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The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network: Rays Sign FSN Florida Deal. Over-the-Air Games No More
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: BREAKING: L.T. Remains a Charger
The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network: NHL Players Could be Working for Free for Last 12-13 Games of Season
Rays Sign FSN Florida Deal. Over-the-Air Games No More
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... in Orlando, as well as places like Tallahassee and Ocala. What it gave us is this long-term, stable, maximum number of games on the air.” In other Rays broadcast news, the Rays also have moved their radio broadcasts to 620 WDAE, which has the largest AM signal in the state. A tip of the hat to Ken Fang of the excellent Fang’s Bites BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK FEATURE ARTICLE (MORNING EDITION) Nike Unveils New Uniform Design for NCAA Tournament ...
BREAKING: L.T. Remains a Charger
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After months of often strained negotiations, Ladainian Tomlinson is staying with the San Diego Chargers. The Associated Press reports that the star running back agreed to a restructured three-year deal Tuesday evening, with financial terms not disclosed. Tomlinson was set to earn $6,725,000 in 2009 as part of $24 million owed for the remaining three years of his 2004 contract, with $8.8. million counting against the cap due to a prorated signing bonus included in the prior deal. The new contract structure is expected to give the Chargers some salary cap relief, with the eight-year veteran Tomlinson recovering from his second straight injury-plagued year and heading into his age-30 season in 2009. ...
Rams Cut Ties with Holt
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After failing to find fair value in the trade market, the St. Louis Rams have released wide receiver Torry Holt. NFL.com reports that the former seven-time Pro Bowler was due to receive a $1.25 million roster bonus on March 17, and the rebuilding Rams were not interested in retaining him at his $8 million salary. The Rams are in the process of a roster overhaul in an effort to get younger as they rebuild after going 5-27 over the last two seasons. Since the end of last season they've hired a new general manager, Billy Devaley, a new coach, Steve Spagnuolo, cut several veteran players and signed three free agents from other teams. The ...
NFL Inks Extension with Westwood One for Radio
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Westwood One and the National Football League (NFL) announced Thursday a new two-year agreement for Westwood One to continue as the exclusive network radio partner of the NFL. Financial terns were not released. Westwood One has been an NFL network radio partner for more than four decades and the exclusive network radio partner since 1987. “This agreement reflects the spirit of our long-standing partnership with the NFL,” said Rod Sherwood, President and CFO of Westwood One. “The NFL is a powerful franchise with programming and a huge audience that bring great value to Westwood The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network - AdministrationOne, our affiliates and our advertisers.” Westwood One will continue ...
Outsider DeMaurice Smith Elected as Exec. Director of NFLPA
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DeMaurice Smith has been elected as the next executive director of the NFL Players Association, filing the vacancy after Gene Upshaw who led the union from 1983 until his death from pancreatic cancer in August. The vote was taken by the player reps at a meeting in Wailea, Hawai. Smith has been seen as an outsider in the process, having not come from a football background, and was not added as a candidate for the position until last month. Smith won out over three other candidates including David Cornwell, Troy Vincent, and Trace Armstrong. Smith, 45, served from 1991-2000 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office, including service as a senior prosecutor in the Violent Crime Section ...
Cutler Seeks Trade
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NHL Players Could be Working for Free for Last 12-13 Games of Season
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If you’re an NHL player, the chances are that based upon the salary cap, you’ll be playing the last 12-13 games of the season for free, part of givebacks into the system. According to Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: [B]ased on the numbers bandied about by NHL general managers last week in Naples, Fla., as well as calculations offered by the Players Association, the players must prepare to surrender 13-15 percent of their overall salaries. For a guy like Zdeno Chara, on the books for $7.5 million a year, that's a haircut upward of $1.125 million. As trips to the barber shop go, that's much pricier than a "boy's regular." […] Another way to look at this is that 15 percent of an ...
NHL Launches Digital Media Site in Celebration of Martin Brodeur's 552nd Career Regular-Season Victory
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The National Hockey League tonight launched a digital celebration of a record-setting performance by New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur and invited fans to join in honoring his 552nd career regular-season victory -- more than any goaltender in League history. During the digital celebration, NHL.com and NHL Mobile is providing fans with wall-to-wall coverage of Brodeur’s historic achievement, including: Reporting and video from the record-setting win over Chicago League-wide reaction from teammates, opponents and fans and others Exclusive video retrospectives on Brodeur’s career A Brodeur visit to The Hockey Show Shop Marty: Shop.NHL.com has the biggest selection ...
