Marketplace Round-Up

CNBC's Darren Rovell cites sources as saying that Dick's Sporting Goods "told everyone managing its 268 stores to pull everything with Michael Vick's name on it" off store shelves.  Rumors of the move were first reported by Pro Football Talk this past weekend. Vick's No. 7 Falcons jerseys and his $85 Air Zoom Vick IV detachable cleat are no longer being sold at the stores. Dick's officials would not comment (CNBC.com, 7/24).

LET IT FLY: In Toronto, Jeff Brooke reports the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA), organizers of this week's Canadian Open, chartered a Boeing 767 to fly about 25 golfers and their guests from Scotland to Toronto Sunday as a "perk to persuade" players in the British Open field to play in the event.  Golfers accepting the offer included Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Chris DiMarco and Mike Weir.  Tournament Dir Bill Paul "wouldn't say how much the RCGA invested in the charter," but industry sources estimated the cost at C$200,000-250,000 (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 7/24).

NOTES: Red Bull announced a two-year extension to remain title sponsor of the MotoGP Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca through '09, as well as a deal to sponsor the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway MotoGP event through 2010.  Total three-day attendance for last weekend's U.S. Grand Prix was 143,020, down from 145,120 last year (S.F. CHRONICLE, 7/23)....The Ginn Co. said that it has retained Champion Motorsports Marketing to "find sponsorship not only for its NASCAR race teams but its PGA and LPGA tournaments" (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 7/24)....49ers QB Alex Smith, Cowboys TE Jason Witten and Chiefs G Brian Waters will appear in United Way PSAs this season (SACRAMENTO BEE, 7/22).