Showing posts with label sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sales. Show all posts

Friday, December 18, 2009

Friday Morning News - 12/18/09

The St Louis Rams canceled Thursday's practice due to a swine flu outbreak. The team is back practicing today. [Bloomberg]

Former Falcon RB Warrick Dunn has bought a minority stake in the team and will be a limited partner in the teams ownership. [Atlanta Business Chronicle]

Pepsi has announced it will not buy ad time during Super Bowl XLIV, ending a 23 year run as an advertiser on the game. [CNN Money]

Denver Nuggets PG Chauncey Billups is currently listed as day-to-day with a groin strain. [Denver Post]

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Saturday Morning News - 12/12/09

Amidst widening reports of marital infidelity, Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite break from professional golf. [TigerWoods.com]

Ice Edge Holdings has signed a letter of intent to buy the Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL. [The Globe and Mail]

Kyle Busch will become a NASCAR owner next season, fielding a two-car Truck Series team in 2010. [Miami Herald]

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Wednesday Morning News - 12/2/09

FSU head football coach Bobby Bowden has announced he will retire following FSU's upcoming bowl appearance. [SI.com]

The Philadelphia Eagles extended the contract of TE Brent Celek. [Delaware Online]

Florida DE Carlos Dunlap has been suspended indefinitely after being arrest for drunk driving. He will miss at least the SEC Championship Game against Alabama. [Palm Beach Post]

Michigan State has suspended eight members of its football team who are believed to have taken part in an assault in campus dormitory. [Detroit News]

Washington Capitals F Alexander Ovechkin has been suspended 2 games for a knee-to-knee hit on Carolina Hurricanes D Tim Gleason. [NY Times Slap Shot]

The NHL has approved the sale of the Montreal Canadiens to the Molson family. [National Post]

Former NY Yankee Tommy Henrich, the first player to hit a walk-off home run in the World Series and the last surviving teammate of Lou Gehrig, has died at the age of 96. [

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wednesday Morning News - 9/23/09

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, believed to be Russia's richest man, is rumored to have placed a bid to buy the New Jersey Nets. The $700mil offer is more than double the estimated value of the team. [SportBusiness.com]

Arizona Diamondback Mark Reynolds has broken his own strikeout record. His 204 last season was the previous high, and he now has 206 with 12 games remaining. [ESPN]

James Isch has been named interim president of the NCAA. [USA Today]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers S Jermaine Phillips will be out the rest of the season after suffering a broken thumb on Sunday. [TampaBay.com]

The NY Yankees have clinched a playoff berth. They are the first team to do so this year, and it is their 14th trip in the last 15 years.

Magic Number update: The St Louis Cardinals are down to 2. They can clinch the NL Central with a win and a Chicago Cubs loss tonight.