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The Jaguars are offering a “Minshew Mania Mini-Pack” to fans that includes tickets to the team’s next two games at TIAA Bank Field as well as a bandana and a fake mustache that honors rookie QB sensation Gardner Minshew. Star players with significant marketing potential have been rare in Jacksonville’s history, and the team is capitalizing on its new signal-caller.
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Alberto Salazar, a former New York City Marathon champion and the head of the Nike Oregon Project, was hit with a four-year ban by the USADA for violating doping rules, including allegations that he tampered with evidence. Salazar denied the charges, which are a blow not only to his reputation but also to a sport battling allegations of cheating.
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After multiple candidates fell through, the Premier League finally landed a new CEO in David Pemsel. The former head of Guardian Media Group gives the league an experienced media hand at a time when broadcast rights fees are slipping and the turmoil over Brexit promises to complicate his first few months in the job.
