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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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NIKE SWOOPES UP SHOE DEAL; FEATURE WOMEN'S HOOPS STAR
Nike announced it will introduce the Air Swoopes basketball shoe, named for Sheryl Swoopes who led Texas Tech to the ''93 NCAA women''s championship. Air Swoopes arrive in stores around October 1, bac
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Sprint, and its cable TV partners TCI, Comcast and Cox Communications, announced that they would invest $4.4B in the "biggest challenge yet to the Baby Bells and the GTE Corp" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/30)....U.
Tags: Comcast-Spectacor, Detroit Red Wings, GTE, Kansas City Chiefs, NASCAR, Oakland Athletics, Media, Sprint, Viacom
IF JACKSON BID FAILS FOR POSSE, WHO IS NEXT?
If a Jackson, MS, group fails to buy the CFL Las Vegas Posse by the weekend, speculation is that a group from Northern VA led by Bill Collins will "move in" to buy the team. Collins, a recent finalist
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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER
TODAY: The NHL''s Western Conference Through March 29. HOME ''95 YEAR-TO-DATE AVG ''93-''94 BUILDING TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP TIX$ AVG. CAPACITY TAM 16 20,543 328,689 75% $20 20,986 28,000 NYR 15 18
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NEW ARENA FOR HUIZENGA NOT WELCOME NEAR JOE ROBBIE STADIUM
Residents of Rolling Oaks, a northern Dade County neighborhood "in the shadows" of Joe Robbie Stadium, say that the Panthers "are not welcome" in the area. The stadium area is one of six places where
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I swear to this -- I will not run out and kiss a replacement player at a major-league game. It''s my own personal code." -- Morganna the Kissing Bandit (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 3/30).
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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY "PURE PLAY" STOCK TICKER
52-WEEK COMPANY SYM CLOSE +/- OPEN HIGH LOW VOLUME Bos. Celtics BOS 21 1/8 0 21 24 1/8 18 3/4 1600 Cobra Golf CBRA 28 5/8 +1/8 29 41 1/2 13 3/8 908400 Converse CVE 9 5/8 +1/4 9 3/8 12 5/8 9 1/4 12500
Tags: Boston Celtics, Callaway Golf, Converse, Fila USA, Fortune Brands/Acushnet, Nike, Reebok, The Back of the Book
NAMES IN THE NEWS
The current issue of FORTUNE features a cover story on Disney CEO MICHAEL EISNER. Writer John Huey notes, "Disney''s competitors -- among them RUPERT MURDOCH, Viacom and Time Warner -- all are piling
Tags: CBS, NFL, People and Pop Culture, Time Warner, Viacom, Walt Disney
NBA "NOT ENCOURAGED" BY NBPA'S LATEST PROPOSAL
The NBPA submitted a proposal last week that would "dramatically increase the salary cap, alter free agency and institute a rookie salary wage scale." Under the plan, the current salary cap of $15.9M
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TURNSTILE ADS TURN UP IN CANADA, DUE IN ORLANDO SOON
Nestle Canada announced that they have reserved the turnstile ad space at the Halifax Metro Center in Nova Scotia, the host site for the Raptors'' first exhibition game. Orlando- based Entry Media Inc
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