The News Review:
- GM kills Pontiac G8 Sport Truck
- Sports Briefing | College Football
- Home Depot to end lympics sponsorship
- DirecTV in dispute with Comcast over sports cost
- Sports in brief: Giambi returns to his roots
GM kills Pontiac G8 Sport Truck
Detroit Free Press United States
“We always knew that it was going to be very low volume” vehicle he said. “This would have been an extreme specialty vehicle. From a long-term standpoint especially with where the brand is moving it just didn’t make sense. “The design of the G8 Sport Truck recalled the Chevrolet El Camino which GM ended production of in 1988 after tighter fuel rules for cars made small pickups more competitive.
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Sports Briefing | College Football
New York Times United States
Stafford a junior set a university record with 25 touchdown passes this season. Moreno a third-year sophomore was only the second Georgia player to rush for more than 1000 yards in consecutive seasons. Both are projected first-round picks.
Home Depot to end lympics sponsorship
Atlanta Journal Constitution USA
lympic Team sponsor since the 1992 games in Barcelona followed by the 1996 games in the company’s hometown of Atlanta. Home Depot a publicly traded company doesn’t disclose how much it spends on sports sponsorships. Niemi wouldn’t specify Wednesday night how much money it invests in the lympic jobs program. “We don’t disclose that at all. ” While other companies also sponsor lympic athletes Home Depot’s program was high-profile: It had used its athletes in advertising campaigns. In May prior to the summer lympics 137 athletes were in the program.
DirecTV in dispute with Comcast over sports cost
Reuters
) said on Wednesday it has advised Comcast Corp (CMCSA. ) it plans to file for arbitration in a dispute over rate increases to carry Comcast’s.
Sports in brief: Giambi returns to his roots
Salt Lake Tribune United States
Giambi and the A’s finalized a $5. 25 million one-year contract with an option Wednesday bringing the free-agent designated hitter and first baseman back to the place he began his big league career. The sides had reached a preliminary agreement earlier this week but Giambi still needed to complete the obligatory physical for the deal to get done. Giambi who turns 38 today also could play some first base from time to time Nadal Federer advance at Qatar TENNIS » Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Roger Federer won in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the Qatar pen on Wednesday.
