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The Daily's Hot Reads For Wednesday: Art For Art's Sake

The Baltimore SUN's Childs Walker writes, "Late Ravens owner Art Modell might face an easier path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame if the museum follows through on tentative discussions of putting 'contributors' in a different voting pool than players " ( Baltimore SUN ). ESPN.com's Brant Jame...

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06/19/95
FRANCHISE NEWS & NOTES: DOES RILEY WANT PIECE OF CLIP-JOINT?

In L.A., Mark Heisler floats the idea that recently departed Knicks coach Pat Riley could head to the Clippers, perhaps for 25% of owner Donald Sterling''s franchise. Heisler: "Riley is a star. Sterli

Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Cablevision, Cincinnati Bengals, Colorado Rockies, ESPN, Franchises, Los Angeles Clippers, NBA, New York Jets, New York Knicks, NHL, Walt Disney

06/19/95
AD AGE RANKS NBA ENDORSEMENT POWER; YOUNG GUNS TAKE OVER

Although the NBA season is over, the off-season -- when the league''s stars "are in demand as ad spokesmen" -- has just begun, according to Jeff Jensen of ADVERTISING AGE. Jensen surveyed several spor

Tags: Coca-Cola, NBA, Nike, Reebok, Russell Athletic

06/19/95
QUESTIONS ARE RAISED IN RECENT BLUES FRONT OFFICE MOVES

Questions remain in the aftermath of Mike Shanahan''s "ouster" as Blues Chair, according to Dave Luecking of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. Blues President and CEO Jack Quinn was promoted to take Shanah

Tags: Anheuser Busch, Franchises, NHL, St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Cardinals

06/19/95
INDY RACING LEAGUE ON LOOKOUT FOR SPONSORS

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is looking for marketers to sign on their sponsorship program for the Indy Racing League (IRL) ''96 Series, which will consist of five races, including the Indy 5

Tags: ABC, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, Walt Disney

06/19/95
EXCUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

RAY STALLONE, who has served as Dir of Marketing Communications at The Baseball Network, will become Dir of Sports Publicity at HBO Sports (THE DAILY)....JEFF LANDIS has left his position as Dir of Pu

Tags: HBO, People and Pop Culture, Time Warner

06/19/95
OWNERSHIP OF CANADA'S TSN REPORTEDLY TO STAY IN THE FAMILY

The Sports Network, the principal media asset of Labatt Communications Inc. (LCI), will be sold today to a group that is led by TSN Founder & CEO Gordon Craig and other LCI executives, according to Ro

Tags: Cablevision, ESPN, Labatt Brewing, New York Liberty, Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, Media, Vancouver Canucks, Walt Disney

06/19/95
TAMPA OFFICIALS DEBATE WHETHER VOTERS TO HAVE SAY OR NOT

Tampa officials in favor of a new Bucs stadium hope they "will need less" than $50M of taxpayers'' money to complete the $170M project, but they also hope to keep the decision away from a referendum,

Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Facilities, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, YankeeNets

06/19/95
HERRICK READY TO STEP UP TO PLATE FOR BLUE JAYS

FL-based developer Norton Herrick, who led Orlando''s failed MLB expansion bid, confirmed Friday that he is interested in buying the Blue Jays and is willing to enter "immediate negotiations" with Int

Tags: CFL, Franchises, Labatt Brewing, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays

06/19/95
SPIRIT OF MANITOBA LOOKING TO MAKE CHANGES WITH THE JETS

After putting down a C$10M initial payment for the Jets -- 53 minutes before Friday''s deadline -- the Spirit of Manitoba has two months to structure its deal to conform with Revenue Canada rulings an

Tags: ESPN, Franchises, New Jersey Devils, New York Jets, NHL, Walt Disney, YankeeNets

06/16/95
MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

United Airlines has signed on as presenting sponsor for the Infiniti Open tennis tournament July 31-August 6 at UCLA''s L.A. Tennis Center (Infiniti Open)....The NBA champion Rockets will play in the

Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Houston Rockets, McDonald's, NBA, New Jersey Devils, NHL, YankeeNets

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