Justice Zeroes in on ESPN’s College Football Contracts

Talk about hearing footsteps.   Ever since the New York Times broke the story on June 27 that the U.S. Department of Justice had opened an inquiry into how ESPN acquires and uses its college football and basketball programming, every step Justice has taken has been reported in the media.   The latest revelations emerged last Friday when the venerable wire service UPI reported that Justice had sought out the Mid-American and Big East college athletic conferences for information about th