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Weekend Plans With WNBA Sky Owner Michael Alter: Graduations, Season Opener05 / 24 / 13Chicago native and WNBA Sky Owner MICHAEL ALTER has much to be thankful for this holiday weekend. That includes his eldest son graduating from college in Amherst, Mass., as well as his daughter’s high school graduation celebration back in the Chicago area. There is also the small matter of t... Tags: People and Pop Culture, WNBA |
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BROWN TO VISIT BALTIMORE; FOLLOWING AL'S SECRET VISIT
Bengals President Mike Brown "probably will visit Baltimore to see what''s available," because he''s "worried more now than ever" about his chances of keeping his team in Cincinnati, according to Jon
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BATTLE OVER CONTROL HOLDING JETS DEAL IN LIMBO
"Talks to keep the Jets in Winnipeg have turned into a battle over day-to-day control" over the team, writes John Douglas in this morning''s WINNIPEG FREE PRESS. Douglas reports that former majority o
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SURFING THE WEB: USA TODAY LAUNCHES FREE COMPANION SITE
USA Today has opened a public Web site to accompany its subscription-only service. The public site is located at http://www.usatoday.com. From the public home page, users can go to five "section front
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WHAT MAKES LOGO CLOTHING MOVE OFF THE SHELF?
4,033 respondents (age 12+) were surveyed April 4-May 29. Asked where they generally buy sports logo clothing, "specialty stores" led with 55%. 68% said they buy logo clothing for themselves, 22% for
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NHL LOOKS TO ENHANCE INTEREST WITH BREAKOUT TOUR
The NHL announced yesterday plans for a travelling off-ice (street and roller) hockey tournament and summer festival called NHL BREAKOUT ''95. The tour is designed to "capitalize on and enhance the gr
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I''ll put our game up against the NFL''s any time." -- CFL Commis. Larry Smith, on the NFL in Toronto (GLOBE & MAIL, 6/2).
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ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MOVE SITE TO PARTNER WITH EXPO 2000
The ATP Tour and EXPO 2000 Hannover announced yesterday that the ATP World Championship, the year-end event of the men''s pro tour, will be held in Hannover, Germany, from ''96-99. The event''s five-y
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MEDIA NOTES
fX, Fox Broadcasting''s cable channel, will begin a weekly Sunday night sports show on September 3 from Fox Sports'' studios in L.A. (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/2)....In St. Louis, Dan Caesar notes that NHL r
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WILSON TO JOIN ANOTHER RACQUET SPORT: PLATFORM TENNIS
Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has announced they will begin to manufacture platform tennis racquets. Platform tennis is played on a court one fourth the size of a tennis court and "enclosed to shield play
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
TIM MARA, Former Co-Owner of the New York Giants died yesterday of Hodgkin''s Disease (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/2).... GLENN BURKE, a former outfielder for the Dodgers and the Athletics, died Tuesday due to
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