The News Review:
- Abreu 3 other Baysox chosen as Eastern League All-Stars Sports Digest
- Sport Supply grabs another company
- Identity crisis: Can NASCAR reach old new fans effectively?
- Wii Sports Resort: Hands on with new Wii smack-talk generator
Abreu 3 other Baysox chosen as Eastern League All-Stars Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
Abreu leads the team in hits (85) doubles (18) RBIs (26) and batting average (. 296); Tucker has stolen 19 bases; Perrault has 13 saves in 16 opportunities; and uellette is 3-1 with a 2. 05 ERA in 22 innings.
Related from Yolog: Japanese RHP Tanaka assigned to Baysox
Sport Supply grabs another company
Bizjournals.com
_E38C803979954780A906DD93841CADD5. The division which was acquired by Farmers Branch-based Sport Supply Group offers products to high school college and other sports programs. Sport Supply Group (NASDAQ: RBI) did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction with Gus Doerner Sports which is based in Evansville Ind. However the acquisition comes only days after Sports Supply announced the acquisition of South Florida-based Webster’s Team Sports. Adam Blumenfeld chairman and CE of Sport Supply Group said both acquisitions were funded with working capital and the company has an untapped $40 million bank line of credit with.
Identity crisis: Can NASCAR reach old new fans effectively?
USA Today
“We have to play the game a little bit different than what we did 15 or 20 years ago because society is dictating they want to see something different” says Richard Petty a seven-time champion and team owner. “It makes it really tough from NASCAR’s standpoint (of) what is the fan really looking for?” NASCAR has been measuring fan demographics since starting its own brand research department nine years ago. According to data derived from ESPN Sports Poll (independent consumer research conducted by TNS) 60% live outside the South and 41% are female. Since 2000 the number of fans making $100000 or more has doubled from 7% to 16% of its fan base and those with incomes of $50000 or more has risen from 35% to 48%. College graduates in the fan base has swelled to nearly one in four up 33% since 2000. David Carter executive director of the University of Southern California’s Sports Business Institute says changes are reflective of the geographical shifts in NASCAR which has added races in the Los Angeles Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago and Miami markets in the past 12 years. “As they have moved out of their Southern roots and penetrated big metro markets the demographic of their casual fan base has become more diversified” Carter says.
Wii Sports Resort: Hands on with new Wii smack-talk generator
CNET News
“Super Mario Smash Bros. “) and now we’ll let you in on our three-game session with Nintendo’s ace-in-the-hole. While you’ve probably heard a lot about this game did you know it’s including updates of classics like bowling and golf? While we didn’t spend time with those we took on whole new challenges that provoked a bit of smack-talking between Jeff and Scott.
