ESPN, NFL Network looking for dealbreaker in pending relationship

The Culver City-based NFL Network and ESPN are talking about a partnership that could involve content sharing and pave the way for the league-owned network to land a better beachhead in the cable channel world.
The Associated Press is reporting that a deal, reported first in today's Wall Street Journal, was instigated with NFL Network head man Steve Bornstein, who used to be chairman of ESPN, according to a person who requested anonymity.
NFL Network spokesman Dennis Johnson said only that the company is "in talks with ESPN and our other broadcast partners all the time on a wide range
of issues."