http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/Rss.aspx en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:51 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:51 GMT SBJ Articles - Really Simple Syndicator 1.0 http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/Sports-Media.aspx I t wasn’t long ago that the upfront selling season was dominated by advertisers looking to buy schedules of 30-second spots in network entertainment shows. While that’s still a big part of the upfronts, cocktail chatter arou... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/Sports-Media.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Franchises/Josh-Kroenke.aspx Josh Kroenke says his appointment as Colorado Avalanche president should negate the perception that he and his father, Stan — owner of the Avs and NBA Nuggets — favor one Denver-based franchise over the other. “It was a perception created by a few people here,” s... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Christopher Botta http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Franchises/Josh-Kroenke.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/From-the-Field-of-Risk-Management.aspx T oday’s venues for sporting events are pushing the boundaries of traditional risk management for event organizers. From college basketball on aircraft carriers to regular-season football games abroad, event risk paradigms often de... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/From-the-Field-of-Risk-Management.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Law-and-Politics/Liverpool-FSG.aspx The owner of the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group, has been able to stay out of the years-long controversy and lawsuits sparked by its 2010 purchase of Liverpool FC — until last week. Mill Financial, a former lender to Liverpool, asked a New York state court on Monday to launch... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Kaplan http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Law-and-Politics/Liverpool-FSG.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Microsoft-MLS.aspx Major League Soccer has signed Microsoft to a multiyear sponsorship that will focus on the technology company’s Windows 8 brand. According to an industry source, the agreement — including Microsoft’s commitments to spending on broadcast and digital advertising — is ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Christopher Botta http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Microsoft-MLS.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx Basketball The Boston Celtics named sports attorney Vered Yakovee associate counsel. Charlotte Bobcats vice president of communications B.J. Evans stepped down from the position. Additionally, the Bobcats named Dave Beck vice president of marketing partnerships. Beck was ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-loyalty.aspx When Steve Schanwald was in the intensive care unit of a Chicago hospital, recovering from surgery after a heart attack, one of the first people to call him was Jerry Reinsdorf. He told the Bulls’ executive vice president of busi... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Bill King http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-loyalty.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Facilities/Racetrack-concerts.aspx Concert promoters are booking more music festivals at racetracks, finding those venues to be the right fit for multiday events. The Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic music festival, this year added Chicagoland Speedway to its list of sites after its success at Las Vegas Motor Speed... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Don Muret http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Facilities/Racetrack-concerts.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/WNBA.aspx The WNBA is counting on a trio of players it’s calling the “3 to See” to help it rebound from record low attendance last year — even though the three have yet to see their first regular-season games. Rookies Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins a... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT John Lombardo http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/WNBA.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/Super-Bowl-Roman-numerals.aspx Quick. What is the Roman numeral for 50? V? XXXXX? L? With NFL owners scheduled to vote this week on the host site for the 50th Super Bowl, it may be time to brush up on ancient Rome’s numbers. Just ask the mayor of San Francisco. ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Kaplan http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/Super-Bowl-Roman-numerals.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Faces-and-Places.aspx Evert keynotes USTA Advocacy Days Tennis great Chris Evert addressed the National Press Club on May 7 in Washington, D.C., as an opener for the 2013 USTA Advocacy Days, in which U.S. Tennis Association members hig... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Faces-and-Places.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Olympics/Dew-Tour.aspx When the Dew Tour added a winter series in 2007, organizers wanted to turn the three-event series into Olympic qualifiers. That would allow NBC, which owned the tour, to promote the athletes and the 2010 Vancouver Games, raise the profile of snowboarding, and make it possible for snowboard... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tripp Mickle http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Olympics/Dew-Tour.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-timeline.aspx 1930s 1936 Jerry Reinsdorf is born on Feb. 25 in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1950s 1957 ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-timeline.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx Mike Principe started in the sports business 15 years ago by helping Bob Sillerman roll up sports agencies to create the former SFX Sports. After doing the same thing with the former Blue Entertainment Sports Television, Principe helped create The Legacy Agency in January 2012. Principe, ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Coast-to-Coast/Coast-to-Coast.aspx COLUMBUS Ohio State partners with Navigate Navigate Research agreed to a deal with Ohio State University. The deal gives the school access to all of Navigate’s services, including sponsorship research, support and valuation, to aid in making campuswide partnership decisions. ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Coast-to-Coast/Coast-to-Coast.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Ganassi-Champion.aspx Chip Ganassi Racing signed an associate sponsorship with C9 by Champion, a Hanes brand. The apparel line, which is available at Target, one of Ganassi’s largest sponsors, will become the official outfitter of Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar and NASCAR teams. The multiyear deal... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tripp Mickle http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Ganassi-Champion.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Research-and-Ratings/IntelliShop.aspx The Cincinnati Reds and their season-ticket sales staff scored the highest mark among MLB clubs in this year’s mystery shopper survey conducted by research firm IntelliShop exclusively for SportsBusiness Journal. The survey, now in its third year, features two dozen pro... