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Goodell Confirms Date Change For Draft; Event Could Move From N.Y. In Future05 / 22 / 13NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday indicated that the league is "taking a harder look" at moving the NFL Draft out of Radio City Music Hall after '14, and "possibly out of New York entirely," according to Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com. Goodell said, "If we want to move the draft back into the Apr... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL, Football |
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SI.com's Lars Anderson wrote five weeks into the season, it is "clear that the buzz is coming back to NASCAR because the close, compelling racing on the track has ramped up the intensity of the drivers and led to feuds like" that between drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano at Auto Club Speedway on ...
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NBA's Strategic Resting Rules Called Into Question
The Heat sat F LeBron James and Gs Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers in Sunday's game against the Spurs, and “nobody is naive enough to think there was no message or intent behind Miami's decision to return the favor” after the Spurs sat their star players for a November game in Miami , ac ...
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Cactus League Sets Attendance Record
Two games remain to be played, but warmer weather and a “surge of spring-break fans the past two weeks have helped the Cactus League to set an attendance record of nearly 1.72 million fans,” according to Peter Corbett of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC. A crowd of 11,635 for the final Cubs "home ga ...
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Orlando Gets Boost In Push For MLS Club
Although Orlando is a "healthy market for third-division soccer, the Florida city was in the back of the pack for an MLS team until an unlikely partnership put the Orlando City Lions on the radar" of MLS, according to Keyvan Antonio Heydari of the N.Y. TIMES. Brazilian businessman Flávio Augu ...
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Brian France: Tighter Racing Brings Excitement
Aside from driver Denny Hamlin suffering an injury, Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway is just what NASCAR Chair & CEO Brian France “wants the sport to look like,” according to David Newton of ESPN.com. France yesterday said, "What I know is when the racing is tighter and ...
Hinchcliffe A Fresh Face For IndyCar
IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe “offered fans a much-needed fresh face in the winner’s circle at Sunday’s opener in St. Petersburg, Fla.,” and series officials are “hoping it won't be his last,” according to Anthony Schoettle of the INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL. ...
NASCAR Delivering Drama, Ratings Gains
NASCAR drivers five races into the season are “feuding, fighting and wrecking,” which is “exactly what NASCAR has been looking for,” according to Jeff Gluck of USA TODAY. This is what NASCAR officials “have been asking the drivers to do in recent years.” The &ldqu ...
NFL Coaches, Execs Talk Rule Changes
Health and player safety were the topics of conversation during an NFL Network special called “Health of the Game: NFL Evolution Special Report.” The show featured a roundtable discussion on making the game safer. NFL Net's Andrea Kremer said there is “always talk about a buil ...
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JMI's Brown In Talks For IndyCar CEO Position
Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles on Saturday said Just Marketing International Founder & CEO Zak Brown is “interested in doing something" with the Izod IndyCar Series, adding Brown's "only interest would be if we put the pieces together and he was the head of racing,” according t ...
MLB Files Suit Against Biogenesis Of America Clinic
MLB took the “unusual step Friday of filing a lawsuit in Florida state court, accusing six people connected to a South Florida anti-aging clinic of damaging the sport by providing various players with prohibited substances,” according to Eder & Schmidt of the N.Y. TIMES. The suit is ...
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