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OSU Alums Fowler, Mahan The Latest Athletes To Pitch In For Tornado Relief Efforts

05 / 23 / 13

Golfers Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan, who both played collegiately at Oklahoma State Univ., have "announced plans to personally help out with relief efforts" following this week's tornadoes in Oklahoma, according to Will Gray of GOLFCHANNEL.com. Fowler yesterday "explained plans to enhance a ...

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09/01/09
Court Limits Delaware Betting To NFL Parlays

Officials At Delaware Park Still Moving Forward With Plans To Open Sports Book By Sept. 10 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia yesterday ruled that sports betting ...

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08/26/09
Delaware Awaiting Betting Clarification

Dover Downs Web Site Still Advertising Sports Book Opening On September 1 The proper facilities and machines are "in place for Delaware to launch sports betting" by its origina ...

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08/24/09
Charity Stripe

In San Diego, Lori Weisberg noted Saturday was the fifth "Start Smart" charitable event sponsored by golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife Amy, "who to date have outfitted 6,500 students from 135 schools across the country." There were "1,500 needy students from ...

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07/01/09
Tiger Responds To Jim Brown

Woods Says He Is Proud Of His Foundation Helping Kids Golfer Tiger Woods took on Pro Football HOFer Jim Brown "in his own, understated way Tuesday, rebutting the football great ...

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06/24/09
Brown Rips Tiger, Jordan On Activism

Brown Criticizes Jordan, Woods For Lack Of Social Activism On HBO's "Real Sports" Pro Football HOFer Jim Brown criticized both Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods for their lack of s ...

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06/17/09
Kimberly-Clark Preps Cancer Campaign

By Michael Smith , Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal Colbert One Of Four Sports Personalities Taking Part In Depend's Four-Month Prostate Campaign Kimberly- ...

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06/09/09
Tennessee May Impose Tax On Visiting Teams

Athletes Who Play Predators, Grizzlies May  Soon Have To Pay A $2,500 "Jock Tax" Under a proposal that may be taken up today in the Tennessee state Senate, e ...

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04/30/09
NBA Paying Close Attention To Swine Flu

With concerns surrounding the "spread of the swine flu forcing the cancellation of all public school sporting events in Texas through May 11, the NBA is keeping a close eye on the situation in case the impact of the disease" affects the playoffs, according to Chris Mannix of SI.com. Two T ...

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04/22/09
MLB Teams Celebrate Earth Day

Astros To Give Away 10,000 Earth Day Hats Made From Recycled Plastic Several MLB teams today will celebrate Earth Day with environmentally-friendly initiatives. The Astros w ...

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02/27/09
CNBC Docu Looks At New Black Overclass

James Discusses His Marketing Endeavors In CNBC Documentary The Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins' new documentary, “Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Blac ...

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