The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Daniel Kaplan reports that
FMR Corp., the parent company of Fidelity Investment Co., is
a "potential" replacement to John Nuveen as the title
sponsor of the senior men's tennis tour (SPORTSBUSINESS
JOURNAL, 2/22 issue)....In Buffalo, David Robinson profiled
Delaware North, which is "best known of running concessions
at sports stadiums," but has "branched out over the years to
include retail operations," and has become the "biggest
retailer based in Buffalo." Company execs said that its
retail operation, which includes 230 stores at 37 locations,
generated more than $100M in '98 sales (BUFFALO NEWS, 2/19).
HATS OFF? MLB teams are wearing special spring training
caps in a new endeavor by MLBP. The D'Backs caps are black
with a purple bill that feature a snake holding a baseball
in its mouth (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 2/21). In Dallas, Evan
Grant reported that the Rangers won't wear the new caps, as
management "looked at the mesh hats and decided to stick"
with the traditional wool hats (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/21).
