SportBusiness Staff

Major League Baseball?s Pittsburgh Pirates will open PNC Park with exhibition games against the New York Mets.
Business

The NFL has agreed a new scheduling format for the league, to come into effect when the Houston Texans join the league in 2002.
Business

Brazilians have hit out at Sepp Blatter after the FIFA president threatened in a magazine interview to kick the country out of the 2002 World Cup.

The family of a pro wrestler who was killed last year after plunging six stories in a stunt gone wrong has agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a wrongful death suit against the World Wrestling Federation, an attorney for the family has said.

NFL Europe has named its new president following the resignation last week of Bill Peterson. Peterson, who worked for the NFL in Europe for 10 years, has accepted a position with an international business conglomerate based in the U.S. He had been in the position for less than a year.

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones and ex-New Zealand captain Martin Crowe have denied any involvement in match-fixing after being named in an Indian police report into corruption in the game.
Business

World soccer's governing body FIFA presented the European Commission with proposals on Tuesday to revamp the current player transfer system.
Media

Nielsen Net Ratings has hailed NBCOlympics.com the Sydney Olympic web site champion for the US audience.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Toyota Motor Corp has revved up its Formula One motor racing plans with the purchase of a majority stake in a Japanese racing circuit.
Events

European online auction house QXL.com Plc has launched QXL.tv to deliver live auction programming via television and the internet.