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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

DTV needs to show games on a per team basis.

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ESPN reveals food-safety violations at arenas, stadiums

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune
Last update: July 26, 2010 - 11:09 AM

ESPN has gone through food-safety inspection reports from last year for every venue in Major League Baseball, the NBA, NHL and NFL and unearthed some stomach-turning findings.

Among the more startling reports:

• Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field: Two locations were cited after an employee "did not wash hands after blowing nose or eating food prior to handling customer food or ice."

• Phoenix Suns' US Airways Center: Dozens of flies and a live roach in a dish room.

• Denver Broncos' Mile High Stadium: Fruit flies in whiskey bottles at three bars.

• Miami Dolphins' Sun Life Stadium: Employee reported small insects and other debris blended into frozen alcoholic drinks.

• Indianapolis Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium: TV report revealed mouse droppings and mice -- dead and alive -- around the stadium.

• Detroit Lions' Ford Field: Employee's half-eaten hamburger found in a warming unit.

• Pittsburgh Steelers' Heinz Field: A worker was seen washing his hands with his gloves on.

• Pittsburgh Penguins' Mellon Arena: A live cockroach was found on a soda dispenser holster.

• Washington Wizards' and Capitals' Verizon Center: At least 10 vendors with mouse droppings.

For Minnesota's venues last year, the Metrodome was cited for having sanitizing solution that was too weak; a Target Center slicer was not cleaned to prevent cross-contamination; and chicken strips at the Xcel Energy Center were found at 105 degrees, 35 degrees below what is required.

The sports network also scored each facility based on what percentage of its vendors were in violation of health requirements during the most recent routine inspections or equivalent of a full inspection.

Among the worst were venues for: the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Washington Wizards and Capitals.

Among the best were venues for: the Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New England Patriots and New York Islanders.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Interesting Stacey
Just dealt with this last week
Got sticker shock when I opened my bill from Directv, called immedaitely, they had just added the NFL package, assuming I'd want it.
Took me a good ten minutes to get away from the persistent guy who kept dropping the price.
I wish I could have passed on the deal he offered me to someone who wanted it. It was dirt-cheap by the time we were done.
Point is ..Don't accept their sticker price if you are interested. (I am one hell of a loyal customer, tho, so you may not get quite that good of a deal)

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ORIGINAL: Stacey King

Anybody ever have any success with Charter Communications lowering your bill?