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thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 15 hours ago
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As we all know, sports has been particularly
hard hit by the Great Recession as companies slash
marketing budgets, fans are pressed to come up with cash for the ever increasing ticket prices, and TV ratings for most sports are tanking as narrowcasting takes holds. One of the worst ...
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LPGA 2010 Tour Dates Highlight Difficulties
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thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
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In the high stakes world of European club
soccer, nowhere does the battle takes place for higher
stakes than for the name on the front of the jersey. Leading the pack is Real Madrid, the Nuevo Galacticos ribery.jpg recently renewed its deal with online gaming site Bwin, ...
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Bayern Munich Lands Highly Lucrative Jersey Deal
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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What do you think it would take to
be among the highest paid coaches in the world?
Wouldn't you imagine that you should be at the very pinnacle of your game, having won mutliple championships either for one team. or perhaps, if you're a bit peripatetic, for multiple clubs? As ...
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The 25 Highest Paid Coaches in the World
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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Who says all banks are pulling in their
spending. Tennis great Roger Federer has landed a ten
year deal, which should take him right into retirement, with Credit Suisse . The deal thought to be worth in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 per year, which puts it in line without with ...
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Federer Nets Big Deal with Credit Suisse
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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Last night's Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao title match was
being hailed as the return of boxing for the
press attention it drew and the number of celebrities who attended the fight. The early rounds didn't disappoint but after Pacquiao dropped Cotto in the fourth round, Cotto was never ...
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Mazel Tov Yuri, Israel's First World Champion
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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The current situation in professional soccer in the
US and Canada at the level below MLS can
charitably be described as chaotic. Earlier this year, Nike sold USL-1, the recognized, and despite its name, Division II soccer league in the US and Canada. Following completion of the sale, ...
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5 Clubs Beakaway from USL-1 and Form New League
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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Forbes is out with its annual look at
the business of the NHL and its valuation of
NHL clubs. A number of things are striking at first glance of the valuation of the franchises. The first is that it is clear that in Toronto, you can put six junior league players on the ice and ...
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Leafs Prove Losing Can Pay in the NHL
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
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Below is a collection of links to articles
I have read lately that I think you may
find interesting: Co-owner of Boston Celtics running for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat ( Bloomberg ) Battle of the Blades, Canada's answer to Dancing with the Stars naturally takes place on ice ( NYT ) ...
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Interesting Reading
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
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Now that the 2016 Summer Olympics have been
awarded to Rio, campaigning has begun for the 2020
Games. Candidate cities are starting to express their interest or at least begin a whisper campaign of their candidacy. In addition, applications for the 2018 Winter Games have been ...
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2020 Olympics
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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Donald Sterling is the not only the extraordinarily
cheap owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, but a
Southern California real estate developer with hundred of apartments throughout the Southland. Three years ago the Justice Department sued him alleging that he favored Korean tenants ...
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Where's the Outrage: Clips Owner Pays Millions to Settle ...
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
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The UCF Knights basketball had an exhibition game
against St. Leo Wednesday night and every player but
one wore adidas shoes as is required by the school's contract with the shoe and apparel contract. The exception, as we would expect, was Marcus Jordan, Michael's youngest son. As a ...
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Adidas Ends Relationship With UCF Over Jordan Wearing Nike
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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Athletic wear sales tend to run in cycles.
Interest often peaks around major sporting events and companies
assoicated with star athletes see their sales rise as the athletes medals move up the metal scale. With 2010 approaching, adidas sees its biggest marketing event of every four ...
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Adidas Plans Huge Push Behind World Cup and New Zidane Boot
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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Yesterday's elections produced a few surprises and a
couple of results with significant impact in the world
of sports. First, the upset victory of Chris Christie in New Jersey, where he knocked off incumbent governor Jon Corzine puts the renovation of the Izod Center, the current home of ...
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Election Results; The Day After
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It's been reported last night and today that
the Celtics have signed point guard Rajon Rondo to
a five year contract, worth at least $55 million. He would have been a restricted free agent at the end of the season, and likely the best point guard on the market, but he was comfortable in ...
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Rondo Signs for $55 Million; Did Celtics Overpay?
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
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Concluding a more than four year investigation, BetonSports.com
founder Gary Kaplan pleaded guilty yesterday to several felony
counts and was sentenced to more than four years in jail. Kaplan, jailed since his arrest more than two years ago, had been charged by the US Attorney in St. Louis ...
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BetonsSports.com Founder Gets More than Four Years in Jail
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
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An interview I did with Newstex, the excelllent
content syndicator, can be found here . If you're
not familiar with Newstex, they syndicate content to a variety of outlets including Reuters and Lexis-Nexis. You can find out more about what they do here .
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Newstex Interview
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
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Sunday will be a groundbreaking day in the
annals of North American sports As far as I've
been able to determine, Sunday will be the first day on which all four/five major professional sports leagues have played regular season or playoff games on the same day. So far as I can tell, ...
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North American Sports Day
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
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The McCourt divorce is going to be the
gift that keeps on giving this season. Already, 700
pages of documents have been dumped on Los Angeles Superior Court, and the fight is just beginning. We're talking about preliminary motions here; we haven't even gotten to any of the really ...
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McCourts Battle Each Other Tougher Than Dodgers Fought Phils
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
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Phoneix, your long nightmare appears to be over.
Jerry Moyes has agreed to sell the Coyotes to
the NHL. While the deal must still be approved by the bankruptcy court judge, that would seem to be mostly formality at this point since the deal was struck under his guidance, or shall we ...
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Coyotes Sold to the NHL
