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USA Today Sports Media Group Restructuring Editorial Staff05 / 23 / 12USA Today Sports Media Group has enacted a significant restructuring of its editorial roster that has resulted in the departures of about a dozen veteran staffers of the media outlet, including sports business and media writer Michael McCarthy and "Game On" blogger Tom Weir . Company officials de... |
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$5.17M – Average daily handle at Pimlico Race Course for the thoroughbred track's recently concluded spring meet, up about 9% from $4.72M during the '11 spring meet. Total wagering grew 6.5% to $165M, compared to $154.9 in '11. Total attendance rose 17.6% to 223,488, up fr ...
Details Of USOC's Revenue Deal With IOC
The USOC and IOC have agreed in principal to a new revenue-sharing agreement that will preserve the USOC’s revenues at current levels and includes an escalator for inflation. The parties agreed that the USOC will get a set percentage of new revenue growth from new areas, according to sources f ...
Kessler Says NFLPA Has Evidence Of NFL Collusion
With the NFLPA suing the NFL for collusion earlier today in U.S. Court in Minnesota, NFLPA outside counsel Jeffrey Kessler today said that the union found out about the alleged collusion after reading media reports in which league officials "started to spill their guts" to the med ...
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Tony Hawk posted this photo of himself in mid-ollie over a Lexus LFA. Hawk tweeted, "If you want a good, wall-mounted print of it, go to instacanv.as/tonyhawk & I will donate the $ to @tonyhawkfoundation."
Taco Bell Launches Latest MLB Tie-In
Taco Bell is launching a promotion in conjunction with MLB and Sony's "MLB The Show 2012" video game. Beginning today, the 99-cent Beefy Nacho Burrito is available in the $5 Buck Big Hitter Box, with Red Sox 1B Adrian Gonzalez on the box and drink cup. Purchasing the box allows consumers to p ...
NBCU Outlines London Games Broadcast Plan
NBCUniversal today announced that it will provide 5,535 hours of coverage for the London Games across multiple platforms, including a total of 272.5 hours on NBC, the most ever for an Olympic broadcast network. NBC's daytime coverage on most weekdays will start at 10:00am ET/PT and will begin a ...
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"If you co-sanction an event up against, hypothetically, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, if you're Crowne Plaza, you're going, 'What are you doing to me?'" – Golf Channel's Gary Williams , saying that protecting sponsors is likely the main reason the PGA Tour and European PGA Tour ...
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The Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix today announced that it has entered into a deal with Veritix to become the primary ticketing provider for the Izod IndyCar Series race. This year's event takes place June 1-3 ( Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix ). The MLBPA today announced that t ...
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NYU sports business professor Robert Boland : "NFLPA's claims are potentially game-changing economically; biggest issue will be getting around releases in Brady settlement and 2011 CBA." SI's Grant Wahl : "Jurgen Klinsmann should get a Whole Foods endorsement. Had USMNT visit WF ...
Panel Says Sports Rights To Keep Rising In Value
A panel of sports media execs at the Cable Show in Boston had a sobering message for the crowd of cable operators who gathered to listen to them this morning: sports rights will continue to grow for the time being. "We will make a bet on the value of sports rights continuing to appreciate," said ESP ...
