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In N.Y., Richard Sandomir profiles Steiner Sports, which "may not be the biggest company" in the sports memorabilia industry, but company Founder & CEO BRANDON STEINER "is certainly its most prominent executive." He and his company "sell a familiar range of signed memorabilia and a subset of high-priced, created collectibles that have become his specialty: salvaged items like lineup cards and rosin bags; autographed seat backs; and mixed-media collages that often include a piece of used equipment with a photo of it in use." Retiring Yankees SS DEREK JETER "is as essential to Steiner’s brand as he has been to the Yankees’ throughout his career." No single athlete, "among the many across various sports, has had a bigger impact at Steiner Sports, financially or for its image." Yet it was Steiner’s joint venture that "sealed Steiner’s connection to the Yankees." He "has done his best to monetize everything: seats, turnstiles, even pieces of the stadium’s concrete structure beyond the outfield, which he had repurposed into tiny stadium replicas when the pieces proved too large to sell intact or in big chunks" (N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE, 9/7).

PADDLE BALL: Dodgers P CLAYTON KERSHAW on Thursday at Dodger Stadium "celebrated the second annual Ping Pong 4 Purpose event benefitting 'Kershaw’s Challenge.'" The money raised from the event "will go toward building another orphanage in Africa and money to help pay for surgeries and medical care." The event "moved from the stadium club to the field and features celebrities" like JIMMY KIMMEL and Clippers G CHRIS PAUL (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 9/5).

TECH TALK: Israel-based company PlaySight "is offering an even more advanced option than the Hawk-Eye camera system currently in use at Grand Slam tennis tournaments." The technology, developed by former Israel Air Force engineers, "uses auto-tagging software to track every 'event-based decision,' similar to a flight simulator." The company in May announced that it had raised $3.5M from "high-profile private investors, including NOVAK DJOKOVIC and BILLIE JEAN KING." Some 50 facilities in the U.S. are using PlaySight, and CEO CHEN SHACHAR expects that the company will "install 100 systems in the U.S. this year and to go international 'in earnest' next year" (HAARETZ.com, 9/4).

NAMES: GQ on Thursday unveiled GQ Style Wars, a new charitable competition that pits the best-dressed NFLers against each other in a contest in which one player will be named GQ's most stylish. Participants include VICTOR CRUZ, CAM NEWTON, ERIC DECKER, COLIN KAEPERNICK, LARRY FITZGERALD, ARIAN FOSTER, EARL THOMAS, MICHAEL CRABTREE, DEMARCO MURRAY, DONTE WHITNER, ERIC EBRON and RANDALL COBB (GQ)....Pro Football HOFer JOE MONTANA on Thursday was in Toronto to "promote the start of the 2014 NFL regular season as well as help the league raise money for Special Olympics." He said that Canada would offer the NFL the "most seamless transition" if it were to move a franchise outside of the contiguous U.S. Montana: "If any place could work quicker or be indoctrinated faster than anywhere else ... it would be in Canada" (CP, 9/4)....Former NHLer STEVE MOORE said that he has “reached a settlement in his lawsuit for the career-ending hit he received” in ’04 from then-Canucks RW TODD BERTUZZI. Moore was seeking $68M in damages (DENVER POST, 9/5)....Tibco Software, the company founded by NBA Kings Managing Partner VIVEK RANADIVE, is “reportedly exploring a sale” and has hired Goldman Sachs and law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati “to consult” (SACBEE.com, 9/4)….TNT’s SHAQUILLE O’NEAL on Wednesday “applied to be a reserve police officer" for the city of Doral, Fla. (MIAMI HERALD, 9/4)….Pro Football HOFer JIM KELLY “was declared cancer-free Thursday after follow-up biopsies this week came back negative” (ESPN.com, 9/4).

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