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Fantasy Sports Trade Association Hires First Lobbyist, Launches Political Action Committee10 / 19 / 11The Fantasy Sports Trade Association has hired Travis McCoy as its "first federal lobbyist and launched a political action committee to make campaign contributions to lawmakers," according to Fredreka Schouten of USA TODAY. McCoy is a former aide to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and is "... Tags: Law and Politics |
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FORMER ACCOUNTANT TESTIFIES TYSON TRIPLED KING'S INCOME
Don King''s former accountant, Joseph Maffia, testified yesterday the promotor''s income tripled to $60M after he snared Mike Tyson as a client, but that King would still not allow any of his employee
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THE DON KING TRIAL: ESPN CALLS IT AN "EXPLOSIVE" DAY
Videotaped testimony by claims adjuster David Matthew Collett, hired by Lloyd''s of London, said boxing promoter Don King would not have been paid for money "theoretically lost" on a canceled fight in
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CHAVEZ TESTIMONY SEEN AS DAMAGING TO KING
WBC super lightweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez hit his promoter, Don King, with "damaging testimony" in the insurance fraud trial yesterday in federal district court in Manhattan, according to NEWS
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DON KING PUBLICIST TESTIFIES AGAINST HIM IN TRIAL
Gladys Rosa, a publicist and translator for Don King Productions, testified under immunity yesterday that boxer Julio Cesar Chavez never recieved $350,000 in nonrefundable training expenses for a canc
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DON KING TRIAL: ANOTHER KING ASSOCIATE GRANTED IMMUNITY
Gladys Rosa, a longtime translator and publicist for Don King Productions, asked for and was granted immunity by prosecutors Friday in exchange for her testimony. According to NEWSDAY''s Greg Logan, R
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KING TRIAL GETS TECHNICAL ON DAY TWO
ESPN''s Jimmy Roberts, outside the federal courthouse in New York, where boxing promoter Don King''s wire fraud trial entered its second day: "In the trial of such a colorful and bombastic man, Day Tw
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DON KING'S FRAUD TRIAL OPENS IN NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT
Opening arguments were delivered in the insurance and wire fraud case against boxing promoter Don King in U.S. District Court in New York yesterday. King is charged with defrauding Lloyd''s of London
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TWO SPORTS GROUPS LOOK TO LURE EVENTS IN L.A. AREA
In L.A., there are two different groups in the business of attracting sports events, according to Tim Deady in the current L.A. BUSINESS JOURNAL. But "the way things stand now, the Southland could be
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IRS PROBING MORE BASEBALL LEGENDS FROM '89 SHOW
The IRS is investigating other "well-known former players" who participated in a ''89 autograph show in Atlantic City, according to the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Michael Sokolove reports the probe, which
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ORLANDO LOOKS TO LURE CORPORATE DOLLARS WITH OLYMPIC EVENTS
There are over 150 sports commissions in the U.S. which face the everyday challenge of luring sporting events to their community. The Orlando Area Sports Commission recently made a bold bid to lure th
