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A LOOK AT CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF SPORTS TEAMS
This week, THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY interviewed PAUL MUCH, a Senior Managing Director with the Chicago investment banking firm of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin. His firm recently co- published, with
Tags: Coca-Cola, NFL, People and Pop Culture
NAMES IN THE NEWS
The Patriots announced that ANDY WASYNCZUK, VP/Business Operations, will also be in charge of the financial end of the football business. He will oversee the team''s management of the salary cap and p
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Mighty Duck PAUL KARIYA is profiled in today''s L.A. TIMES. Kariya on being compared to WAYNE GRETZKY: "To be mentioned in the same breath as Wayne Gretzky is a tremendous honor, but to me Wayne Gretz
EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
Florida State named DAVE HART as Athletic Director (ST. PETERSBUG TIMES, 2/7)....The Patriots promoted BOBBY GRIER from Diur of Pro Scouting to Dir of Player Personnel (BOSTON GLOBE, 2/7). Grier repla
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CRAIG NEFF, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS'' managing editor, is profiled as one of CRAIN''S N.Y. BUSINESS'' "40 Under 40" (CRAIN''S N.Y. BUSINESS, 1/30)....USA TODAY''s Taylor Buckley profiles ALLAN MOG
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VINCE NAIMOLI -- A FUTURE BASEBALL OWNER IN TAMPA?
Vince Naimoli, who heads the Tampa Bay group that is seeking an MLB expansion franchise, is profiled by Rex Henderson of the TAMPA TRIBUNE. Naimoli, who owns Anchor Glass Container Corp in Tampa, has
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WAYNE HUIZENGA was chosen the number one entrepreneur in America by SUCCESS magazine''s March ''95 issue (SUCCESS). ....Bulls General Manager JERRY KRAUSE is profiled in Sunday''s CHICAGO TRIBUNE, wit
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The Houston Rockets have named MARCUS JOLIBOLS as the team''s CFO and TOM CORDOVA as VP/Sales and Broadcasting (Rockets)....JEFFREY DANKWORTH resigned as AVP Exec Dir; AVP President JON STEVENSON will
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DALE EARNHARDT, NASCAR'S HOTTEST ENDORSER
In the latest issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Ed Hinton profiles DALE EARNHARDT. In ''93, his "grassroots" company, Dale Earnhardt Inc, and its partner companies, earned an estimated $42M in "souvenir sa
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Appointments at the newly formed PGA Tour Licensing. BRUCE SIEGAL was named VP/Gen Counsel; BILL ADAMS is VP/CFO; MIKE BATTLE was named as VP/Marketing and DIANNE SHOEMAKE is PR Director (PGA Tour)...
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