Finebaum Headed To ESPN, SEC Network NFL Owners Award Super Bowls L, LI NBC Earns Best Preakness Audience Since '09 Durant, Thunder Donate To Tornado Relief Long Beach To Host Volleyball Tourney Microsoft Unveils $400M NFL Partnership Report: Lions To Create Bowl Game Final Days To Purchase SBA Tickets Yankees, Man City Partner On MLS Team NFL Set To Award Super Bowl Sites
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Radio Host Paul Finebaum Headed To ESPN, SEC Network05 / 21 / 13Radio host Paul Finebaum on Aug. 1 is “leaving the Birmingham, Ala., market where his contract expired in January, for Charlotte, N.C., and a national forum: ESPN.” His “multi-tiered platform will include a radio program on ESPN networks, 100 televised appearances annually on ESP... |
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NFL Owners Award Super Bowls L, LI
NFL owners today voted to award Super Bowl L to the 49ers' Levi's Stadium, which is being constructed in Santa Clara, and Super Bowl LI in '17 to the Texans' Reliant Stadium. The Bay Area "beat out the Miami region" to host the '16 game, marking the "first time the Super Bowl will be held in the Bay ...
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"As far as the PGA Tour, I hope they do it as soon as possible, to be honest with you" – Tiger Woods , on the USGA and R&A banning anchored putting ( Mult., 5/21 ). "I think it's always time to analyze where you stand, and where you are going especially. Being able to make decisions un ...
NBC Earns Best Preakness Audience Since '09
NBC finished with a 5.9 rating and 9.7 million viewers for Oxbow’s win at the Preakness Stakes on Saturday from 5:50-6:39pm ET, marking the best audience for the event since '09, when Rachel Alexandra’s win drew a 6.8 rating and 10.9 million viewers. The viewership for the race portion o ...
Durant, Thunder Donate To Tornado Relief
Thunder F Kevin Durant donated $1M today to the American Red Cross through his family foundation "to assist with disaster relief efforts in the wake of a tornado that swept through Oklahoma" yesterday. The Chesapeake Energy Corporation, which owns naming rights on the Thunder’s hom ...
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Pro Football Talk's Darin Gantt : "Jeffrey Loria was just given the keys to the city by both San Francisco and Houston." Writer Jorge Arangure : "For those keeping score: Yankees used to have partnership with United, they now show Arsenal games on YES and now are partners with City. ...
Long Beach To Host Volleyball Tourney
The Int'l Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) today formally announced plans for the July 22-28 Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach, Calif., marking the first FIVB Grand Slam event in the U.S. since '03. NBC, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports will provide more than 20 hours of pro ...
Microsoft Unveils $400M NFL Partnership
Microsoft and the NFL today unveiled a major partnership, pegged by sources at about $400M over five years. The pact, expanding on a prior relationship between the league and the company, includes sideline rights allowing coaches to use Surface tablets for communications, play calling and photo view ...
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The CBC's "Hockey Night In Canada" today announced that Devils G Martin Brodeur will serve as a guest studio analyst starting with coverage of tomorrow's Senators-Penguins Game Four ( CBC ). IMG has signed golfer Jessica Korda to a management and marketing representation deal. IMG w ...
Report: Lions To Create Bowl Game
The Lions reportedly are "planning to create and operate their own bowl game at Ford Field" beginning in '14 – a move that would essentially "eliminate the Little Caesars Bowl, which is played at the same stadium." The Lions "would keep the Big Ten as an anchor in the bowl" ( ESPN.com, 5 ...
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$54M – Estimated sales of Minor League Baseball licensed merchandise in '12 ( MiLB ).
