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Final Days To Purchase Tickets For Sports Business Awards! Limited Seats Available05 / 21 / 13Another full house is expected Wednesday night at the N.Y. Marriott Marquis at Times Square for the 6th annual Sports Business Awards. The event, which has become one of the most anticipated in the sports business industry, will feature the live, exclusive announcement of the winners in 15 categorie... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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GQ CHRONICLES ROLLER COASTER RISE AND FALL OF BRUCE MCNALL
The plight of former L.A. Kings Owner BRUCE MCNALL is featured by Kevin Brooks in the June issue of GQ. McNall, whose employees "semi-facetiously" called "God," has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and co
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MIKE GOFF, Dir of Corporate Sponsorship for Sprint, is profiled in AD AGE''s "On A Roll." In ''94, Goff, 40, oversaw their title sponsorship of the World Cup. Goff''s goal is to "sponsor fewer events,
Tags: Boston Celtics, Buffalo Sabres, Cablevision, CBS, Comcast-Spectacor, ESPN, MLB, NBA, NBC, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, PGA Tour, Philadelphia 76ers, RDV Sports, People and Pop Culture, Sprint, Viacom, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney
MIKE VEECK FOLLOWS IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
Mike Veeck, son of former baseball exec/promotional pioneer Bill Veeck, was featured on last night''s ESPN Cover Story. Veeck runs the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League and sells out his 6,000 se
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
RICHARD LEFURGY and SHELLEY MORRISON have joined Starwave Corp. LeFurgy, who was Exec VP and Senior Partner for NW Ayer & Partners Advertising, will serve as the Dir of Advertising. Morrison, formerly
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Rockets Owner LESLIE ALEXANDER increased his share of the team last week by buying minority partner BILL ESPING''s 8% stake. Alexander now owns 95%. "I like my investment, and I like the future of the
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
USA Track & Field President LARRY ELLIS underwent a heart transplant and was listed in critical condition in New York (WASHINGTON POST, 6/10)....Neck-ties of former Kings Owner BRUCE MCNALL were sold
Tags: Buffalo Sabres, Labatt Brewing, NBA, NBC, New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, RDV Sports, People and Pop Culture, Toronto Blue Jays, USGA
EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
DAVID ANDREWS has been named Senior VP/Business Ops for the IHL. Andrews spent the last three years as principal in a sports and business management consulting practice. Before that, he was Executive
NAMES IN THE NEWS
49ers Owner EDWARD DEBARTOLO has formed a new company called DeBartolo Entertainment that will develop properties that will combine gaming, hotel and retail operations in CA, FL, LA, PA, OH and OK (S.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
The Boston MLS franchise is trying to lure U.S. World Cup star ALEXI LALAS to play when competition begins in April ''96 (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/8)....US Soccer Secretary General HANK STEINBRECHER flew to Sp
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
Cleveland Lumberjacks President/GM LARRY GORDON has been named Chair of the IHL Board of Governors for the ''95-''96 season (IHL)....JEFF KROLIK has been appointed Senior VP/GM of SportsChannel Pacifi
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