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cnbc.com - 10/14/2008
Logo Double Take - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
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I like to think of my readers as a community of sorts. So I'm glad when they send me things that I didn't see. A blog reader writes in today to tell us how similar the "NHL Face Off 2008" logo was to this year's "NFL Kickoff 2008" logo. It's kind of ridiculous how similar they look. Have we ...
cnbc.com - 10/17/2008
Dallas Cowboys Dominate Jersey Sales - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
— cnbc.com — The Cowboys seem to be back to their status of "America's Team." I just received the top... selling NFL jersey stats from Joanna Hunter at the NFL and the Cowboys have four players in the top 10. Here are the selling jerseys on NFLShop.com from April ... (more) Dallas Cowboys Dominate Jersey Sales - Sports Biz with ...

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cnbc.com - 10/20/2008
Yankees, Cowboys and Goldman Sachs Form Legends Hospitality - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
— cnbc.com — The most powerful brands in American sports — the New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys —... are getting together to form a stadium hospitality company called Legends Hospitality, CNBC has learned. The business, which will be unveiled to the public ... (more) Yankees, Cowboys and Goldman Sachs Form Legends ...

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cnbc.com - 10/17/2008
Pickens: "We're At A Critical Point Right Now" - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
— cnbc.com — Earlier this week, I wrote that Oklahoma State could be the team/school that is most affected by... the econom y . This is because the school's biggest booster Boone Pickens is the biggest booster in the college sports world. And the $165 million he ... (more) Pickens: "We're At A Critical Point Right Now" - Sports ...

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Sports Marketing Double-Take
KK Hockey — From Darren Rovell at CNBC’s SportsBiz: A blog reader writes in today to tell us how similar the “NHL Face Off 2008” logo was to this year’s “NFL Kickoff 2008” logo. It’s kind of ridiculous how similar they look. Have we really run out of logos? I know no idea is really original, but I hope the person who put this one together at the NHL didn’t get any sort of credit for it. Rovell is apparently suggesting the NHL’s work is a knock-off ...

Tuesday Night Update
Fang's Bites — ... give you an update. Starting with ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber addresses privacy concerns in the Alleged Worldwide Leader's reporting about Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young. Phil Swann of the TV Predictions site, he says NBC is going to offer Universal Sports to its affiliates as a replacement for WeatherPlus which is being killed by the network in the wake of its purchase of The Weather Channel. CNBC's Darren Rovell notes that thanks to a reader, the NFL and NHL season opener logos look amazingly similar. Darren tries to find if there's ...

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