SFX ices figure-skating division

S FX has sent letters to about 20 figure-skating clients, including Olympic medal favorites, to say that the company no longer represents skaters. SFX sent the letters just before the Olympics started, said Rocky Marval , formerly the company's vice president for skating. The ...

Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc., Labor and Agents, Los Angeles Dodgers, Magicworks Entertainment Inc., MLB, Octagon Group, Olympics

USOC caters to big donors

The Olympic Winter Games experience typically means large-scale logistics, lines at security checkpoints and big crowds. But there is an alternative. In return for $100,000 or more, the U.S. Olympic Committee is seeing to it that certain people can avoid some of the frenzy in and around Salt ...

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NHL's Olympic future in question

The U.S. Olympic hockey team may be playing for more than a gold medal in Salt Lake City. Its finish may indirectly determine whether the NHL ever participates in the Olympics again. After a messy week in which players from smaller hockey-playing countries groaned because they could not pa ...

Tags: Carolina Hurricanes, NHL, Olympics, Salt Lake 2002, San Jose Sharks

Coast to Coast

ATLANTA   Georgia tees up new golf alliance   The state is spearheading a new alliance among golf facilities in Georgia, known as Georgia's Natural Golf Experience. The packaged golf travel program includes Brasstown Valley Resort ...

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USOC to display its Corps values

The U.S. Olympic Committee is planning a two-pronged campaign modeled on the Peace Corps to try to maximize the legacy of the Salt Lake City Winter Games. Committee CEO Lloyd Ward and volunteer President Sandra Baldwin have pledged to take the post-Salt Lake Olympic spirit on the road and to ...

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Games $8M for Westwood One

W estwood One will bring in about $8 million in ad revenue from the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Advertisers from Sears to Campbell Soup Co. have signed up for the 17-day event and have taken all ad slots, Westwood One CEO Joel Hollander said. "It ...

Tags: Campbell Soup Co., MLB, Olympics, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Westwood One Inc.

Well Fargo covers name

E normous Games banners, wrapped tightly like synthetic skin, lend a dramatic look to Salt Lake City office buildings. Up to 141 feet long and 97 feet wide, they nearly cover entire faces of buildings and feature models wearing sport-specific attire, posed like Olympic ath ...

Tags: Allstate Corp., McDonald's Corp., Olympics, Samsung Group, Sports Illustrated, This Week's Issue, Visa, Wells Fargo

The Next 10 Days

THE NEXT 10 DAYS: FEB. 11-20 TODAY  2002 Winter Olympics continue Location: Salt Lake City TV: NBC, MSNBC, CNBC   Charlotte ...

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Romney's rep as rescuer tested

What convinced Romney to take job "was the importance of the Games on the world stage." It was only three years ago, before Mitt Romney took over as head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, that the corruption surrounding the 2002 Winter G ...

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