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Boston Marathon Organizers Weighing Difficult Decisions Regarding '14 Race05 / 16 / 13The Boston Athletic Association continues to "figure out what the future holds," as the '14 Boston Marathon will be "unlike any other road race -- part celebration, part commemoration, part logistical puzzle, part massive security undertaking," according to Shira Springer of the BOSTON GLOBE. Issues... Tags: Events and Attractions |
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CIAA Could Move Tourney Out Of Charlotte
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Commissioner Jacqie Carpenter on Saturday said that she "wants the basketball tournament to stay in Charlotte but would like to see more hotel space uptown for participating team members, families and sponsors," according to Cameron Steele of the CHARLOTT ...
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Shriners Open Adds $1.5M To Purse
The PGA Tour Shriners Hospital for Children Open has "upped its purse" and also "upped its ticket prices," according to Steve Carp of the LAS VEGAS JOURNAL-REVIEW. The Tour stop also has "upped the amenities that come with daily admission." The Oct. 14-20 tournament "becomes part of the 2013-14 FedE ...
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Bassmaster Classic Exceeded Expectations
The '13 Bassmaster Classic “caught a whopper of a crowd this past week as numbers exceeded expectations” in Tulsa, with the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society reporting that attendance “swelled to a near-record 106,850,” according to Winslow & Stancavage of the TULSA WORLD. O ...
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Baker Honorary Chair Of Houston's SB Bid
Texans Owner Bob McNair yesterday formally introduced former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker “as the honorary chairman of Houston’s Super Bowl LI bid committee,” according to Dale Robertson of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Camden Property Trust Chair & CEO Richard Campo “wil ...
Could NHL Host More Than One Winter Classic?
The NHL is “considering multiple outdoor games aside from the Winter Classic starting as soon as next season,” according to sources cited by Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com. Sources confirmed that the possibility has been “seriously discussed since the beginning of the 48-game abbreviate ...
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ATP Approves BNP Paribas Open Purse Increase
The ATP Tour yesterday approved an $800,000 prize money increase for the BNP Paribas Open on March 4-17 “after initially turning down the proposal during the board meeting in November,” according to Leighton Ginn of the Palm Springs DESERT SUN. The total prize money for the men’s ...
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NBA ASG Likely Headed To N.Y. In '15
The NBA All-Star Game will most likely return to N.Y. in ’15, as NBA Commissioner David Stern said that both MSG and the Barclays Center “have applied to host" the game, according to Howard Beck of the N.Y. TIMES. No other cities are “currently under consideration, making it a ...
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NFL Confronts Super Bowl Snow Fears
After Winter Storm Nemo swept through the Northeast two weekends ago, “panic seems to have set in around the region about what would happen if it becomes a winter wonderland like that” during next year's Super Bowl XLVIII, according to Gary Myers of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. NFL Senior VP/Eve ...
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Honda Classic Hopes To Mimic 16th Hole In Phoenix
Honda Classic officials would “like nothing more" than for hole No. 17 at PGA National to approach the "energy and intensity" seen at the 16th hole of the PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open, according of Brian Biggane of the PALM BEACH POST. Attendance figures from PGA National's "The Bear ...
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NASCAR Happy With Later Daytona 500 Date
NASCAR and Daytona Int'l Speedway officials said that holding the Daytona 500 “a week later is working out well and likely will continue for the foreseeable future,” according to Dinah Voyles Pulver of the Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL. There has been a “13-week break in racing action ...
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