Mickelson joins group seeking to buy San Diego Padres

It looks like “Lefty” may be moving from the green…to the diamond. Golfing superstar Phil Mickelson has joined one of the collectives looking to purchase MLB’s San Diego Padres from current majority owner John Moores, according to a Golf.com report. Mickelson’s group contains Kevin and Read More

MLB, White Sox host Diversity Business Summit

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The Chicago White Sox and Major League Baseball are teaming up to co-sponsor the first ever “MLB Diversity Business Summit”. The summit, which will give attendees access to Human Resource and Procurement executives from all 30 MLB Clubs, MLB Network, MLBAM and Minor League Baseball, Read More

Celtics, Sun Life Financial ink new sponsorship deal

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The Boston Celtics will announce a new sponsorship deal with Sun Life Financial today, according to the Boston Business Journal. Under the deal, the current Celtics’ Courtside Club will be renamed the Sun Life Courtside Club. The deal will also include in-game promotions featuring or Read More

Carmelo Anthony named VP at @drinkpowercoco

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The POWERCOCO board just got a little bigger. New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, already an investor in the company, has officially been named the VP of Innovation for the company with the coconut water-laden sports drink. In his new role as vice president, Anthony Read More

Ticketmaster named as ticket provider for Brooklyn Nets

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The Barclays Center, future home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, has selected Ticketmaster as its exclusive ticketing provider. Ticketmaster, which is a Live Nation Entertainment company will work with its sister company TicketsNow — a resale marketplace — to handle both primary and secondary ticketing Read More

Detroit Tigers surpass 1 million “likes” on Facebook

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Like This if you…“Like This”. The future of Facebook’s stock may be in question, but the obscene number of users flocking to the site is certainly not in doubt. The Detroit Tigers, who are quite popular even without an official Facebook page, have officially topped Read More