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WNBA Counting On No. 1 Pick Brittney Griner To Drive League Ratings, Ticket Sales05 / 24 / 13Mercury C Brittney Griner, the No. 1 overall pick in the most recent WNBA Draft, not only is “being counted on to lead the Mercury to a third WNBA title, she's expected to open a gateway from the WNBA to new fans across the U.S. and beyond,” according to John Marshall of the AP. Griner&r... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, WNBA |
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ATP PROGRAM TO PROMOTE TENNIS TO KIDS WORLDWIDE
ATP Tour players have created a world-wide program to increase the appeal of tennis among kids and will subsidize it with $1.5M from Tour and World Championships prize money. The ATP Tour Players'' "K
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HOCKEY HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 53: THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR?
"This could be D-Day in the NHL as make-or-break talks between the league and its players'' union move toward a climax in Boston," writes Dave Fuller in this morning''s TORONTO SUN. While the AP was r
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 103: SORRY TO IMPOSE, BUT ...
"Baseball''s owners have set a doomsday deadline for the sport to settle its labor problems" by scheduling a meeting in Chicago on December 5. The owners will likely use the date to declare an impasse
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HOCKEY HELD HOSTAGE -- PART II: ONE MAN'S PLAN
In this morning''s BOSTON GLOBE, Kevin Paul Dupont offers his proposal to end the lockout: the players would receive profit- sharing based on league-wide total attendance and average ticket costs on t
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FINCHEM PUTS BITE ON WORLD TOUR DURING SHARK SHOOT-OUT
"Both sides in the golf war drew lines in the bunkers Saturday when the World Tour vowed to begin in 1995 and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said he doesn''t see how it''s possible." Finchem, who m
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USTA RESISTS BID BY ATLANTA TO FLUSH THEM OUT OF QUEENS
USTA President J. Howard Frazer said, while his organization is grateful for Atlanta''s interest in hosting the U.S. Open, "we have a contract with the city of New York, and we believe it''s in the be
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FRESH OFF MEMPHIS ENTREE, CFL LOOKS TO HARTFORD
CFL Commissioner Larry Smith said he has talked with prospective owners in Hartford, CT, and "hopes the city will be part of the league''s expansion plans." Sources indicate that two CT groups are int
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 102: TIME TO TALK TURKEY?
After three days of meetings in Herdon, VA, MLB and MLBPA negotiators recessed until November 28th "to give the players'' union additional time to study the clubs'' revised proposal" (Noble & Heyman,
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CBA READY TO BEGIN SOUTH OF THE BORDER
The Mexico Aztecas of the CBA will "begin play as the first U.S. pro sports franchise based in Mexico." The CBA envisions itself as building a fan base and an organization for the NBA. "The reality is
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HOCKEY HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 52: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM SWEEPS LAND
"The next round of talks on the NHL labor front should give us a pretty clear picture of whether this season will be salvaged," writes Mike Weaver in Sunday''s SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. "Continued progre
