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Mariners Reach Naming Rights Deal with Wells Fargo
Published 3/24/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
The Seattle Mariners announced today that the Terrace Club, a premium seating and fan hospitality area of Safeco Field, has been re-branded the Wells Fargo Terrace Club. The Mariners have had a longstanding partnership with Wells Fargo. ...

NCAA Announces D-1 Hockey Tournament Field
Published 3/24/2008 by Bill Johnson at The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network
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Donnie Walsh, Pacers Longtime CEO, Leaving Organization At End of Year
Published 3/24/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
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St. Louis Blues Select TicketExchange by Ticketmaster as Secondary Ticket Resale Provider
Published 3/24/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network
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MLB, MLBPA to Talk Changes to Drug Policy This Week
Published 3/25/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Lawyers for MLB owners and the MLB Players’ Association will meet in Arizona this week, in an effort to see if an agreement to MLB’s drug policy can be hammered out before the beginning of the season. ...

House That Ruth Built Won’t Be Purchased By Yankees
Published 3/25/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
With the current Yankee Stadium about to become history, those that want a piece of that stories history will surely come running. How much is a dugout seat worth? What about a box seat that you’ve sat in for years? Hey, even the urinals in Busch Stadium II were sold. Stadium memorabilia is hot item these days. And while the public is dumping truckloads of cash into the new Yankee Stadium (see renderings of the new design), the Yankees have said that they will not be purchasing the current Yankee Stadium in order to gain the revenues from selling off the pieces. As reported by Ticker: “We have been in talks with city officials to determine the best way for ...

Lining Up to Say Goodbye: Yankees Already Sold 3.8M Tix
Published 3/25/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
The Yankees announced today they have exceeded 3.8 million tickets sold for the 2008 season, marking the earliest the club has ever reached that level. With one week until Opening Day, the current tally is 400,000 tickets ahead of the Yankees' total on the same date last year. "Even with historic advance sales, tickets remain available for most games," said Yankees Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost. "I encourage fans to join us at Yankee Stadium throughout 2008 to celebrate the 84th and final season of Baseball at The House That Ruth Built." The Yankees will move into their new $1.3 billion stadium next season (See The Taj Mahal of ...

Good Morning: Welcome to the 2008 MLB Season
Published 3/25/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Those on the West Coast will be sleeping. Some on the East Coast, as well. But, Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2008 Major League Baseball season in a game that should simply be called "Dice-K Returns". The season opener in Japan will see Japanese national treasure Daisuke Matsuzaka return as the Red Sox starting pitcher against Joe Blanton of the A's. Who has home field advantage? Call this game "Fenway Park East" as Matsuzaka is the main attraction playing at home in Japan for the first time since signing his six-year, $52 million deal (plus, $51.1 million posting fee) with the Red Sox. The game will air on ESPN2 at ...

Japan Opener: DirecTV Subs See ESPN2, NESN Outage
Published 3/25/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
DirecTV subscribers that got up early (6am ET, 3am PT) to watch the season opener between the Red Sox and Athletics from Japan found ESPN2 and NESN dead in the water -- an outage of both channels on the Satcaster. Fans on message boards such as Sons of Sam Horn and Athletics Nation bemoaned getting up early, only to find the channel outage. Emails and phone calls to DirecTV were not taken at game time, and more than one reporter is saying that no word yet has come back to them from DirecTV about the matter. If you have heard from DirecTV on this outage, please contact me. More on this story as it becomes ...

Blinded by Science: DirecTV Goes Black on Season Opener
Published 3/25/2008 by maury at Maury Brown's Biz of Sports
Before we get started, yes, I’m a DirecTV subscriber, and yes, I’ve been very happy with my service. Also, I have a nice clean view of the southern sky, which helps with the quality, and even during the worst rain storm the Pacific Northwest can muster, I’ve never had the signal go out on me. So, it’s a good thing I’m writing this story today after deciding not to stay up or get up early to watch this year’s season opener between the Red Sox and Athletics from Japan. While Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts from coast-to-coast were serving up fanatical baseball fans that decided that getting up at 6am ET or 3am PT to watch the game, I decided that some shut-eye was more in order. If that makes ...

Petroskey Resigns from HOF Amid Fiduciary Issues
Published 3/26/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Dale A. Petroskey, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, has resigned, effective immediately, the Executive Committee of the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors announced today. The Executive Committee issued this statement: “By mutual agreement, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has accepted the resignation of Dale Petroskey as President. “The resignation is the result of our finding that Dale Petroskey failed to exercise proper fiduciary responsibility and it follows other business judgments that were not in the best interest of the National Baseball ...

A Splitter on Clemens? Rep. Davis Discredits McNamee
Published 3/26/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
The lines were easily noticeable when Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee testified before Congress in mid-February: Republicans supported Clemens, while Democrats sided with McNamee. Now, the partisan nature of the Clemens v. McNamee testimony has moved further along. The top Republican on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Tom Davis, issued a 109-page report that challenges the credibility of Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, who claims to have injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, and was highlighted within the Mitchell Report. As reported by The AP : "Did ...

MLB, Baby Ruth: "Take Me Out to The Ballgame" Contest
Published 3/26/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
MLB and Baby Ruth announced today that they are searching for the most talented performance of the popular baseball anthem “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The search, which will be conducted through a contest sponsored by Baby Ruth, celebrates the song’s 100th anniversary and supports the League’s 2008 Opening Week initiative. One lucky winner will receive the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the beloved song during the 7th Inning Stretch of the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the final season at the historic stadium. Fans can enter the Baby Ruth “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” contest by submitting a video clip of their performance to ...