Sports Business Awards

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Closing Bell

Thursday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Family Feud

  • Lawsuit Counters Tom Benson's Change To Succession Plan
  • "End Of An Era" At ESPN With John Walsh Retiring On Feb. 1
  • Chicago Leaders Unveil Plans For Building Near United Center
  • NFL Naming On-Field Sportsmanship Award After Art Rooney Sr.

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  Benson To Transfer NFL, NBA Teams To Wife Instead Of Granddaughter In Surprising Move

2) Belichick Vehemently Denies Having Any Role In Patriots Using Deflated Balls

3) Two NHL Owners Say Las Vegas Expansion Fee Would Be Between $450-500M

4) U.S. Soccer Suspends Solo After Run-In With Police During Husband's Suspected DUI Stop

5) Patriots' Brand Takes Another Hit With Deflate-Gate; Can The Luster Be Restored?

Headliners....

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

“Late Show” Jeff Goldblum (r)
“Tonight Show” Blake Shelton
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Edward Norton
“Late Late Show” Adam Sandler
“Late Night”  Felicity Jones
“Conan” Ron Howard

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

2007

"Other than the NFL, I'm not sure anybody has a great ratings story to tell" – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman , on the league's TV ratings .

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I binged it in one night. I thought the storyline was very compelling and a lot of fun, because I could (see) where they were picking at things that we had in the past, whether it was (Olympics) in Sochi or the All-Star Game in Tampa. It was very well done.
-- NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, on his feelings about the HBO Max hockey drama "Heated Rivalry."
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