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The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: SGN Releases iBasketball for iPhone
The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network: NHL and CHL Reach Marketing Alliance
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: Vikings to Freeze Ticket Prices for First Time Since '98
SGN Releases iBasketball for iPhone
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To coincide with the beginning of the 2008-2009 pro-basketball season, SGN, a social gaming company, today launched iBasketball for Apple’s iPhone. iBasketball leverages the accelerometer mobile technology platform for the iPhone to let basketball fans, sports and gaming enthusiasts play on-the-go. "By expanding our series of experiential social games with iBasketball in addition to realizing our vision for engaging people across multiple platforms and social networks with the recent release of iFun Golf, we are continuing to push the boundaries of social gaming to engage and connect people from around the world through creative use of platforms such as the iPhone," said Shervin Pishevar, CEO of SGN. "The success we have seen with all of our ...
NHL and CHL Reach Marketing Alliance
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The National Hockey League (NHL) today announced a marketing alliance with the Champions Hockey League (CHL), the newly formed European club championship under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The CHL began play on October 8, 2008 in 12 European markets. Based on early success, the pan-European league is already scheduled to expand to 22 markets for next season. Following the NHL's participation in September's Victoria Cup, a pre-season tournament in Bern, Switzerland which featured the New York Rangers and two CHL clubs, the two leagues began discussing further cooperation on various marketing initiatives which has led to the new alliance. The leagues have agreed to form a working group to look at the ...
NBA Signs Deal With Harlem Globetrotters
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How do you say, Meadowlark Lemon in Chinese? The NBA has signed a muli-year deal with the Harlem Globetrotters that looks to grow the NBA’s presence internationally. The deal excludes Canada, the U.S. and Mexico As reported by the SportsBusiness Journal: Financial terms of the five-year deal were not disclosed but the partnership will begin during the NBA’s All-Star Week in Phoenix, where the Globetrotters are slated to participate in all-star-related activities. More significant is the fact that the NBA and the Globetrotters will partner in planning and promoting the Globetrotters’ international schedule. “For us, it’s a nice complement as we work to grow the game,” said Heidi Ueberroth, president of ...
NBA D-League Set To Tip-Off Eighth Season Friday
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The NBA Development League’s 2008-09 season begins Friday, Nov. 28, with six games scheduled, including the first-ever game for the Erie BayHawks, who travel to take on the Fort Wayne Mad Ants at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in a Central Division matchup. The following night, the Reno Bighorns tip off their inaugural season, hosting the Bakersfield Jam at the Reno Events Center, in a Western Division showdown. This season, the league’s eighth, and the fourth in which D-League teams have direct affiliations with NBA teams, tips off with seven NBA assigned players on NBA D-League rosters, including Boston’s J.R. Giddens and Bill Walker, playing for the Utah Flash; Golden State’s Richard Hendrix and DeMarcus Nelson suiting up for the Jam; ...
Magic Johnson on Isiah Thomas: "I couldn’t recommend him again"
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Isiah Thomas won't be getting any NBA job recommendations from Magic Johnson. Isiah Thomas won’t be adding Magic Johnson as a reference on his resume any longer. That’s because Johnson has now publicly said that given the former NBA coach and GM’s performance, both on and off the court, he can’t back him for any job openings. Johnson said will so say directly in an interview ...
NHL Reports Increase in Merchandise Sales for Black Friday and Monday
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There may be a recession, but the National Hockey League didn’t feel its effects on the first major shopping days of the Holiday season. The NHL reports that online sales, through shop.nhl.com were up 67 percent from Black Friday and up 10 percent for Black Monday from this time last year. Top selling items, so far for the league, include third jerseys by the Flyers, Bruins, and Penguins, NHL Winter Classic merchandise, and DVDs. "The strong performance of the Shop.NHL.com can be attributed to our strong fan demographics, the product access constraint that we're relieving with an unparalleled variety of NHL merchandise, and a well-executed marketing plan," said Perry Cooper, SVP of Digital/Direct Marketing and Fan Analytics. ...
University of Oregon’s New Arena to be Named After Phil Knight’s Son
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Click to see in larger view The University of Oregon’s new $227 million, 12,500 seat arena that will replace aging McArthur Court will be named after Matthew Knight, the late son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The announcement was made at Portland’s Rose Garden arena. Matthew, Phil Knight’s eldest son, died in a diving accident in 2004 while in El Salvador. He was in the country ...
Vikings to Freeze Ticket Prices for First Time Since '98
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... freeze will mark the first time since the 1998 season that ticket prices have been unchanged across all price level According to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, the prices that will remain in place include season tickets that range from $123 to $25 per game and single-game tickets that range from $135 to $30. To date, the other franchises that have announced ticket freezes for the ’09 season include Jacksonville, New Orleans, San Diego and San Francisco. The Saints have also said they will freeze parking and concession prices. In ...
NBA.com to Stream Entire NBA Development League Showcase Online
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The NBA Development League will hold its annual NBA D-League Showcase from Monday, Jan. 5 – Thursday, Jan. 8 as the NBA D-League’s 16 teams converge on Orem, Utah, home of the Utah Flash, for four days of competition. All 16 Showcase games will be streamed via NBA Futurecast, a platform that provides live, online video streaming to fans, on NBA.com and NBADLeague.com. NBA D-League Central, hosted by Rick Kamla, will air on Monday, Jan. 5 at 3 p.m. ET to discuss the latest news regarding the Showcase. The 16 game slate compliments the season-long NBA Futurecast schedule, which features every NBA D-League game streamed live for free online. NBA TV features an NBA D-League game of the week every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. ET with the studio show ...
NBA on TNT: Comments from Wizards/Cav and Blazers/Mavs Games
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The following is commentary and interviews from TNT's coverage of the NBA. TNT’s NBA Coverage continues Thursday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. ET with the Cleveland Cavaliers @ Chicago Bulls followed by the Phoenix Suns @ Denver Nugget **** **** **** **** Game #1: Washington Wizards (89) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (93) Announcers: Marv Albert and Mike Fratello; Craig Sager reporting Fratello on teams being mentally prepared to play on Christmas Day: “A lot of it has to do with the maturity of the players. It’s difficult because sometimes guys start to sulk and drop their heads because it’s a holiday they feel they should have off and celebrating with their relatives. ...
