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Who’s on Roc Nation’s roster? Confusion upsets other agents06 / 17 / 13In less than three months, the attitude in the established sports agent world toward Jay-Z and his Roc Nation Sports has changed from one of almost contempt to resignation, as agents acknowledge they are likely to lose some of their clients to the rap mogul. But along with a grudging acceptance over... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Six strokes and you're out
In a move to improve the public image of horse racing, New York thoroughbred horse trainers, owners and jockeys are studying a plan to limit the number of times a jockey can whip a horse, said Dennis Brida, president of the New York Horsemen's Association. Horsemen and jockeys are considering li ...
Ringside doctors: Making a scary sport safer
Seconds after the young boxer was knocked out in his first professional fight, Dr. Richard S. Gluckman was in the ring, talking to him and looking into his eyes. "I asked him if he knew what day it was," said Gluckman, a San Pedro, Calif., neurologist who is one of 18 boxing physicians in the st ...
REIT may shutter Santa Anita
Less than a year after acquiring Santa Anita Park, Abraham Gosman, the chairman and chief executive officer of Meditrust, appears to be wavering on a commitment to continue live thoroughbred horse racing at the famed racetrack. "Right now we're committed to running at Santa Anita, and in the fu ...
Disney, Fox taking market battle to computer screen
In a dramatic illustration of entertainment companies leveraging their sports properties for profit, the Walt Disney Co. and rival Fox Group are both entering the multibillion-dollar "gamer" market by launching video games featuring play-by-play commentary by ESPN and Fox Sports on-air announcers. ...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, ESPN, Fox, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NFL, NHL, Walt Disney Co.
NTRA may let jockeys wear logos
Jockeys have been on the short end of the whip in getting commercial endorsements, but a national racing organization will consider new guidelines that might change that. While other professional athletes have raked in big bucks for sticking Swooshes and other corporate identifiers on their shir ...
Tags: National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Nickelodeon, NTRA
Masters Games score with sponsors — but not participants
The Nike World Masters Games have a lot going for them. Blue-chip corporate sponsors such as Nike, Visa and Pepsi have ponied up $40 million in cash and in-kind contributions to fund the event, and well-regarded sports business executive Doug Single, former athletic director of Northwestern and ...
Tags: PepsiCo, Sports Authority Inc., U.S. Bancorp, Visa
Derby, Preakness winner displays marketing legs
The media and advertising noise around Real Quiet, who Saturday will attempt to become the first horse in 20 years to win thoroughbred racing's elusive Triple Crown, is about to get Real Loud. Before the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner leaps out of the gate in the Belmont Stakes, his equine ...
Tags: ABC, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, NTRA, USA Today Information Network, Visa
Arena Football asks court to crack back on rival
James Foster probably won't go down in the history books with baseball's inventor, Abner Doubleday, or James Naismith, the man who dreamed up basketball. But Foster, the creator of arena football, has something those two titans of sports didn't have: a U.S. patent. And it's not just for show. ...
Tags: AFL, Atlanta Hawks, Gridiron Enterprises Inc., Time Warner
Clippers hype venue change in campaign
The Los Angeles Clippers, a team that has long lived in the shadow of the Los Angeles Lakers, have embarked on a bright, new marketing plan that touts the team's impending move from the oldest arena in the NBA to the newest one. "Be the first in line at the new Staples Center," read the ads in t ...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Game Plan LLC, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, Staples Inc.
With Dodgers barely digested, Fox wants a bite of Buss' business
Is Fox Group's Rupert Murdoch about to get his hands on another legendary Los Angeles sports enterprise? In a move that could further expand the increasingly dominant sports and entertainment empire in Los Angeles, Staples Center partners Philip Anschutz, Ed Roski Jr. and Fox Group are engaged ...
Tags: Anschutz Properties, Fox, Liberty Media Corp., Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, NBA, New York Liberty, News Corp., Sacramento Kings, Staples Inc., WNBA
