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Antonucci stepping down at WPS

...million to $25 million, roughly half that of the WUSA.

New Boston Women’s Soccer Team Unveils Name, Logo, Ownership

same as that of the former WUSA Boston Breakers, and announced team investors.be as ambitious as the former WUSA,” and its business plan “predicts success with... ” Joe Cummings, GM of the WUSA Breakers and President Our average paid attendance was 6,000 [for the WUSA Breakers from ’01-03].(than with the former WUSA setup).said of the MLS-WUSA relationship, “Synergies could have been executed...

The Boston Breakers, one of the seven franchises in the new women’s professional soccer league set to start play in April ’08, unveiled their logo, which is the same as that of the former WUSA Boston

League Notes

The Champ Car World Series is “finalizing a move that would see the new China race, set for May, moved to October, which would clear the way for competitors to participate in the Indy 500” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 3/2).CHINA: In N.Y., Oakley Brooks reports Chinese athletes Gao Wei, Ding Long and Shen Yalei on Monday will participate in an NFL Europe tryout camp in Tampa. Two will be assigned to teams “as final preparation for a shot at suiting up” for an exhibition game between the Seahawks and P...

The Champ Car World Series is “finalizing a move that would see the new China race, set for May, moved to October, which would clear the way for competitors to participate in the Indy 500” (INDIANAPOL

Ladies’ Secret: Women’s Soccer League Has Six Investors

The defunct WUSA is reborn.in WUSA, who has rights to a DC franchise;than the original WUSA. WUSA lasted three seasons and had $40M in funding, bef... may not be called WUSA. “Some of us believe there is equity in ‘WUSA,’ others WUSA’s intellectual property rights are owned

By Terry Lefton, Editor-at-Large The defunct WUSA is reborn. Officials at a non-profit called the Women’s Soccer Initiative Inc. (WSII) are set to announce this week that six investors have committed

Franchise Notes

The Wizards will not increase prices on season-ticket packages for the ’07-08 season. Also, renewing season-ticket holders and those who buy new packages for next season will qualify for discounted playoff tickets this season (Wizards)....SI.com columnist and comedian Steve Hofstetter wrote under the header, “Desperate Kings Using Sex To Sell Tickets.” The NHL team has put up billboards around L.A. “that simply say ‘Kings Hockey’ with a picture of an attractive blonde in a Kings uniform.” Hof...

The Wizards will not increase prices on season-ticket packages for the ’07-08 season. Also, renewing season-ticket holders and those who buy new packages for next season will qualify for discounted pl

S.A. Decides Future Talks With Pro Teams To Involve Leagues

San Antonio To Work With Leagues When Trying To Land Franchises San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and Bexar County (TX) Judge Nelson Wolff said that future negotiations with pro sports teams interested in moving to the city “should proceed only with the approval and involvement of NFL and MLB officials, not just team owners,” according to Tom Orsborn of the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS. After hosting the Saints fo...

San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and Bexar County (TX) Judge Nelson Wolff said that future negotiations with pro sports teams interested in moving to the city “should proceed only with the approval a

Real Estate Execs Part Of Three-Man Group Buying DC United

” He founded the now-defunct WUSA in ’01, and “with a new women’s league planning t...

MacFarlane Partners Managing Principal Victor MacFarlane, Discovery Communications Founder John Hendricks and former Duke Univ. basketball player Brian Davis will pay an estimated $33M to AEG for the

Re-Launch Of U.S. Women’s Soccer League Eyed For Spring ‘08

Three investors have agreed to become owners of WUSA franchises, and Women’s ...nd-alone model that was so difficult for previous WUSA owners ...the attendance numbers will be the same” as early WUSA numbers.

Three investors have agreed to become owners of WUSA franchises, and Women’s Soccer Initiative Inc. (WSII) CEO Tonya Antonucci is “optimistic that she’ll soon get enough additional signatures to relau

Executive Transactions

...or to that, he was Communications Manager for the WUSA

The Vikings extended for three years the contracts of VP/Public Affairs & Stadium Development LESTER BAGLEY, VP/Sales & Marketing STEVE LACROIX, VP/Finance STEVE POPPEN and VP/Operations & Legal Couns

Report: Lerner Could Be Named New Nationals Owner Tomorrow

MLB is denying a report from WUSA-CBS that the league will announce as early as tom... WUSA reported on its Web site that bidder Jeffrey Smul... ...“and that Selig denies a decision has been made” (WUSA9. But WUSA Sports Dir Brett Haber said, “We absolutely stand...

MLB is denying a report from WUSA-CBS that the league will announce as early as tomorrow that the group led by Ted Lerner has been selected as the new owners of the Nationals (Mult., 4/27). WUSA repor

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I supported the WUSA and cheer at WNBA games.

What's up with women's sports?

The WUSA, which folded after blowing through $100 million... represented several WUSA pioneers, including Julie Foudy and Tiffeny Milbr... WUSA. WUSA, Tonya Antonucci, said she has been careful to pi... Bringing back WUSA The WUSA launched on the strength of circumstances so perf... The curse of the WUSA was that it died because of a poorly concocted bu...