Americas

NBA ticket prices have rocketed by more than four percent ? putting the sport at the top of the table when it comes to pricey tickets.

The New York Stock Exchange plans to delist Sport Supply Group Inc, the direct mail marketer of sporting goods, for failing to maintain a minimum market capitalization and equity level.
Business

National Football League owners have agreed to loan the Chicago Bears $100 million to help renovate Soldier Field, the team's current home, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
Events

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and 150 of Europe's Gold medal winners from Sydney attended the new Eurosport 'SportStar Awards' in Monaco last week.
Events

Michigan Racing commissioner Annette M. Bacola has signed orders authorizing 606 days of live horse racing for 2001.

The NHL's New York Islanders ownership group of Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar, as well as business associate Russell Artzt, have been approved by the Arena Football League's board of directors for the sale and relocation of the Iowa Barnstormers.
Stadia

NFL owners have voted to return the Super Bowl to Houston and Detroit.

Daktronics, Inc. is to design and build a $7.9 million integrated scoring and video display system for the new American Airlines Centre under construction in Dallas, Texas.

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.
Events

A federal judge has ruled that a New York real estate developer, who put down a deposit of $20million in a bid to own the Washington Redskins, has lost his action to recover the sum.
Stadia

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Robert Steadward has declared the Paralympic Games, the best Games ever, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch had done on October 1. Steadward said the Paralympics had had been "an absolutely outstanding event".
Events

Television ratings for the ?Subway Series? between the Mets and New York Yankees have ended up being the lowest in World Series history.
Events

New Yorkers tuned in to the ?Subway Series? in their millions - generating 25 percent higher ratings in the nation's biggest market than last year- but the Yankees 4-1 defeat of the Mets has not pulled in viewers from other large cities.
Business

Houston?s new football stadium has sold its naming rights in a 32-year deal.
Stadia

The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) Atlanta franchise, operated by Cox Enterprises, is to play its inaugural season at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Events

The National Football League will award the 2004 through 2006 Super Bowls at league meetings next week in Atlanta.
Media

Ignite Sports Media, the Chicago-based company, which develops and maintains web sites for professional sports teams, has signed a two year contract with the Chicago Bears.