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Scott Blackmun, USOC The Big Winners From Last Night's Sports Business Awards05 / 23 / 13The sixth annual Sports Business Awards had a decided Olympic feel to them, as the USOC was named Sports League of the Year, beating the NFL, NBA, MLB and PGA Tour, while USOC CEO Scott Blackmun took home the award for Sports Exec of the Year. The recognition was the culmination of a... Tags: Events and Attractions |
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WBC Helps Grow Baseball Internationally
The World Baseball Classic "helps the game grow ever further, digging its roots deeper into Europe, Australia, China and even Brazil," and it also "provides a chance for Americans to appreciate just how far the game has spread," according to Jim Caple of ESPN.com. Indians C Yan Gomes, who previously ...
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World Baseball Classic Has "Structural Issues"
The World Baseball Classic begins in earnest today, and the event surely would "attract more domestic attention" if more "big names" played for the U.S. team, according to Sean Gregory of TIME. Even if players like Nationals P Stephen Strasburg and CF Bryce Harper and Angels LF Mike Trout ...
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New Haven Open Consolidates Seating
This year's WTA New Haven Open “promises to be a more intimate gathering” as the Connecticut Tennis Center “will consolidate its seating, so that only the box seats in the lower level of the stadium are available,” according to Lori Riley of the HARTFORD COURANT. Total atten ...
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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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