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT David Broughton http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Research-and-Ratings/IntelliShop.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/Supercross-TV.aspx Feld Motor Sports executives plan to meet with Fox Sports executives in the coming month to discuss an extension of their TV rights. Fox’s Speed network pays $1 million a year and shows 11 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series races live. Despite replacing Speed, a motorsports chan... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tripp Mickle http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/Supercross-TV.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Facilities/Breaking-Ground.aspx T he only people happier than the San Francisco 49ers over the Levi’s Stadium naming-rights deal were the guys who make their living brokering those types of agreements. Rob Yowell , Jeff Marks and Jeff Knapple , three con... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Facilities/Breaking-Ground.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ESPN-US-Open.aspx Surrounded by reporters after ESPN’s upfront advertising event in New York last week, ESPN President John Skipper was asked to comment on the SportsBusiness Daily report that he was close to doing a deal to bring the entire U.S. Open tennis tournament to cable. Skipper smiled and ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT John Ourand http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ESPN-US-Open.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/Cartoon.aspx Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/Cartoon.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Labor-and-Agents/Labor-and-Agents.aspx D avid Falk says he’s almost done rebuilding his agency, FAME , having recently signed Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr. , one of the top prospects in this year’s NBA draft. “We will sign two or three more playe... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Labor-and-Agents/Labor-and-Agents.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Labor-and-Agents/NBPA.aspx National Basketball Players Association officials met with NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr and MLB Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner last month as part of their effort to find a new head for the players union. “The process has started... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Liz Mullen http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Labor-and-Agents/NBPA.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Colleges/NCAAbids.aspx The NCAA has completed an overhaul of the bid process for 84 of its championships across all three divisions, including the Final Four, and will award close to 500 sites this year. It’s easily the largest bid process in the history of college sports’ governing body, and the ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Smith http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Colleges/NCAAbids.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/MiLB-merchandise.aspx The Class A Savannah (Ga.) Sand Gnats and Class AA Pensacola (Fla.) Blue Wahoos, two clubs with vastly different baseball histories, are first-time entrants on the list of Minor League Baseball clubs that generated the most merchandise sales last year, according to data obtaine... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT David Broughton http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/MiLB-merchandise.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/From-the-Executive-Editor.aspx J erry Reinsdorf is the first team owner to receive our SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Lifetime Achievement Award. He joins previous recipients Peter Ueberroth (2009), Billie Jean King (2011) and Paul Tagliabue (2012) in being reco... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/From-the-Executive-Editor.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-NBA-role.aspx It is no secret that Jerry Reinsdorf has been less engaged at the league level in basketball than he has in baseball. He attributes that mostly to the fact that the leagues operate differently, largely, he says, because of the styles of t... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Bill King http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf-NBA-role.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/Dan-Schorr.aspx I am seeing a trend in sponsorship that I have not seen before in 20 years in this industry. I teach, speak and preach that sponsorship is an art form and a science. If done right, it is a dynamic and effective part of the marketing mix... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Opinion/Dan-Schorr.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Franchises/Blazers.aspx The Portland Trail Blazers have won this year’s NBA award for best local team promotion held during the recently completed regular season. The Blazers were recognized with the award at the NBA’s annual sponsorship meetings, held last week in Los Angeles. As was the case las... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT John Lombardo http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Franchises/Blazers.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/SBA-Nominees.aspx The sports industry will salute its finest this week at the sixth annual Sports Business Awards, with the honors to be presented during a live ceremony Wednesday at the New York Marriott Marquis at Times Square. A total of 74 finalists are up for awards across 15 ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/SBA-Nominees.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ACC-net.aspx Don’t expect an ACC-branded TV channel to be launched any time soon. The biggest problem so far is a rights issue. ESPN needs to control the conference’s syndicated rights to launch a channel. But those rights are tied up until 2027 through deals with Raycom and Fox Sports N... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Smith & John Ourand http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ACC-net.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/ATP-logos.aspx The ATP World Tour at the start of this year authorized players, for the first time, to wear gambling logos on their apparel, an apparent concession to agents who had clamored for more opportunities to commercialize their clients’ success. More than four months later, no player am... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Kaplan http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/ATP-logos.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf.aspx J erry Reinsdorf hustled from his office through the bowels of U.S. Cellular Field, into the crowded lobby, past a glass case displaying a World Series trophy and out into the parking lot, tossing a thin leather bag into the backseat of his black Cadillac. It was a Thursday evening, ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Bill King http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Events-and-Attractions/Reinsdorf.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/What-I-Like.aspx PROFESSIONAL What I Like … Photo: IMAGINE PHOTOGRAPHY ■ An insight: Teamwork. Hire athletes because you have to work together to achieve a common goal: Win! ... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/People-and-Pop-Culture/What-I-Like.