MLB ELIMINATES ROYALTY FOR LITTLE LEAGUE NAMES

Major League Baseball Properties will offer youth leagues the opportunity to purchase uniforms featuring MLB team names manufactured by select MLBP licensees on a royalty-free basis. The four MLBP Lic

Tags: MLB, Wilson Sporting Goods

OAKLAND CITY HALL STEPS IN TO RUN RAIDERS MARKETING

Raiders marketing officials admitted yesterday what "ticket holders have known for weeks: the sales effort had fallen far short of the team''s commitment to excellence" (Robert Salladay, OAKLAND TRIBU

Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Franchises, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders

GOLF NEWS AND NOTES

Lee Janzen is featured in this morning''s USA TODAY. Jerry Potter reports that a win for Janzen in this weekend''s Tour Championship would give him the earnings title and make him a leading candidate

Tags: Nike

BUSCH TO SELL CARDINALS, PART II: REAX FROM MLB AND BEYOND

In a prepared statement, acting MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said he had been aware of Anheuser-Busch''s decision to sell the Cardinals and Busch Stadium "for some time." Selig acknowledged that A-B had

Tags: Anheuser Busch, Franchises, MLB, Time Warner

LACK OF A RANKING PRODUCING RANK SALES NUMBERS AT MIAMI

Sales of Univ. of Miami merchandise have "plummeted locally, nationally and within the university," as their football team has "plunged from prominence to mediocrity," writes Susan Degnan in this morn

FRANCHISE NOTES

On Friday, Minneapolis City Council President Jackie Cherryhomes convenes a special working group to begin looking for additional revenue to make a Jets'' move to the Target Center viable. Suite sales

Tags: AHL, Boston Celtics, CFL, Chicago Bears, Comcast-Spectacor, ECHL, Miami Marlins, Franchises, New York Jets, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Pirates

LONG-TIME ESPN VET BONANNI RESIGNS AS VP/AD AND SALES

Jack Bonanni, VP/Advertising and Sales at ESPN, confirmed reports he has resigned in order to pursue new opportunities, according to AD AGE. Bonanni "denied speculation that he was leaving because of

Tags: ESPN, Media, Walt Disney

MLB FACES LOCAL THREAT TO ITS ANTITRUST EXEMPTION

A FL Appeals Court recently reinstated would-be team owner Frank Morsani''s suit against MLB, which could expose owners to a "potentially huge liability" on two separate legal grounds, according to le

Tags: ABC, Anheuser Busch, Leagues and Governing Bodies, Minnesota Twins, MLB, NBC, Walt Disney

TAPES OF ANGRY MAFFIA MAY BE A HIT FOR KING'S DEFENSE

Prosecutors in the Don King fraud case "took a body blow yesterday" as the jury heard an "obscenity-filled tape" in which Joseph Maffia, a "key government witness" threatens King. The tape "made the j

Tags: ESPN, Law and Politics, Walt Disney

MARKETPLACE ROUNDUP

Canadian World Series radio rights fees holder Telemedia has used Blue Jays announcers Tom Cheek and Jerry Howorth to broadcast the games instead of CBS Radio because of a deal with Timex that specifi

Tags: CBS, MLS, New England Patriots, Toronto Blue Jays, Viacom