ESPN.COM STRIKES 3PLAY SPONSOR DEAL
SBC Wireless and Nokia have become exclusive wireless sponsors of ESPN.com?s popular 3Play interactive sports game.
OLYMPIC CITY SEES CRIME DROP
Crime has dropped by 30 percent in downtown Sydney even though the city has been inundated with one million extra visitors for the Olympics, police said.
IOC TO EXAMINE GAMES CUT
Olympic leaders may have to cut the ever-increasing number of people involved in Summer Games in the future to stop the event becoming impossible to manage.
GREEN BAY BONDS TO GO SALE NEXT YEAR
A board created to oversee a partly taxpayer-financed renovation of the Green Bay Packers football stadium may sell bonds in the first quarter of 2001, a board official has said.
KROCH SHARES SOLD TO OWNERS OF REDS
Shares in Major League Baseball team the Cincinnati Reds, owned by Carl A Kroch, who died last year, have been bought by the club?s owners.
BBC NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF SPORT
The BBC has appointed its new director of sport.
OLYMPIC BROADCAST BONANZA
The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games broadcast is expected to shatter the marks set by the Atlanta 1996 Olympic broadcast in nearly all areas. As such, it will be the largest and most watched sports event broadcast in history. See the `FEATURES? section of SportBusiness.com for the full story.
EAST TIMOR GETS OLYMPICS COVERAGE
The people of East Timor will get to see the Olympics after all thanks to the help of an Australian broadcaster.
ATHENS ORGANISERS BLAST SALARY CLAIMS
Beleaguered Athens 2004 Olympics organisers have rejected accusations of overspending from politicians and the media and denied that they were paid exorbitant salaries.
REVENUE BOOST FOR SYDNEY GAMES
The marketing rights for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games will generate an estimated $2.6billion in revenue for the Olympic movement ? a new Games record. See the `FEATURES? section of SportBusiness.com for the full story.