• by December 22, 2003

INCOMPLETE PASS - ESPN spiked a live interview with football legend Joe Namath during Saturday's Jets-Patriots game after Namath told the interviewer, Suzy Kolber, that he wanted to kiss her. Apparently Kolber asked Namath about what he thought of the Jets' losing season, to which Namath replied "I want to kiss you." Kolber said, "Thanks, Joe. A huge compliment." He said that to her again a little while later, at which point Kolber stopped the interview.

ALL SCIENCE, ALL THE TIME - Wired reports say that a group of scientists are planning to develop the Cable Science Network, a 24/7 channel that would cover science the way C-SPAN covers public affairs. Programming would include talks by scientists at conferences in the field, along with profiles and interviews of teachers, professors and researchers. "Because we say it will be like C-SPAN does not mean that it has to be resolutely boring," says one organizer.

MORE THAN JUST NEWS - The Washington Post Co. announced Monday that it had purchased Transcender LLC, a maker of practice tests, for $10 million. The Post has been quietly buying educational companies ever since it acquired Kaplan Inc. in the 1980s. While the newspaper is still the premiere product, it's no secret that Kaplan's revenues actually exceed that of the Washington Post.