Jordan

Michael Jordan has been showing the youngsters how it is done in Washington Wizard workouts, but the 38-year-old team president is holding off on a decision about returning to the court for the NBA team.

English soccer club Crystal Palace is trying to establish a partnership with Walt Disney World to become the entertainment giant's official football club.

Italian Jarno Trulli has been elected to join world champion Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard as a director of Formula One's Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA).

e-comsport Group plc, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports marketing business, has announced a loss for the year ended 31 December 2000 of #4.5m ($6.41m).

Sports.com, the website which claims to be Europe?s biggest sports news and data site, has bought the UK's Daily Star?s website Megastar.co.uk from Lord Hollick?s United Business News for about #100,000 ($144,000).

The 38-year-old Washington Wizards part-owner and president Michael Jordan has opened the door a little wider to the possibility of returning to the NBA playing courts he once ruled. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

Race on Sunday, sell on Monday. That is why car makers and sponsors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on backing Formula One world championship racing cars.

The chief executive of AMF Bowling Inc., the world's largest bowling alley operator, said its AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. unit will most likely file for bankruptcy protection while continuing to restructure its $1.3 billion debt load.

Marketers linked to Michael Jordan are reportedly preparing to refresh their ad campaigns as speculation increases the basketball great will make a playing comeback.

NBA legend Michael Jordan has denied claims he is on the verge of a comeback ? but stopped short of ruling it out entirely.

One of the world?s most valuable sport stars of all time, Michael Jordan is set to return to the NBA next season, according to press reports.

If a report in this week's Sports Illustrated is to be believed, the NBA will not have to worry about falling attendance or television ratings much longer. In its March 19 issue, the magazine cites an unidentified source close to Michael Jordan who says the NBA superstar turned owner of the Washington Wizards is "90 percent committed" to coming back next season to play for the Wizards. See the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

The release of limited edition Jordan retro XI athletic shoe has created high demand for the $125 throwback.

David Sheepshanks, chairman of English Premier League soccer side Ipswich Town, will be joining a panel of high powered industry specialists in the final session of this April?s SportBusiness 2001 conference in London. One of soccer?s most influential chairmen, Sheepshanks is widely respected throughout the game not least for his efforts in championing the cause of so-called smaller clubs.

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher heads the American Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid athletes for the year 2000 with US$59m in earnings.

Former Jaguar technical director Gary Anderson has rejoined Reynard in the United States after 10 years in Formula One.