Marketing and Sponsorship

NCAA keeps AT&T as corporate champion

USA Basketball signs MetroPCS as sponsor

Clay finds two new sponsors after losing Nike

Groupon more interested in breadth of offerings than exclusive deals with sports teams

With NFL sales strong, lockout seems a long, long time ago

Media

Lazarus gives Litner key role at NBC Sports

Network for SEC back in play

Buyer being sought for Perdew’s Fastpoint Games

Golf Channel still lacks DirecTV deal

Biggest distributors resist Longhorn Network

SportOn rolls out video ring tones

Leagues and Governing Bodies

NBA job losses near 400 since end of season

USA Swimming cheers on fans with new program

Franchises

Packers getting $476K from state as part of raffle game launch

Penguins move their TV programming to website

Facilities

SMU uses suite plan first designed for Duke

Populous to design Quebec arena

Burgatory’s hotter than H-E double hockey sticks at Pens’ arena

In Depth

Second Thoughts

Ticket market could find fortune in FAME

Colleges jump on secondary bandwagon

Colleges

Colleges’ season-ticket delivery shifts online

Colangelo offers more than his name to Grand Canyon University sports business program

Events and Attractions

Cheers for a seven-game Series grow louder than ever

NYC Marathon launches two fan-friendly apps

Opinion

How to revolutionize team communications with ticket buyers

Readers drawn to media, college deals, personalities

Lessons learned from Steve Jobs

Forecast calls for stormy NBA, shifting fronts for NCAA, USOC

Cartoon: Dodgers milestones

Coast to Coast

MCM the social (race) event of the season

People and Pop Culture

He’s the Big Daddy of NFL player insurance

Tennis agent Meyerson remembered for deep ties to sport, top players

Kraig Kann, chief communications officer, LPGA

People: Executive transactions

Faces and Places: New owners suit up

Tom Osborne, AD, University of Nebraska