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Beckham Plays Final Game Wearing Specially Designed Adidas Cleats05 / 19 / 13David Beckham yesterday played his final professional soccer game, as fans "chanted his name before the game, and they chanted some more when he was finished." Beckham said, "It's been very special to finish my career here" ( AP, 5/19 ). Beckham reportedly used miadidas.com to design the ... |
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LEAGUE NOTES
With the addition of the Canadian expansion teams, the NBA will expand the number of teams in the annual draft lottery to 13 (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/12)....The beginning of the NHL season brings with i
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U.S. INDOOR TOURNEY NOT SOLD ON ADVANTA AND IMG OFFER
Although Advanta has offered to sponsor the U.S. Indoor Men''s tennis tournament at the CoreStates Spectrum for the next ten years and IMG has agreed to run the event, the Philadelphia Indoor Tennis C
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STADIUM NOTES: OPPOSITION TO DETROIT STADIUM FUNDING
A poll in Wednesday''s DETROIT FREE PRESS shows that, statewide, 67% oppose the use of state money to build a new downtown stadium for the Tigers (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 10/11). ...The MA House Ways and
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CONVERSE GOES FROM "HEAD- T0-TOE" IN NEW LOOK FOR SCHOOLS
Converse unveiled their new collegiate "head-to-toe" programs with Kentucky and Arkansas. The programs, developed in conjunction with Converse coaches Rick Pitino and Nolan Richardson, are called Kent
SAN JOSE, OAKLAND WANT WARRIORS TO COME OUT AND PLAY
An Oakland official indicated "for the first time" Wednesday that the city and Alameda County "now are willing to commit significant public funds to keep the Warriors from moving to San Jose," accordi
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NHLPA AND NHL HAVE THEIR OWN POWER PLAY; DEBUTS NOVEMBER 1
The NHL and the NHLPA announced the worldwide launch of NHL PowerPlay, a jointly licensed consumer magazine. The publication, called the "official magazine of the NHL players and teams," is set to deb
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BETTMAN TO TWIN CITIES: JETS ARE YOURS, IF YOU WANT 'EM
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told MN officials Wednesday they are "in a one horse race," if they so choose, to bring the Jets to the Target Center. In this morning''s Minneapolis STAR- TRIBUNE, Jay W
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TWO OF AD AGE'S TOP TEN LISTS
The following figures are all for 1994 (AD AGE, 9/27). NETWORK TV BUYERS BEER BRANDS MKT SHR AD $ Procter & Gamble $680.9M Budwesier 20.7% $96.6M General Motors 509.4 Bud Light 8.3 61.8 Philip Morris
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
RUSTY BORKIN has joined ESPN as Dir of Human Resources. He was a Human Resources specialist for Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/12)....Reebok announced two appointments a
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TBN FORMULA ANGERS FANS, PRODUCES HIGH RATINGS FOR NETS
Tuesday Night''s LCS opener got a ABC 14.6 Nielsen rating, the highest LCS rating since the Mets and Dodgers generated a 16.4 in ''88. The rating is also 29% higher than LCS numbers from ''93. In Seat
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