Universal Sports Moving To Denver

Universal Sports yesterday announced that it will move its production and broadcast operations from Southern California to Denver. The move, which will take place next year, will see Universal Sports use Comcast Media Center (CMC) for studio production facilities, distribution and other services. Co ...

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Red Bull Media House Hires Sal Masekela

Longtime X Games host Sal Masekela signed a multiyear deal with Red Bull Media House that will see him leave ESPN to become a fulltime host of the Red Bull Signature Series. He will host more than a dozen shows on NBC and NBC Sports Network for Red Bull events like the Crashed Ice World Championship ...

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Ryan Lochte Signs With CAA

U.S. swimmer  Ryan Lochte  Friday morning signed with CAA for representation. Lochte, who has amassed five gold medals and 11 medals overall during the last three Summer Olympics, left his agent Erika Wright following the London Games. He had been in discussions with CAA since October. H ...

Miles To Become Hulman & Co. CEO

Hulman & Co. today named Indianapolis Super Bowl Chair MARK MILES its new CEO. The move puts Miles, who spent 14 years as ATP CEO and chaired the '12 Super Bowl Host Committee, in charge of the company’s holdings that include Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar and the Clabber Girl baki ...

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USSA Launching Its Own YouTube Channel

The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association today will launch its own channel on YouTube called the USSA Network . The national governing body will offer live event coverage from 10 competitions and a weekly highlight and lifestyle show called "Snow Globe." It joins USA Wrestling, USA Gymnastics and o ...

USA Hockey Inks Deal With Toyota

USA Hockey has signed Toyota as its new automotive sponsor. The deal, which runs through the '14 Sochi Games, will see the automaker become title sponsor of the USA Hockey National Championships. Financial terms were not available. Toyota is USA Hockey's first auto sponsor since '04, when GM ended i ...

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Liberty Mutual Signs With USOC Through '16

Liberty Mutual has signed on as the official property, life & casualty insurance company of the USOC, replacing Allstate. The deal announced today will cover the '14 Sochi and '16 Rio de Janeiro Games. The agreement is valued at $15-20M over that period and makes Liberty Mutual one of ...

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Liberty Mutual To Sponsor USOC

The USOC today will announce that Liberty Mutual has signed on as the organization's official property, life and casualty insurance company, replacing Allstate. The deal, which will cover the '14 and '16 Games, is valued at $15-20M over that period and makes Liberty Mutual one of the highest-level s ...

AdvoCare Expands RCR Nationwide Deal

AdvoCare will become a full-season sponsor of Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 Nationwide Series car driven by Austin Dillon. The move, which was announced Friday at Texas Motor Speedway, is the latest expansion of the company's NASCAR involvement. AdvoCare first stepped into the sport in '11 when i ...

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IndyCar's Belskus: No Timeline To Name CEO

IndyCar has not finalized a process for finding a new CEO and does not have a timeline for naming a new executive, according to Jeff Belskus , Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s President & CEO and the interim CEO of the racing circuit. Belskus today said the process will involve more outreach ...