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Minding My Business With Canucks VP/Hockey Operations Laurence GilmanCanucks VP/Hockey Operations & Assistant GM LAURENCE GILMAN is likely to rack up some serious frequent flier miles in the near future, as the Canucks last week announced a new affiliation agreement for an AHL team about 3,000 miles from Vancouver in upstate New York. While the exact ... |
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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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MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP
Worth, Inc. has become the first bat manufacturer to unveil bats made with C405 aluminum alloy -- "the most advanced aluminum alloy available for civilian use" (Worth)....Kmart will close 72 of its "p
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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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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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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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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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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY "PURE PLAY" STOCK TICKER
52-WEEK COMPANY SYM CLOSE +/- OPEN HIGH LOW VOLUME Bos. Celtics BOS 21 -1/4 21 1/4 24 1/8 19 3/4 4400 Cobra Golf CBRA 26 3/8 -5/8 26 3/4 41 1/2 14 149200 Converse CVE 6 7/8 +1/8 6 7/8 12 5/8 6 3/4 623
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CBS AFFILIATES APPEASED BY YOUNGER-SKEWING STRATEGY
At the annual CBS affiliates meeting in L.A. yesterday, a "surprisingly unified" group heard from CBS/Broadcast President Peter Lund and "expressed relief that the network''s guidance was in the hands
COLLEGIATE ROUNDUP: SEC THINKS GEORGIA DOME IS PEACHY
SEC ADs voted 8-4 to keep the conference''s football title game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta through ''97 (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 6/2)....The CFA will meet this weekend in Dallas for discussions that
WISCONSIN BADGERS READY TO SIGN APPAREL CONTRACT
The Univ of Wisconsin is close to signing an apparel contract with a leading athletic manufacturer, according to Bob Wolfley of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL. The deal would reportedly be similar to
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