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The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1) Wimbledon Loss May Have Cost Bouchard Sponsorships, But IMG Wants To Sign Her

2) A's Reach Lease Extension At O.co Coliseum After Selig Threatens Relocation

3) After World Cup Performances, MLS Tries To Hold Onto Stars While Marketing Them

4) Top NASCAR Teams Form Alliance To Collaborate On Cost-Cutting Efforts

5) DirecTV To Debut New "Fantasy Zone" Channel As Part Of NFL Sunday Ticket Package

The Daily's Hot Reads....

The Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE's Patrick Reusse writes the MLB All-Star Game " arrives next week for the third time in Minnesota , and we have to admit the condition of baseball here is much closer to what it was in July 1985 than the fervor on the Bloomington prairie of 1965" ( Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE ).

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Headliners....

Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:

“Late Show” Halle Berry
“Tonight Show” Kiefer Sutherland
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Gerard Butler (r)
“Late Late Show” Kathy Griffin
“Late Night”  Brian Williams
“Conan” Martin Short (r)

Notes & Quotes From This Day In SBD History....

2000

Stan Kroenke completes his purchase of the Nuggets, Avalanche and Pepsi Center from Liberty Media for $404M yesterday "with an ease that surprised both parties."

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We are enjoying a lot of momentum, and I think it’s due to the fact that we listen to our fans. We’ve made some changes in the game that I think were really important, and we’ve been blessed with a great influx of young talent and a lot of it showed up and played in the World Series.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the league seeing growth as the 2025 World Series was awarded at the 2026 Sports Business Awards.
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