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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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In Miami, Dan LeBatard, on the youth movement in women''s tennis: "They are bold, boorish brats. And, man, isn''t it wonderful? These irritating female tennis players -- cocky in one breath, crying in
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PAKIN' EM IN: U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN SETS NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD
Sunday''s final round of the U.S. Women''s Open drew a "throng" of 24,000 to the Blackwolf Run course in Kohler, WI, boosting the event''s four-day attendance total to 115,000 and breaking the previou
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JUST ONE DRINK FROM YOUR LOVING CUP: FRANCE'S FINAL FOUR
"After three weeks of scoreless ties, yellow cards, flag waving, aimless running, several fights, two shootouts, one fatal stabbing, mangled midfielders, unchecked beer drinking, national disgraces an
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DAYTONA INT'L CANCELS PEPSI 400 DUE TO BRUSH FIRES IN FL
Daytona Int''l Speedway (DIS) officials announced today that NASCAR''s Pepsi 400 race, scheduled for Saturday night, has been postponed until Saturday, October 17, due to brush fires in central FL. DI
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CUP CRAZY: NIKE KICKING ITS WAY INTO THE SOCCER MARKET
Nike "may be going hard at soccer" by spending more than $40M around the World Cup -- more than "it has spent on any single event" -- but it is also "going soft ... trying to play it straight in the s
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HARRIS POLL: ARE AMERICANS INTERESTED IN THE WORLD CUP?
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ADIDAS SAYS THAT SOME CONTRACTORS USED CHINESE PRISONERS
adidas-Salomon AG "conceded that some of its licensees and subcontractors likely used Chinese prisoners at a labor camp ... to produce thousands of soccer balls branded with Adidas and Official World
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U.S Soccer is hoping for a crowd "in excess of" 20,000 for this Sunday''s U.S. Women''s team match against Germany in Chicago. So far, more than 115,000 tickets have been sold for next year''s Women''
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ESPN'S X-CELLENT ADVENTURES: "MOST SUCCESSFUL" GAMES YET
This summer''s X Games have been the "most successful of the four summer editions of the made-for-TV alternative sports festival," according to USA TODAY''s Sal Ruibal. More than 250,000 fans attended
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WORLD CUP NOTES: SAMPSON QUITS TEAM USA COACHING POSITION
Steve Sampson quit on Monday as the coach of the U.S. national soccer team. The resignation was announced by U.S. Soccer Federation President Alan Rothenberg (AP, 6/29). NOTES: In the FINANCIAL TIMES'
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