DETROIT NEWS EDITORIAL BACKS PLANS FOR NEW TIGER STADIUM

An editorial in the Sunday DETROIT NEWS calls the "mix of public and private investment" in the proposal for a new Tiger Stadium in Detroit a "good deal for the city and the state." The NEWS calls the

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The Pirates are here. You can buy your season tickets for next year, and you can buy them for the year after." -- Kevin McClatchy, announcing his bid to buy the Pirates (CNN, 9/22).

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FROM NIELSEN SPORTS MARKETING: RYDER CUP RATINGS

Overnight ratings for the 31st Ryder Cup on NBC for Sunday''s final-day telecasts (Nielsen Media Research). CITY RATING/SHARE CITY RATING/SHARE ATLANTA 4.5 / 10 MILWAUKEE 5.4 / 16 BALTIMORE 5.0 / 12 M

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FRANCHISE NOTES: WILL JAGS RETURN TO CHEESE LEAGUE?

WI Gov. Tommy Thompson met with Jaguars Owner Wayne Weaver during last night''s Packers-Jaguars game in Jacksonville in an effort to persuade the team to return to Stevens Point, WI, for training camp

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T-WOLVES ENJOY THE RICH BLEND OF REGENCY GOURMET GRINDS

The Timberwolves announced a corporate sponsorship agreement with Regency Gourmet Coffee. Regency will be the official gourmet coffee of both the Timberwolves and the Target Center, and will be availa

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TEXAS AD AGENCY TO INCREASE FOCUS ON SPORTS MARKETPLACE

Ad agency Meyer and Johnson of Irving, TX, has hired adman Steve Cantrell to "scout opportunities in the sports marketing arena," according to the current ADWEEK. Mike Meyer, President of Meyer and Jo

IRS PROBING MORE BASEBALL LEGENDS FROM '89 SHOW

The IRS is investigating other "well-known former players" who participated in a ''89 autograph show in Atlantic City, according to the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Michael Sokolove reports the probe, which

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COCA-COLA FIGHTS BACK WITH THE "EMMITT ZONE"

Coca-Cola will announce details of its ''95 NFL marketing activities next week, according to AD AGE ONLINE, including "a consumer promotion built around" Emmitt Smith in the aftermath of PepsiCo''s co

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AIRLINE CONSIDERS NAMING RIGHTS FOR NEW BREWERS HOME

In yesterday''s MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, Dan Hanley writes not to rule out the possibility of renaming the Brewers stadium "Midwest Express Field." Midwest Express Senior VP Brenda Skelton: "We wou

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FANS, MEET YOUR CORPORATE SPONSORS

In the current BUSINESS WEEK, Peter Burrows looks at 3Com Corp., the "fastest growing player in networking hardware." 3Com Chair Eric Benhamou says he knew all along there would be "a backlash from sp

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