North America
NO LIVE OLYMPICS TV COVERAGE FOR US
Americans will see no live television coverage of the Sydney Olympics because of an 18 hour time difference between the two nations, NBC television officials were quoted as telling the Los Angeles Times.
AUSTRALIAN THREATENS BODYSUIT PROTEST
An Australian international swimmer is threatening to take legal action over the sport's controversial new bodysuits.
NEW YORK STATE FUNDS $12 MILLION MINOR LEAGUE BALLPARK
The Pittsfield Mets minor league baseball franchise is to build a $12 million new ballpark in Pittsfield, Massachusetts with New York State money.
USGA APPOINT RUGGE AS NEW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Dick Rugge has been named senior technical director of the United States Golf Association.
BROWNS IN ?DAWG POUND? TRADEMARK DISPUTE
An intellectual property rights dispute over the use of the Cleveland Browns fans? ?Dawg Pound? moniker has gone to a US district court.
NBC’s NBA RATINGS PICK UP
NBC ratings for the NBA play-off series have shown an improvement on the previous weekend but are still down on last year.
KANSAS AND CHICAGO JOIN NASCAR RACING SERIES
NASCAR and the Indy Racing league has added two new venues to its 2001 schedule with new stops in Chicago and Kansas City.
RYDER ENDS DORAL GOLF SPONSORSHIP
After thirteen years, Ryder System Inc., is giving up the role of title sponsor of the Doral-Ryder Open, the PGA Tour tournament held at Doral Country Club in Miami.
PATRIOTS? CLUB SEATS WILL BE NFL?S MOST EXPENSIVE
Premium seats at the planned New England Patriots stadium, due for completion in 2002, will be the most costly in the NFL.
NBA RATINGS DISAPPOINT NBC
NBC's NBA ratings are showing no sign of improvement. After a regular season that saw national ratings plunge 21% from last year and 29% from two years ago, Nielsen Media national ratings for the prime time playoff game between the Utah Jazz and Seattle SuperSonics were down 32% from the same spot a year ago.
JAPAN AIRLINES QUITS BIG APPLE CLASSIC
Japan Airlines has decided to end its ten-year run as title sponsor of the LPGA?s Big Apple Classic following the conclusion of this year?s event. The current owner of the event, Golf Magazine, is now looking for a new title holder that would be willing to sign a long-term deal.
GOVERNOR APPROVES UCONN FOOTBALL STADIUM
Connecticut Governor John Rowland has signed legislation to build the University of Connecticut?s Huskies college team a 40,000-seat football stadium, thereby ensuring the team?s entry into the Big East Conference by 2003.
SANTANDER WINS ITF BACKING AS VENUE
Spain's Davis Cup semifinal against the United States in July will be staged in the northern city of Santander after a successful appeal to the International Tennis Federation.
NEW DEALS IGNITE CONFERENCE
LOS ANGELES: Andrew Gellatly, SportBusiness.com new media editor, reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference.
NCAA POWERHOUSE WARNS OF CHARGES FOR DATA RIGHTS
LOS ANGELES: Andrew Gellatly, SportBusiness.com new media editor, reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference.
COMMUNITY SPORTS SITES KEY TO WEATHERING STORMY EQUITY MARKETS
The turbulent stock market may be creating funding problems for the big sports web site players as they continue to burn through cash, but Rivals.com general manager Scott Ehrlich argues that sports community niche sites will prosper because they can market themselves using the already existing connections and affinities between fans and groups of sports participants.
MSNBCSPORTS.COM ENGAGES EFANSHOP
MSNBCSports.com, the internet home of NBC Sports, has formed an alliance with eFANshop, an e-commerce OEM portal which provides licensed sports merchandise and apparel.
`LEAGUE INTERNET RIGHTS ROLL-UPS WILL HINDER FANS? CLAIMS CABLE EXEC
LOS ANGELES: Andrew Gellatly, SportBusiness.com new media editor, reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference.