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Buzzer Beaters....06 / 18 / 13Tennis Channel has extended its deal with Jim Courier , who will now appear as an analyst during Wimbledon and the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells ( Tennis Channel ). Excel Sports Management today announced that it has signed golfer Chris Williams for representation. Williams will make h... |
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BROWNS FANS SHOW IRE AS NO-SHOWS LITTER THE DAWG POUND
Cleveland fans showed their disapproval of Browns Owner Art Modell''s decision to move the team to Baltimore with 17,547 no- shows yesterday, according to the Baltimore SUN. Mike Preston writes the fa
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MARKETING GROUP ASSEMBLED FOR THE OILERS IN NASHVILLE
A partnership has been assembled to coordinate marketing and promotion of luxury suites and PSL sales for the Oilers in Nashville, according Muhleman Marketing Inc., the chief marketing consultants to
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
The S.F. Giants have reorganized their community development department promoting LARRY CHEW to Manager of Community Development, SUE PETERSEN to Exec Dir of the Giants Community Fund, and GREG SEMPAD
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It makes us very marketable. Does anybody want a champion?" -- Josh Miller, punter for the Grey Cup winning Baltimore Stallions (Baltimore SUN, 11/20).
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JETS SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO LAND: HOW ABOUT ST. PAUL?
St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman and MN Gov. Arne Carlson agreed Friday to present a plan to Jets buyer Richard Burke by December 1, two weeks before an NHL deadline to know where the team will play next s
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TEXAS TEA NO LONGER: HOUSTON LOSES THE OILERS
Oilers Owner Bud Adams "made it official" yesterday, signing a nonbinding deal to move to Nashville for the ''98 season. But Adams is "anxious" move after this season, if he can make a deal to break h
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MEDIA NOTES
ABC Sports reports that despite a USA TODAY report that more people watched figure skating on NBC and CBS than ABC''s college football last weekend, final ratings indicate college football earned a 7.
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JOHN FILIPPELLI has been named Fox Sports'' Coordinator Producer of Baseball. Filippelli is a four-time Emmy Award- winner and former coordinating producer of The Baseball Network and MLB broadcasts f
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TAGLIABUE TRIES TO OUT THE BEST SPIN ON A BAD SITUATION
From the outside, "it appears that chaos reigns" in the NFL, according to Timothy Smith of the N.Y. TIMES. But NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue "considers the upheaval in the league''s economic and geo
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OLYMPIC NOTES: ATLANTANS WARMING TO THE GAMES
A poll by Georgia State Univ. shows 83% of Atlantans think the Olympics will be good for the state. The same poll showed 69% felt this way in July (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 11/17)....Petter Ronningen, ma
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