NBA, NCAA Reorganizing iHoops

NBA- and NCAA-owned iHoops is reorganizing, with its operations to be integrated into USA Basketball’s management structure. It will be led by USA Basketball Chair Jerry Colangelo . iHoops will move its operations from Indianapolis to USA Basketball’s Colorado Springs HQs in mid-January ...

NBA, ESPN Reach U.K. TV Rights Deal

The NBA and ESPN have reached a new TV rights deal in the U.K. that will put live NBA games on ESPN in the U.K. and Ireland for the rest of the '12-13 season. ESPN has had NBA rights for the past three years. Until now, both sides had not reached an agreement for this season. Sources say the NBA is ...

Clorox Agrees To Sponsor Warriors

The Warriors have inked a top-tier sponsorship deal with Clorox, the team’s third “gold alliance” level partnership. The deal includes in-arena signage, in-arena promotion of a variety of the company’s brands, a media buy, and a community service initiative. Financial terms o ...

Trail Blazers COO Sarah Mensah Resigns

Longtime Trail Blazers exec Sarah Mensah has resigned after 19 years with the team. Mensah, who has been Blazers COO since '10, departs at the end of November. The team did not name a replacement. Mensah leaves her job after Chris McGowan was named Blazers President & CEO last month to repla ...

Google To Pay Rights Fee For D-League Games

Google has agreed to pay the NBA a rights fee in the low six figures to stream 350 NBA D-League games live this season. NBA officials describe the one-year deal as an "experiment" and say they will be focused on the number of streams and advertising revenue (which will be sold by YouTube) that is ge ...

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NBA Names Wandell VP/Marketing Partnerships

The NBA has hired MICHAEL WANDELL as VP/Marketing Partnerships. Wandell will be based out of NBA China’s Beijing office and will report to NBA China Senior VP/Business Development & Marketing Partnerships DAVID YANG . Wandell currently is Bobcats Senior VP/Corporate Partnerships and wil ...

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Greg Bibb Leaving Monumental Sports

Monumental Sports & Entertainment's GREG BIBB is leaving the company to join a start-up sports and event venture. Bibb was hired in October ‘05 as WNBA Mystics COO and was then named Wizards Exec VP/Business Operations in June ‘10. The TED LEONSIS -led Monumental owns the Wizards, ...

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AFL Signs Title Sponsor For '13 Season

The Arena Football League has signed a one-year title sponsorship deal with Net10 Wireless for the '13 season. The prepaid cell phone company last season sponsored national broadcasts of the AFL on NFL Network, but will become the league’s first title sponsorship for the upcoming season.  ...

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Raptors Sign Deal With Gentec

The Raptors have signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Gentec International, the exclusive distributor of Klipsch headphones in Canada. It is the first sports sponsorship deal for Gentec. Klipsch fills the headphones category with the Raptors, with Raptors G DeMar DeRozan signing an endorsemen ...

Lowe's Renews Bobcats Sponsorship

The Bobcats have renewed their founding level sponsorship deal with Lowe’s. Financial terms of the four-year agreement were not disclosed, but Lowe’s will increase its involvement in the team’s educational community service efforts. “As we started our renewal discussions, our ...

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