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/In-the-Studio/2013-Sports-Business-Awards-nominees.aspx SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Executive Editor Abraham Madkour and Senior Writer Bill King talk about this week's feature story on Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jerry Reinsdorf, who will be honored at the 2013 Sports Business Awards on Wednesday, May 22. Read the full sto... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/In-the-Studio/2013-Sports-Business-Awards-nominees.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/In-Depth/Concessionaires.aspx Concessionaires continue to seek innovative ways to serve consumers at sports venues, but they do so with the familiar pressures on pricing. The successful strategy is one that balances that desire to improve the service and product mix while still paying close attention to price sensitiv... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Don Muret http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/In-Depth/Concessionaires.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Topps-MLS.aspx Major League Soccer has signed a six-year agreement with Topps that gives the card company the designation “official trading card producer” for MLS. Financial terms were unavailable. Andrew Farrell's autograp... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Christopher Botta http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Topps-MLS.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/People-and-Pop-Culture/Faces-and-Places.aspx Knight’s a hall of famer Nike co-founder Phil Knight was among seven people inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame at a ceremony and dinner April 29 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Above: T... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/People-and-Pop-Culture/Faces-and-Places.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/USA-Golf.aspx The national governing body for golf has launched a website and begun the search for sponsors. The USA Golf Federation, spearheaded by the PGA Tour’s Andy Levinson, established its home page on a network of NGB pages that are hosted at TeamUSA.org. The umbrella site offers governi... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Smith http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/USA-Golf.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Events-and-Attractions/Richmond-cycling.aspx Two years out from Richmond, Va., hosting the 2015 UCI Road Cycling World Championships, event organizers face the challenge of attracting national and international sponsors in the wake of Lance Armstrong’s doping controversy, which has sent marketers running from the sport. The ... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By Fred Dreier, Correspondent http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Events-and-Attractions/Richmond-cycling.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Media/NBA-TV-rights.aspx The NBA plans to start informal negotiations on its next media rights deal this summer, two years before its current ESPN and Turner Sports deals wrap up, according to several sources. The current contracts run through the 2015-16 season. On average, the networks are paying the league a... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT John Ourand & John Lombardo http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Media/NBA-TV-rights.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Media/Baseball-HOF.aspx The National Baseball Hall of Fame has generated a significant groundswell of digital traffic and publicity from its recent online release of scouting reports for more than 12,000 current and former big league players. The project is part of “Diamond Mines,” a new exhibit de... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Eric Fisher http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Media/Baseball-HOF.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Events-and-Attractions/X-Games-Charlotte.aspx Charlotte Motor Speedway, which last month was named one of four finalists for the X Games, plans to host the event at zMax Dragway, the facility’s 30,000-seat drag strip, should it win the right to host the event. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Events-and-Attractions/X-Games-Charlotte.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx Baseball The Atlanta Braves hired Greg Gatti as senior director of information technology. Gatti was chief technology officer for Synovus Financial. The Los Angeles Dodgers promoted Seth Bluman to vice president of ticket development and David Siegel to vice president of ... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Opinion/From-the-Field-of-Marketing-Advice.aspx A dvice columns are no longer limited to the personal space. Such columns are part of the working world, too, and in this case, we’re talking about sales and marketing initiatives in sports, looking at real examples of sponsor acti... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Opinion/From-the-Field-of-Marketing-Advice.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Law-and-Politics/France-divorce.aspx NASCAR CEO Brian France spent nearly five years battling two Charlotte media outlets to keep details of a recent divorce sealed. The lengthy dispute prompted many across the motorsports world to wonder just what he was trying to keep from the public eye. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tripp Mickle http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Law-and-Politics/France-divorce.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Finance/49ers-refi.aspx The San Francisco 49ers plan to refinance their $850 million of stadium debt obligation in the next two months, sources said, well over a year earlier than originally projected. The team last week hosted a bank meeting at the site of the 49ers’ new Santa Clara, Calif., stadium on ... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Kaplan http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Finance/49ers-refi.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Research-and-Ratings/MLB-Turnstile-Tracker.aspx MLB (Through May 7) Home team Dates Total Avg. % cap. Previous Change Dates (2012) Max. Min. 90+% 50-% Arizona Diamondbacks 1... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Research-and-Ratings/MLB-Turnstile-Tracker.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/USSA-Procter.aspx Procter & Gamble closed a multiyear sponsorship with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, giving the consumer packaged goods company its first winter national governing body agreement ahead of the Sochi Olympics. The deal, which sources valued at more than $1 million over two yea... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tripp Mickle http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/USSA-Procter.aspx http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/In-Depth/Company-profiles.aspx Aramark Sports and Entertainment Headquarters: Philadelphia Recent wins: Soldier Field (Chicago); FirstEnergy Stadium (Cleveland, premium only); Prudential Center (Newark, including merchandise); Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, including retail). Other: 11 MLB, 11 NFL and 1... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Don Muret http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/13/In-Depth/Company-profiles.aspx