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As ESPN bid farewell to its EPL coverage over the weekend, the network offered a look back at some outtakes from broadcast partners Ian Darke and Steve McManaman .

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Penn State footballl coach Bill O'Brien will be profiled on HBO's "Real Sports" at 10:00pm ET. Basketball HOFer Phil Jackson will appear on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" at 11:00pm ET.

Final Days To Purchase SBA Tickets

Another full house is expected Wednesday night at the N.Y. Marriott Marquis at Times Square for the 6th annual Sports Business Awards. The event, which has become one of the most anticipated in the sports business industry, will feature the live, exclusive announcement of the winners in 15 categorie ...

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Yankees, Man City Partner On MLS Team

MLS this morning announced New York City FC, a partnership between EPL club Manchester City and the Yankees, will begin play in '15 as the league's 20th team. The club will begin play in an interim venue since it has yet to complete a deal for a new, soccer-specific stadium. MLS for the last year ha ...

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The Daily's Hot Reads For Tuesday: Table Manners

The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Jeremy Hazlehurst writes, "With their trendy haircuts, magazine good looks and superstar swagger they could be a boy band. And indeed Xu Xin , Zhang Jike , Wang Hao and Ma Long are bona fide A-listers. …  These four were the core of the table-tennis team ...

NFL Set To Award Super Bowl Sites

NFL owners today will vote on the host sites for Super Bowls L and LI in '16 and '17, and it is “widely believed, even in Miami, that many owners already have sided with the Bay Area” for the '16 game after Florida’s legislature “failed to approve a ballot measure aimed at re ...

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Executive Transactions

LaCrosse Footwear named Nike finance exec ROBERT SASAKI President ( OREGONLIVE.com, 5/20 )....Towson Univ. AD MIKE WADDELL  will leave the school to take the position of Univ. of Arkansas Senior Associate AD. Waddell will "oversee marketing, licensing, ticket operations and media and public ...

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WNBA Sky Ink Five-Year Local TV Deal

The WNBA Sky for the first time will have "nearly an entire season of games" broadcast on a ratings-earning TV station, according to Danny Ecker of CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. The club "struck a five-year agreement with Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co. to air 24 games a year on its family of netw ...

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Colangelo Staying With Raptors, Loses GM Title

MLSE President & CEO Tim Leiweke this morning announced Bryan Colangelo will remain with the team as President but will give up all basketball-related decisions to an incoming GM. Colangelo will advise Leiweke on basketball-related matters while contributing to the business side of the franchise ...

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