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NFL Draft Faces Scheduling Conflict In '14; Could Be Moved To May05 / 21 / 13The NFL likely will have to change the dates of the Draft in '14 because Radio City Music Hall is bringing back a spring and Easter show around that time, said NFL Senior VP/PR Greg Aiello. The Draft has been held at Radio City since '06. The change in dates is not connected to discussions over chan... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL |
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 155: TESTING THE DRAFT
Top prospect Jason Varitek, who was selected by the Mariners in last June''s amateur draft, "took a step yesterday that could lead to free agency for drafted amateur players." Varitek signed yesterday
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STEINBRENNER SAYS MLB EXPANSION IS ON THE FAST TRACK
Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner, who serves on MLB''s expansion committee, indicated that "optimism about expansion was warranted": "I told you [Acting MLB Commissioner Bud] Selig had it on a fast t
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FIRST WORLD GOLF TOUR EVENT TO BE HELD IN JAPAN IN NOVEMBER?
In a telephone interview, World Golf Tour Exec Dir John Montgomery Jr. said that he is trying to schedule the Tour''s inaugural event for next November, most likely to held in Japan and televised in t
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CFL FRANCHISE UPDATE: OTTAWA, THE POSSE & EXPANSION
Ottawa Rough Riders President Phil Kershaw announced yesterday that he has been negotiating for "about two weeks" with an out-of-town investor to buy the team from Bruce Firestone. Kershaw who current
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HOCKEY RELEASED! DESPITE GRUMBLINGS, RATIFICATION EXPECTED
The NHL and its players reached agreement on the "major items among the ''transitional issues'' that are still casting a shadow on today''s contract-ratification vote by the players," according to tod
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PHOENIX GROUP EXPECTS INVITE INTO MLB WITHIN SIX WEEKS
According to Suns Owner Jerry Colangelo, who is leading Phoenix''s effort to land a MLB franchise, "a strong likelihood" exists that a franchise will be awarded in the next six weeks. Although expansi
COULD LPGA NAME ITS FIRST WOMAN COMMISSIONER?
Retiring LPGA Commissioner Charlie Mechem, at the eve of the LPGA''s first ''95 event: "I don''t think there is any question that someday there will be a woman commissioner. But I don''t get any sense
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GOODWILL GAMES WILL NOT RETURN TO RUSSIA IN 2002
Goodwill Games President Jack Kelly announced that the Games will remain a 16-day single-city event, but said that they do not intend to return to Russia in 2002. Kelly said former and future Olympic
WORLD GOLF TOUR -- GOOD IDEA, BAD EXECUTION?
In the January 16 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Jamie Diaz writes that the proposed World Golf tour "may be dead, but the idea is alive and well." Diaz chronicles the promises made by World Tour organi
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HOCKEY RELEASED! WINNERS, LOSERS AND OTHER FALLOUT
Reactions on the deal from several NHL cities: IN NEW YORK, MIKE LUPICA credits Bettman with saving the season: "It does not make Bettman some kind of hero. He never lost a paycheck here. He had to wo
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