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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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TYSON WILL MEET THE MEDIA THURSDAY TO DISCUSS FUTURE
MIKE TYSON will hold a news conference on Thursday in Cleveland to announce that he has signed multi-million dollar deals with Viacom and a "major" Las-Vegas hotel-casino -- possibly MGM Grand. DON KI
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TYSON'S RELEASE THE FOCUS OF WEEKEND REPORTS
The release of MIKE TYSON from an Indiana jail gained heavy coverage over the weekend in print and TV. CNN''s "Morning News" was live in Indiana Saturday morning. In an extensive interview after Tyson
Tags: ABC, NBC, Sports Illustrated, People and Pop Culture, Time Warner, Walt Disney
MICHAELMANIA CONTINUES: HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE
According to the current issue of TIME, MICHAEL JORDAN''s return has been worth over $3.8B for the companies he endorses (TIME, 4/3 issue). Wheaties debuted a new TV ad featuring Jordan missing a jump
Tags: ABC, Chicago Bulls, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, McDonald's, NBA, Nike, Orlando Magic, RDV Sports, Sara Lee, People and Pop Culture, TBS/TNT, Toronto Raptors, Walt Disney, Wheaties/General Mills
NAMES IN THE NEWS
PRESIDENT CLINTON and VICE PRESIDENT GORE will speak to employees, volunteers and Board of Directors of ACOG, APOC, and the Atlanta Olympic Games Authority on Tuesday in Atlanta (ACOG)....Sports Busin
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ALL THE INDUSTRIALISTS THAT ARE FIT TO PRINT
The International Sports Summit has published the "Sports Summit Sports Business Directory," an 800-page directory with up- to-date listings of over 16,000 execs and 7,200 corporate profiles. The Dire
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TIGER WOODS FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
The development of golf-phenom TIGER WOODS is featured in the latest issue of SI. Writer Rick Reilly, on the plan to make the multi-ethnic Tiger into golf''s next superstar: "The plan is for Tiger to
NAMES IN THE NEWS
The Sharks promoted DEAN LOMBARDI and CHUCK GRILLO to new positions. Lombardi is now Exec VP/Dir of Hockey Ops, and Grillo will be Exec VP/Dir of Player Personnel (Sharks). ....MONICA SELES has turned
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IMG & NICK BOLLETTIERI FORM BASEBALL ACADEMY
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HOW WILL ESPN PRESENT "REPLACEMENT BASEBALL TONIGHT"?
Last night, ESPN aired its season premiere of "Baseball Tonight," the nightly baseball news and highlights show. With owners ready to open the season with replacements, the media''s presentation of th
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
BOB WHEELER was named VP/Media Relations for Liberty Sports. He has spent the past five years as Dir of Media Relations (Liberty)...."Extra" reported that TONYA HARDING''s movie "Breakaway," "is losin
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