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The National Football League (NFL) has increased its pay offer to referees and has given them just one day to consider it before deciding whether to accept them in time for this weekend?s start to the season.

Sears Point Raceway, the San Francisco market motorsports facility owned by Speedway Motorsports, has reported an upswing in corporate business during the 2001 season.

As the NFL pre-season concluded, all but one of the first-round draft picks (defensive end Justin Smith, selected by Cincinnati) had signed contracts.

H Wayne Huizenga, owner of the NFL's Miami Dolphins and former owner of baseball's Florida Marlins and the NHL's Florida Panthers, is investing in Arena Football.

One year into its existence, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) has already made some front office adjustments.

The Women?s United Soccer Association (WUSA), which has just completed its league?s inaugural season, is to move its headquarters to Atlanta to further utilise the corporate infrastructure of one of its investors, Cox Enterprises.

German sportswear giant adidas has signed an endorsement deal with the NBA?s Washington Wizards' rookie Kwame Brown.

Germany and Portugal are due to take part in a series of international friendlies in South Korea to open new stadiums for the 2002 World Cup.

The New York based Nasdaq-listed Magnum Sports & Entertainment, Inc. has announced the resignation of two Board members - Herbert Kozlov and Harvey Silverman - for personal reasons.

Against the backdrop of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, a group of television executives unveiled plans for the new Tennis Channel, a cable TV start-up aiming for success in the emerging digital cable universe.

Former Jaguar boss Bobby Rahal has said he and Niki Lauda were pulling in different directions while they were both in charge of the Formula One team.

Extreme sports showcase the X Games, organised by US broadcaster ESPN, attracted total crowds of more than 235,000 during its 11 days of competition.

ESPN.com has completed the acquisition of web-based sports magazine SportsJones.com.

US sporting goods retailer Big 5 Holdings Corp has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $115 million ( ?126m) in an initial public offering.

Pan-american Sports Network (PSN), the pay television sports network in Latin America will offer complete coverage of the US Open tennis from August 27 to September 9.
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A new plan enabling Michael Jordan to join the Washington Wizards' NBA franchise has reportedly been hatched by sports industry chiefs in New York.