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- Media, Fans Pan NASCAR All-Star Race
- Palm Beach Marathon Gets New Operator
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- Byron Nelson Tourney Unveils Social Media ...
- Slots Help To Boost Purses At Preakness
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Preakness Sees Record Attendance Three Years After Alcohol Policy Change05 / 21 / 12A “record crowd of 121,300” attended the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, a mark that “demonstrated the success of changes made in recent years to stem flagging interest in the sport,” according to Scott Dance of the Baltimore SUN. Among the key changes m... |
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Media, Fans Pan NASCAR All-Star Race
NASCAR fans "are upset winner Jimmie Johnson essentially sandbagged for 60 or so laps before turning it up for a final charge to his third All-Star race victory" Saturday in Charlotte, according to Jenna Fryer of the AP. Johnson won the first of four 20-lap segments and said, “Everybody knew i ...
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Palm Beach Marathon Gets New Operator
U.S. Road Sports & Entertainment Group, the organization that “has helped the Miami Marathon nearly triple in size -- reaching a capacity field of 25,000 this past January -- is taking control of the Palm Beaches Marathon,” according to Hal Habib of the PALM BEACH POST. U.S. Road Spo ...
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Mets, Citi Field Awarded '13 MLB All-Star Game
MLB, the Mets and the city of N.Y., as expected, yesterday announced the '13 All-Star Game will be held at Citi Field, with the event slated for Tuesday, July 16. Next year's game will replicate several elements from the successful '08 event at Yankee Stadium, including the MLB FanFest at the Jacob ...
MLS And Serie A Match Set For July In DC
A formal statement “is expected this week” announcing that MLS DC United and Serie A club Juventus “have finalized plans to play a July 28 friendly at RFK Stadium,” according to Steven Goff of the WASHINGTON POST. Kickoff for the match “is scheduled for 6 p.m. to accomm ...
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Byron Nelson Tourney Unveils Social Media Initiatives
This week’s PGA Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship, which began today in Dallas, will unveil several new social media initiatives designed to connect with and reward fans at TPC Las Colinas. Twitter posts tagged with #HPBNC will be streamed on full-color, big screen TVs and scoreboards. The Cad ...
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Slots Help To Boost Purses At Preakness
While the Preakness “attracts crowds to Baltimore and millions of dollars in bets, sponsorships and television exposure, the extra financial boost from the slots largesse is welcome for an industry that has faced near-collapse in recent years,” according to Hanah Cho of the Baltimore SUN ...
Tiger Woods To Play Greenbrier Classic
Greenbrier Resort Owner Jim Justice yesterday confirmed golfer Tiger Woods “will appear” at the PGA Tour Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia July 5-8, according to Zack Harold of the CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL. Justice said that the resort “likely would stop selling tickets if sales inc ...
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Djokovic Blames Helfant For Madrid Blue Clay Debacle
Tennis player Novak Djokovic on Friday "left little doubt" he blames former ATP World Tour Exec Chair & President Adam Helfant for the decision made on the controversial blue clay courts at the Mutua Madrid Open, according to the AFP. Djokovic said, "I don’t blame the new president (Austra ...
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Baltimore Tabs Andretti Sports Marketing To Run GP
Andretti Sports Marketing has "struck a deal with the city to manage the Baltimore Grand Prix for the next five years, the third group charged with organizing the race in the last six months," according to Jack Lambert of the BALTIMORE BUSINESS JOURNAL. The news comes three months after the cit ...
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Nadal Threatens Madrid Open Boycott
Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have "threatened not to return" to the Mutua Madrid Open if the tournament's blue clay courts are not "discarded," according to the AP. Nadal Thursday lost to Fernando Verdasco in the third round of the tournament, "his earliest exit in a clay-cour ...
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