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Past Forty Under 40 Winners

  Mark Abbott, Major League Soccer (2001, 2002) David Abrutyn, IMG Consulting (2008) Hank Adams, Ignite Sports (2002) Rick Adams, East Coast Hockey League (1999) Bill Allard, SFX Sports Group (1999) Paul Archey, Major League Baseball (2002) Steve Astephen, Wasserman Media Group (2008) Mike Bartelli, Millsport (2005) Mark Bartelste...

Past Forty Under 40 Winners

PAST FORTY UNDER 40 WINNERS Mark Abbott, Major League Soccer (2001, 2002) David Abrutyn, IMG Consulting (2008)Hank Adams, Ignite Sports (2002) Rick Adams, East Coast Hockey League (1999) Bill Allard, SFX Sports Group (1999) Paul Archey, Major League Baseball (2002) Steve Astephen, Wasserman Media Group (2008) Mike Bartelli, Millsport (2005) Mark Bartelstein, Mark Bartelstein and Associates (1999) Patrick Battle, Collegiate Licens...

Past Forty Under 40 Winners

  Past Forty Under 40 Winners Mark Abbott, Major League Soccer (2001, 2002) Hank Adams, Ignite Sports (2002) Rick Adams, East Coast Hockey League (1999) Bill Allard, SFX Sports Group (1999) Paul Archey, Major League Baseball (2002) Mike Bartelli, Millsport (2005) Mark Bartelstein, Mark Bartelstein and Associates (1999) Patrick Battle, Collegiate Licensing Co. (1999) David Baxter, Reebok (2001, 2003) ...

Roger Goodell To Propose Shortening Time Limits In NFL Draft

Goodell Looking To Shorten Teams’Time Limits During NFL Draft Perhaps as a “precursor to eventually presenting the first round [of the NFL Draft] as a primetime event,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is “expected to broach the subject of reducing the time limits for making selections in the first two rounds” at the owners’ meeting in Nashville next Tuesday, according to ESPN.com’s Len Pasquarelli. A change may not be enacted at Tuesday’s mee...

Perhaps as a “precursor to eventually presenting the first round [of the NFL Draft] as a primetime event,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is “expected to broach the subject of reducing the time limits

Chris Russo’s FSV Aggregating Fantasy Sites Into One Network

Fantasy Sports Ventures Aggregating 35 Web Sites Former NFL Senior VP/New Media & Publishing Chris Russo, former NFL Senior Dir of New Media Evan Kamer and former Players Inc Senior VP Clay Walker have formed a “fantasy sports rollup that is aggregating” 35 sites into Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV), according to Terry Lefton in this week’s SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Russo i...

Former NFL Senior VP/New Media & Publishing Chris Russo, former NFL Senior Dir of New Media Evan Kamer and former Players Inc Senior VP Clay Walker have formed a “fantasy sports rollup that is aggrega

C-U-L8R: NCAA Bans Sending Text Messages To Recruits

The NCAA Division I Management Council yesterday voted to “eliminate the use of text messaging in college recruiting,” according to Steve Wieberg of USA TODAY. The committee opted for a total ban, which was first proposed by the Ivy League, instead of one putting limits on the number of texts and instant messages that could be sent. The ban, which would become effective August 1 if it is endorsed next week by the NCAA D-I BOD, would “limit electronically transmitted correspondence to recruits...

The NCAA Division I Management Council yesterday voted to “eliminate the use of text messaging in college recruiting,” according to Steve Wieberg of USA TODAY. The committee opted for a total ban, whi

Rating For The Masters Up From Mickelson’s ’06 Win

CBS’ Weekend Masters Ratings Post Increases From Last Year CBS earned a 9.1/22 preliminary national Nielsen rating for Sunday’s final round coverage of The Masters, up 8.3% from a 8.4/19 last year, and up 24.7% from a 7.3/19 in '04, the last time the final round was played on Easter Sunday. Zach Johnson won his first major at this year’s event, holding off a late charge by Tiger Woods, who finishe...

CBS earned a 9.1/22 preliminary national Nielsen rating for Sunday’s final round coverage of The Masters, up 8.3% from a 8.4/19 last year, and up 24.7% from a 7.3/19 in '04, the last time the final ro

Fox Sports’ MSN Web Site Bests ESPN.com For First Time

FoxSports.com Bests ESPN.com InMonthly Unique Visitors For First Time FoxSports.com in February finished with “more unique visitors in a month than [ESPN.com] for the first time,” according to Nielsen//NetRatings research cited by Alex Woodson of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. For February, ESPN.com had about 13.2 million unique visitors, down more than 3 million from January. FoxSports.com, which has had a partnership with MSN since ’04, “s...

FoxSports.com in February finished with “more unique visitors in a month than [ESPN.com] for the first time,” according to Nielsen//NetRatings research cited by Alex Woodson of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

March On: CBS’ Tournament Coverage Tracking Ahead Of ‘06

CBS’ Overnight Ratings Up 3.6% For NCAA Tournament Through First Four Days CBS is averaging a 5.8/13 overnight Nielsen rating through the first four days of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, up 3.6% from a 5.6/12. Saturday’s 3:30-6:30pm ET window drew a 6.8/16 overnight, up 11% from last year’s comparable 6.1/14 and the best rating in the window since a 7.1/19 in ’88. Overall, Saturday’s coverage earned a 6.8/...

CBS is averaging a 5.8/13 overnight Nielsen rating through the first four days of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, up 3.6% from a 5.6/12. Saturday’s 3:30-6:30pm ET window drew a 6.8/16 overnight,

March Madness On Demand Sees Increased Traffic For Year Two

March Madness On Demand Surpasses 1.5 Million Streams On First Day CBS SportsLine.com said as of 4:00pm ET Thursday, more than 1.5 million streams of “March Madness on Demand” had been accessed, surpassing the 1.2 million for the entire first day of the tournament last year. Due to early and increased sign-ups, the virtual queue to access the game video reached a peak o...

CBS SportsLine.com said as of 4:00pm ET Thursday, more than 1.5 million streams of “March Madness on Demand” had been accessed, surpassing the 1.2 million for the entire first day of the tournament la

CBS Inks Hoops Deal With YouTube Despite Viacom Lawsuit

CBS Sports Inks Deal With YouTubeFor NCAA Tournament Channel CBS Sports has launched an NCAA Tournament Channel on YouTube.com, sponsored by Pontiac. The site features game clips and highlights, uploaded by CSTV in near real time. Users can offer comments on video clips, and the channel includes links to CBS Sports, CBS SportsLine.com, CSTV.com and NCAASports.com. Despite video being available on the site yesterday afternoon, at presstime t...

CBS Sports has launched an NCAA Tournament Channel on YouTube.com, sponsored by Pontiac. The site features game clips and highlights, uploaded by CSTV in near real time. Users can offer comments on vi

Blog Hound: Users Document Experience With MMOD

We’ve given you our on account of CBS’ March Madness On Demand, as well as some from sports media writers. Now, here is what some bloggers have to say after trying out the product during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Thursday. Berger’s Blog Posted By: Berger “I signed up two months ago to be a VIP. This morning when I get online to watch, they tell me I am 22,386th in line and if I had signed up to be a VIP, I would be fir...

We’ve given you our on account of CBS’ March Madness On Demand, as well as some from sports media writers. Now, here is what some bloggers have to say after trying out the product during the NCAA men’