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SMI Chair & CEO Bruton Smith Weighs In On HOF Voting, Ticket Sales05 / 17 / 13SMI Chair & CEO BRUTON SMITH as Charlotte Motor Speedway Founder “remains a primary force behind Speedway Motorsports,” and is a finalist for the ’14 NASCAR HOF class to be “voted upon and announced Wednesday,” according to Scott Fowler of the CHARLOTTE OBSER... |
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Puma named Danish jewelry maker Pandora CEO BJORN GULDEN to the same position, effect July 1. Gulden succeeds FRANZ KOCH , who left the company in March. Gulden also had a previous stint as adidas Senior VP/Apparel & Accessories ( Puma )….The Indians named REBECCA KODYSH Exec Dir of ...
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In Boston, Adam Kurkjian reports golfer and Boston resident JAMES DRISCOLL created the Birdies for Boston charity and will use it through the PGA Tour to "benefit the victims" of the Boston Marathon bombings. Driscoll said, "I immediately jumped on it. I talked to all the people on the PGA Tour, a ...
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Vulcan Sports & Entertainment CEO PETER MCLOUGHLIN yesterday at the '13 Sports Facilities & Franchises Symposium announced that Sharks VP/Corporate Partnerships ERIC MASTALIR will join Vulcan in the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer. Mastalir, who previously worked for M ...
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In N.Y., Richard Sandomir writes late broadcaster PAT SUMMERALL 's death on Tuesday leaves a "hole in the sportscasting landscape." Summerall was that "rare athlete who became a play-by-play announcer instead of an analyst." He "became one of the few big-game voices who could handle football, tenni ...
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Broadcasting Legend Summerall Dead At 82
Former CBS and Fox announcer PAT SUMMERALL died yesterday at the age of 82 at Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas, where he "was recovering from surgery for a broken hip," according to Barry Horn of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Summerall's "minimalist staccato style coupled with a deep, authorit ...
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Minding My Business
NYU Senior Associate AD JANICE QUINN is a lifelong New Yorker. A native of Bay Shore, Quinn began her association with NYU in ’81 as a student-athlete and is now in her 26th year as an athletic administrator. She said, “If you walk around our campus, the palpable experience is that it ...
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The NASL N.Y. Cosmos named former MLSer LUKE SASSANO Assistant Technical Dir. Cosmos COO Erik Stover said that Sassano in addition to scouting will "negotiate contracts and be responsible for managing the roster's salary budget" ( NYPOST.com, 4/16 )....Univ. of Louisiana-Monroe AD BOBBY STAUB an ...
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The family of Patriots & MLS Revolution Owner ROBERT KRAFT yesterday announced that both teams' foundations will "collect donations online, with funds earmarked to assist with victim recovery" from the Boston Marathon bombings. The Kraft family will "match the first $100,000 in donations" ( BO ...
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Iona College named Dowling College AD & VP/Athletics RICK COLE JR . AD ( Iona )....Towson Univ. named Northeast Conference Assistant Commissioner KELLY WEBB Assistant AD/Compliance ( Towson )....The NFL yesterday named Dolphins coach JOE PHILBIN , Falcons coach MIKE SMITH , Vikings coach L ...
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In Houston, John McClain reported former U.S. Secretary of State JAMES BAKER has “been told by the NFL he can’t participate in the city’s presentation" for Super Bowl LI in ’17 to NFL owners next month in Boston. Baker said that he was told he “couldn’t p ...
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