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12.07.2020

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My Morning Jackets

Georgia Tech's new all-encompassing deal with Legends combining multimedia rights, ticket sales brings pro sports model to campus.

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MLB, Clubs Suing Insurance Providers

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NBA Teams Getting Big Cash Influx

Marketing and Sponsorship

Blazers' Damian Lillard Signs Endorsement Deal With Gatorade

Toyota Confirmed As First Automaker To Buy Super Bowl Spot

New Balance To Close Boston Facility In February, Cutting 63 Jobs

Media

SI Gives Sportsperson Of The Year To Five Athletes For Work On, Off Field

NBC News Election Analyst Steve Kornacki A Hit In "FNIA" Crossover

NBA Network Partners To Start Season Calling Games Remotely

Kasper's Defection To White Sox Alters MLB Media Landscape

ESPN Radio N.Y. Sees Scheduling Shuffle Amid Le Batard's Departure

Leagues and Governing Bodies

NBA Giving Every Team $30M Cash Distribution To Bolster Finances

NBA Warns Of Sanctions For Teams Breaking COVID Protocols

Sources: Some NHL Owners Angry Over Lack Of Time For CBA Review

MLB Sues Insurance Providers, Citing Billions In COVID Losses

Universal Tennis Rating Launching Tour For Lower-Tier Players

Force Indy Hopes To Increase Black Representation In IndyCar

Potential Spence-Crawford Bout Looming Despite Boxing's Challenges

Franchises

MLB Rangers Name Commissioner's Office Exec Chris Young GM

Ownership Of NWSL Utah Royals Transferred To K.C. Group

Raptors' Time In Tampa Might Not Be Filled With Fans

Cavaliers To Open Season Against Hornets In Front Of 300 Fans

Celtics' Affiliate Reportedly Opting Out Of Proposed G-League Bubble

Kraft Family Shows Commitment To Revolution Amid '20 Season Success

Senators Owner Melnyk Eyes Rapid Testing, Limited Fans This Season

NFL Franchise Notes: Will Bears Clean House Before Season's End?

Facilities

Survey Finds Many Fans Waiting On Vaccine Before Returning To Venues

Patriots' Jonathan Kraft Discusses Future Of Fans In Attendance

Colleges

Georgia Tech Signs Long-Term Partnership With Legends

Baylor-Gonzaga Cancellation Calls Into Question CBB Season's Worth

Pac-12 Falling Behind In Football Under Current Leadership

"60 Minutes" Examines Schools Cutting Sports During Pandemic

Esports

ESPAT TV, Ridley Scott's Group Partner On Creative Collective

People and Pop Culture

Red Sox, Patriots Mourn Losses Of Popular Figures

Executive Transactions

Names In The News

Learfield IMG College Intercollegiate Athletics Forum Dec. 8-10

Technology

Athlete Education Startup The Skills Secures $5 Million Series A

Microsoft Makes Esports Splash With Smash.gg Acquisition

NBPA Adds Coaching Features to Virtual Training App Famer

Three Super Bowl Rings, Two Careers, One Approach to Doing Business: How Lonie Paxton Embodies The Patriot Way

NWSL’s Lynn Williams: ‘I’ll Just Be Over Here Running Like a Girl’

Openfit Acquires LeBron-Backed Supplement Brand Ladder

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Quote of the Day

If these insurance companies lose this particular case, then 'watershed' would certainly be an appropriate word.
-- Tangent Capital Managing Partner Bob Rice, on MLB and its 30 teams suing their insurance providers over "all-risk" policy claim payments.

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