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The Belo Corp., publisher of The Dallas Morning News, is suing NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban claiming that Cuban reneged on a promise to buy the paper?s 12% stake in the team.

Yankees fans may love their team for winning four of the past five World Series, but others are fed up with the New York dynasty and crying foul, a U.S. Senate panel heard.

Tom Hicks, head of Southwest Sports Group (SSG), which owns the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, has credited Mike Cramer for his crucial role in SSG's negotiations with Fox Sports Net for the non-cable broadcast rights to the Stars and Rangers games.

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is to testify before a Senate sub-committee to explain baseball?s economic problems.

Chicago Cubs star Slammin? Sammy Sosa has been enlisted by Major League Baseball International to help raise baseball?s profile in Europe

CBS Television and Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (MDEA) have entered into an agreement in which MDEA will sponsor high definition television coverage of the 2000 Thanksgiving Day football game between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions.

Cablevision?s Madison Square Garden (MSG) Network has secured the rights to the New York Yankees for one more year.

Fox Sports Net 2 has launched on three cable systems in the L.A. area which have been holding out against the Fox offering.

ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine have launched a new site - an online extension of The Magazine and its front-of-the-book section called ?The Pulse?.

Australian architectural practice Bligh Voller Nield, whose designs were integral to the 2000 Olympic Games, has received the International Award in this year?s Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Awards for the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.

The NFL?s Chicago Bears have reached an agreement with city officials over a $587m renovation of Soldier Field.

Fans attending Boston Bruins and Celtics games, concerts and other live events at the Fleet Center will now be able to utilise ChioceSeat's in-arena high-tech entertainment/information system.

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has elevated two marketing executives to vice president positions within the sanctioning body.

U.S. drug control chief Barry McCaffrey has said that improved random dope tests and wider global research would help beat cheats at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.

Fans of Major League Baseball?s Chicago White Sox are set for a price increase in tickets ? the first since 1997.

World Boxing Council middleweight champion Keith Holmes has sued promoter Don King for breach of contract, seeking unspecified damages and termination of the contract.