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Daniel Kaplan

Daniel Kaplan

Our lead reporter on the NFL, Daniel Kaplan also provides broad coverage of tennis and finance in the world of sports. An award-winning writer, Kaplan, before working for Sports Business Journal, was the banking and brokerage reporter for Bridge News (formally Knight Ridder Financial), as well as the mergers and acquisitions reporter for American Banker. BEATS: Football: NFL/AFL/CFL; Tennis: ATP/WTA/majors; Finance: Lending, credit facility, rating, league relationships and PE/VC

Marketer quits ATP program

Journal - 02/08/1999
The ATP's ambitious effort to pool worldwide revenue from 10 of its top tournaments has been left in doubt after a critical sports marketing partner broke ranks and blasted the men's tennis organization for unrealistic financial projections. The ATP wants to raise significantly more than...

New owners revive Roller Hockey plans

Journal - 02/08/1999
Roller Hockey International has told its owners that the league will have a formal TV contract with Fox Sports Network very soon. RHI told the owners at a meeting in Los Angeles last month that the TV deal was all but done and only a few more...

New York teams plan rare push

Journal - 02/01/1999
The New York area's two professional basketball teams are set to begin in earnest the post-lockout work of luring back fans. The Knicks plan an aggressive radio and print campaign, and the New Jersey Nets will spend $1 million over the shortened season to woo back disenchanted...

Open's ratings are no grand slam for ESPN

Journal - 02/01/1999
The rash of upsets at the Australian Open tennis tournament has done little to stem enthusiasm for the event Down Under, but U.S. television ratings on ESPN for the Grand Slam event remain in the cellar. Six of the first seven days of the event drew record...

Hicks, ESPN may start network

Journal - 02/01/1999
Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks is in discussions with ESPN about forming a new regional sports network that would compete with Fox Sports Southwest. Hicks has been in talks with Fox Sports for nearly a year about forming a partnership, but he has been...

Predators shares up on AFL rumor

Journal - 02/01/1999
Shares of Orlando Predators Entertainment Inc. surged last week amid speculation that the National Football League may announce it will buy a significant portion of the Arena Football League. The NFL and AFL would not comment, but a major transaction of some kind could be disclosed in...

IMG/Chase Sports ready for first deal

Journal - 02/01/1999
Nearly a year after its creation, IMG/Chase Sports Capital LLC may be ready to make its first big splash. The leveraged buyout sports fund is planning to announce its virgin investment in a sports company as early as this week. Totaling tens of millions of dollars, the...

Plan for dome, new MSG has a few backers

Journal - 01/25/1999
Judging from the reaction to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's proposal to build a domed football stadium and a new Madison Square Garden on Manhattan's west side, you might think the combative mayor has lost his mind. Even the normally Rudy-friendly New York Post described the...

Coyotes, eyeing move, refinance

Journal - 01/25/1999
Looking to bankroll an eventual move out of America West Arena, the Phoenix Coyotes have refinanced $52 million of existing debt and added another $8 million to their loan facility. The new $60 million loan from Societe Generale is designed to give the hockey team financial flexibility...

Golden Bear Golf spends rare week on the upswing

Journal - 01/25/1999
Golden Bear Golf Inc., Jack Nicklaus' troubled firm, saw its stock unexpectedly surge last week. Last year, the company was delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange after an accounting scandal at its construction unit revealed major financial losses. The stock, which went public in 1996...
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