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The Business of Baseball

Going to the baseball stadium is no longer just about catching the game on the field, but rather the overall ball park "experience." SF Giants Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer says at AT&T Ball Park, stadium sales account for up to 65% of overall team revenues. From new luxury boxes,...

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Videos 2008-05-07

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Bees back home, fall to Isotopes

It didn't take long for Albuquerque to get things heated up at the plate. Trying to cool the Isotopes down turned out to be a losing battle for the Salt Lake Bees. Buoyed by four home runs and 14 hits, Albuquerque outlasted the Bees 9-7 in 12...

Articles 2008-05-07

Experience the last MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium

Roadtrips offers travel packages to say farewell to "the House that Ruth Built" WINNIPEG, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 season will be the last for legendary Yankee Stadium and baseball fans around the world are paying their respects at this great ballpark. Roadtrips is offering travel...

Articles 2008-05-06

Actor Judy Davis sues tabloid over child-hater report

SYDNEY (AFP) — Hollywood star Judy Davis has accused a Sydney tabloid of depicting her as a child-hater for suggesting that a soccer park be moved because residents could be hit by stray balls, reports said Tuesday. Davis, best known for roles in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives"...

Articles 2008-05-06

Giants' fielders struggle

PHILADELPHIA -- The San Francisco Giants did enough to beat Philadelphia Phillies emerging ace Cole Hamels on Sunday. They just did more damage to themselves in a frustrating 6-5 loss. Three errors led to five unearned runs, including the winner when a routine ground ball went...

Articles 2008-05-05

Football: Killer Ant nets Brucie bonus

LUIS ANTONIO VALENCIA'S brilliant brace kept Wigan in the Premier League - and dealt a massive blow to Aston Villa's European hopes. The international from Ecuador guaranteed the Latics top-flight safety with two magnificent goals to silence the home fans at Villa Park. ...

Articles 2008-05-04

NO-ONE'S TITLE YET

Motherwell 1 Porter 60 Celtic 2 McDonald 62, Samaras 79 CELTIC have an eightpoint lead at the top of the championship, Rangers have four games in hand, and everyone has a growing list of grievances and conspiracy theories worthy of a separate league table...

Articles 2008-05-04

Comcast Partners With Four Vermont Nonprofits on Annual Day of Community Service

Local Volunteers Join Over 50,000 Nationwide On Annual Comcast Cares Day BURLINGTON, Vt., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 300 local Comcast employees and their family members and friends turned out in force today to volunteer at four Vermont nonprofit organizations from Winooski to Rutland as part...

Articles 2008-05-03

Phillies Notes: Phillies' Myers continues search for fastball

Brett Myers  is working to rediscover the fastball that made him the Phillies' opening-day starter. He's been long-tossing, as pitching coach  Rich Dubee  had suggested, to build arm strength. He also has looked at film. Myers, who will start tomorrow night against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park,...

Articles 2008-05-02

Phillies Notebook: Victorino puts some speed back in Phillies lineup

WITH SHANE Victorino in the starting lineup for the first time since April 12, the Phillies were not only graced with the return of a batter who has hit at least .280 in each of the last three seasons, but with one of the few players in the dugout who...

Articles 2008-05-02

Wisconsin Toyota Dealers Offer Brewers Fans a Shot at Miller Park's New Tundra Territory

MILWAUKEE, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dozens of lucky Brewers fans will see their team play in unparalleled comfort and with an unsurpassed view from the Tundra Territory section in Miller Park -- thanks to the ball club's new partnership with Wisconsin Toyota Dealers. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080501/CLTH021 )...

Articles 2008-05-01

Pirates back on winning track

SAN LEANDRO -- There was a time when the San Leandro High baseball team was tied for first place with Arroyo and on the verge of knocking off Bishop O'Dowd. But a seventh-inning rally by the Dragons handed the Pirates their first loss in four Hayward...

Articles 2008-05-01

Thousands honor slain soldier

CINCINNATI -- Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in Iraq after he was captured by insurgents. Officials estimated that about 10,000 people walked past Staff Sgt. Matt...

Articles 2008-04-28

Community Calendar

All about autos - Kansas' largest auto swap meet is back at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 21st and Harper in Lawrence, from 1 p.m. until dark Friday, 6:30 a.m. until dark Saturday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4. Anyone can trade, sell or swap antique autos and antique...

Articles 2008-04-27

DREAM IS STILL ALIVE

LEE WILKIE kept Dundee United's UEFA Cup hopes going with a late leveller - then revealed the goal was all that kept him on the park! With four minutes left, and his side trailing 2-1, the big stopper was on the verge of being hooked as boss...

Articles 2008-04-27

Football: Wilkie's wonder job Dun

LEE WILKIE kept Dundee United's UEFA Cup hopes going with a late leveller at Motherwell - then revealed the goal was all that kept him on the park! With four minutes left, and his side trailing 2-1, the big stopper was on the verge of being...

Articles 2008-04-27

Wilkie pitches in late but still makes point MATCH OF THE DAY

Motherwell 2 Porter 16, 50 Dundee United 2 Craigan 45 OG , Wilkie 85 MOTHERWELL may well consider playing their next home game on a mound of earth using a bundle of rags instead of a ball. Other potential venues could...

Articles 2008-04-27

Five-star victory

St Johstone . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Moon 45, Sheerin 57 PEN , 60 PEN , Milne 64, 81 Livingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Griffiths 63, Davidson 80 ...

Articles 2008-04-27

Maddux stuff so good it made some wonder

SAN DIEGO -- Greg Maddux had such tremendous movement on his pitches while shutting out the Giants through seven innings Wednesday night, it got some souls wondering in the visiting dugout at Petco Park. Suspicion is too strong a word, but some were curious whether Maddux...

Articles 2008-04-25

Referee admits blunder in ruling out Aberdeen goal

The referee Iain Brines has admitted he wrongly disallowed the goal that could have finished Celtic's title challenge. Brines penalised Aberdeen's Zander Diamond for handball seconds before the defender fired the ball into the top corner of the net for what he thought was a last-gasp equaliser...

Articles 2008-04-23