SPORTSBIZ
Only at The Washington Times: Tim Lemke discusses the business of sports.
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Rock Flies Right Through Paper!
It's official: The world has run out of competitive events to televise.
Ratings galore
I've been bombarded with a flurry of ratings releases today, which I'll summarize here. The general upshot: Lots of people are watching sports.
Museums getting ready for Big Brown
Museums already have contacted Big Brown's camp to see if they can borrow the silks and other items related to the colt's wins at Churchill Downs, Pimlico and, if he wins Saturday, Belmont Park.
You can rest now, Kimbo
Those who tuned in last night to watch CBS' Elite XC Saturday Night Fights witnessed one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the history of organized competition. Not.
Indy 500: Know your sponsors
In Tuesday's edition of this fine newspaper, I wrote extensively about the generally positive buz...
Braun's extension
Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before the Brewers locked up slugger Ryan Braun with a...
Unhappiness at the Worldwide Leader
Will Leitch over at Deadspin apparently shot an email to ESPN columnist Bill Simmons wanting to k...
Nationals Ballpark people praised
More kudos to the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission and its construction and design teams...
WNBA partners with McDonald's
We hinted at this last week in our story about D.C. United's partnership with Volkswagen and now...
Open for business with tennis, ESPN
ESPN announced today that it will televise U.S. Open tennis beginning in 2009, becoming the first...
Odds and ends from the sports commission
The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission held its monthly board meeting this morning at RFK S...
