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NFL Rookie Symposium Will Feature Speakers On Sexual Orientation Issues06 / 19 / 13NFL Chief Diversity Officer Robert Gulliver yesterday said that the NFL Rookie Symposium for the first time "will include speakers on the issue of sexual orientation," according to Jane McManus of ESPN N.Y. Gulliver said that the league plans to have former NFLers "speak about the possibility of hav... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL |
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MLB Minority Involvement Facing Hurdles
The Rangers' Ron Washington is one of three African-American managers in MLB and he has “seen attitudes change dramatically in baseball over his more than four decades" in the sport, according Kevin Sherrington of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. On Opening Day, only 8.5% of MLB’s rosters were A ...
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MLB Notes
In Boston, John Powers notes, "Any chance that baseball had to get back in the Olympics for 2020 likely was scuttled" when MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said that the league "wouldn’t put its season on pause to enable the best players to compete." Selig's stance on the matter "won’t fly" wi ...
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Boxing Keeps Searching For Growth
After “wobbling for decades,” boxing continues to “fight for its financial life as one of America’s oldest traditional sports,” according to Jon Saraceno of USA TODAY. Lack of “substantial sponsor support by major U.S. corporations continues to create head winds f ...
NWSL Examining Early Results
The NWSL “has a better idea of where it stands and what challenges lie ahead” eleven games into its existence, according to Steven Goff of the WASHINGTON POST. National TV “has been arranged, but live online viewing has been choppy.” Average attendance “is 4,595, rangin ...
D'Backs' Hall Not Interested In Replacing Selig
D'Backs President & CEO Derrick Hall has been mentioned as a possible replacement for MLB Commissioner Bud Selig if he steps down at the end of the '14 season, as Selig has repeatedly said he would, but Hall rebuked that during a radio interview Thursday. Appearing on KTAR-AM, Hall said, "I cert ...
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Coors Light Sponsoring NHL Stadium Series
MillerCoors' title sponsorship of the newly created Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, which will include a Penguins-Blackhawks game at Soldier Field on March 1, is viewed by the league as a separate arrangement from Bridgestone’s title sponsorship of the NHL Winter Classic. NHL Senior VP/Corpora ...
MLS Reportedly Interested In Miami Team
An effort backed by David Beckham to bring an MLS team to Miami is “about to pick up steam and could go public in about a month,” according to Steven Goff of the WASHINGTON POST. The league has “prioritized a second club in New York for the 20th team and is intrigued by Orlando&rsq ...
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Indian BBall League Set To Debut In Two Years
India is seen as the largest untapped global basketball market, and a projected domestic basketball league "is scheduled to debut within the next two years," according to Pete Thamel of SI. A joint partnership between IMG and India-based Reliance Industries in '10 "purchased the marketing and broa ...
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Source: HGH Use Is "Rampant" In NFL
The NFL and NFLPA "continue to trade barbs" regarding HGH testing in the league, but the "rhetoric from both sides hasn't changed," according to Tyler Dunne of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. The two parties "agreed that HGH testing was needed" when the lockout ended in '11. But two years later, the ...
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NFL To Hold Diversity Symposium
The NFL will “hold a three-day career development symposium next week in Philadelphia" at the Wharton School of Business on the Rooney Rule, with attendees including Commissioner Roger Goodell and Giants GM Jerry Reese, according to Barry Wilner of the AP. Steelers Chair Emeritus Dan Rooney, w ...
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