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The Daily's Hot Reads For Wednesday: Art For Art's Sake

The Baltimore SUN's Childs Walker writes, "Late Ravens owner Art Modell might face an easier path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame if the museum follows through on tentative discussions of putting 'contributors' in a different voting pool than players " ( Baltimore SUN ). ESPN.com's Brant Jame...

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09/21/95
COWBOYS STILL ON TOP PERCH; PATRIOTS MAKE ENTRY IN TOP TEN

The following is the list of top ten teams in the sale of licensed merchandise through June ''95 from NFL Properties. According to NFL Properties Manager of Corporate Communications Brian McCarthy, tw

Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers

09/21/95
CRAZY LIKE A FOX: SI PROFILES MURDOCH FORAY INTO TV SPORTS

"Just 13 months ago Fox had never so much as televised a live sporting event. Now the Fox name crops up every time an event comes up for bid," writes E.M. Swift in this week''s issue of SPORTS ILLUSTR

Tags: CBS, ESPN, NBC, News Corp./Fox, NFL, Sports Illustrated, Media, Time Warner, Viacom, Walt Disney

09/21/95
NBA VETS WANT THEIR SLICE OF THE TASTY CBA PIE

The pre-1955 NBPA, "championed by 1952 co-rookie of the year Bill Tosheff," wants $4.5M of the new CBA to include 66 veterans with at least three years'' experience not currently included in pension b

Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NBA

09/21/95
KINGS SALES COMPLETE AFTER TEAM FILES FOR CHAPTER 11

The "long-awaited" sale of the L.A. Kings was completed last night, after the team declared Chapter 11 to allow the deal to be finished. The team was sold by LAK Acquisition Corp. -- headed by Jeffrey

Tags: Franchises, Los Angeles Lakers, NHL

09/21/95
WALTER HAAS, JR., DIES AS HIS TEAM IS SET TO CHANGE HANDS

Walter Haas, Jr., the patriarch of the family that owned Levi Strauss & Co. and the Managing Partner of the A''s since buying the team from Charlie Finley in ''80, died yesterday of cancer at the age

Tags: Oakland Athletics, People and Pop Culture

09/21/95
NBC STANDS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WITH OLYMPIC COVERAGE

NBC''s bid for the 2000 and 2002 Olympics "looks astronomical," but can "easily be a financial winner," according to Chuck Ross of INSIDE MEDIA. Sources say NBC "could bring in about" $750M for the ''

Tags: NBC, Olympics

09/21/95
IOC TELLS ACOG TO "FORCE" CITY TO CHANGE MARKETING

IOC Chair Richard Pound has given ACOG President Billy Payne "less than a week to force city officials to back off a plan" to sell signs and vending licenses to rivals of Olympic sponsors, according t

Tags: IOC, Olympics

09/21/95
MN GOVERNOR STILL WANTS HOCKEY IN THE TWIN CITIES

MN Gov. Arne Carlson said yesterday that he still supports a plan to help the prospective owners of the Jets hockey team if they move them to Minnesota, according to Jay Weiner of the Minneapolis STAR

Tags: Franchises, New York Jets

09/20/95
ABC AND U.S. FIGURE SKATING TO INTRODUCE PRODUCT LINE

ABC Sports and the U.S. Figure Skating Association will introduce a series of licensed products featuring the ABC Sports and USFSA logos to be available in early ''96 through direct mail and retail. L

Tags: ABC, NBC, NFL, PepsiCo, Walt Disney

09/20/95
MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

Reebok signed a deal with the Cleburne school district in Cleburne, TX, to allow all high school athletes to buy Reebok footwear and apparel at a discount. Cleburne is the first high school to be invo

Tags: Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Fila USA, NBA, Nike, Palace Sports & Entertainment, Reebok, Time Warner

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