crainsdetroit.com - 8/26/2008
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By Bill Shea Dan Gilbert's unusual five-year existence as owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and major sponsor of the rival Detroit Pistons is over. Gilbert's Livonia-based home-loan lender for metro Detroit, Rock Financial has ended it five-year run as the presenting sponsor of Pistons, the mortgage company's parent, Quicken Loans Inc. , said Tuesday. Quicken Loans, our national lending ...
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The Detroit Pistons and Rock Financial end presenting sponsorship
Full-Court Press —
David Hall's face is well known to Piston fans and he has been a staple of Piston basketball broadcasts for years. But when Dan Gilbert bought the Cleveland Cavaliers 5 years ago, it may have been only a matter of time before the partnership ended. August 26, Crain's Detroit Business: Dan Gilbert's unusual five-year existence as owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and major sponsor of the rival Detroit Pistons is over. Gilbert's Livonia-based home-loan lender for metro Detroit, Rock Financial has ended it five-year run as the presenting sponsor of Pistons, the mortgage company's ...
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... The Pistons lose their biggest corporate sponsor, which was oddly, a subsidiary of the company that is run by the guy who owns the Cavaliers. (Via ...
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