your round-by-round scoring of Saturday's Kostya Tszyu-Zab Judah bout (Showtime, 10 p.m.).