Topic: National Hockey League

Baseball's Most Valuable Teams

The aggregate results of Forbes' 12th annual take on the finances of Major League Baseball show the national pastime has never been stronger. Team values increased an average of 1% over the past year to $482 million, an all-time high. The Bronx ...

The TARP Teams

The credit crisis that has banks, automakers and at least one huge insurer, AIG ( AIG - news - people ), going hat-in-hand to the government brought new scrutiny to naming rights and sponsorship deals with sports franchises. ( C - news ...

Wrigley's rink taking shape

Hundreds of workers turn Wrigley Field into Frozen Confines two weeks before Winter ClassicUsually at Wrigley Field, it's a big Zambrano (Carlos) that draws the attention, the 6-foot-5, 255-pound ace of the Chicago Cubs' pitching staff.On Thursday, two weeks before the Winter ...

BAILOUTS FOR SPORTS FANS

BAILOUTS FOR SPORTS FANS As the economic crisis worsens, sports franchises are tweaking marketing pitches to go after a new sort of customer: Joe the Unemployed Plumber. On Nov. 29 the NHL's St. Louis Blues staged the first of 11 "Fannie & ...

Midseason Coaching Changes Don't Work

Just halfway through the current 16-game NFL season, three coaches, Lane Kiffin (Oakland Raiders), Scott Linehan (St. Louis Rams) and Mike Nolan (San Francisco 49ers), have been asked to "pursue other opportunities. Economics professors from the Universita della Calabria, Maria De Paola ...
Flyers move start time for Oct. 25 game against Devils to accommodate World SeriesThe Philadelphia Flyers have changed the start time for their Oct. 25 game against New Jersey to 4 p.m. to avoid a conflict with Game 3 of the World ...
Long known as some of the toughest fans in America, Philadelphia's vocal sport supporters are hopeful of snapping a quarter-century title drought in the next two weeks.The Philadelphia Phillies advanced to Major League Baseball's World Series by eliminating the Los Angeles Dodgers ...
Long known as some of the toughest fans in America, Philadelphia's vocal sport supporters are hopeful of snapping a quarter-century title drought in the next two weeks.The Philadelphia Phillies advanced to Major League Baseball's World Series by eliminating the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Names in the Game

Names in the GameNorway dropped plans to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday after new estimates doubled the projected cost of hosting the games in the Arctic city of Tromsoe. "It was a difficult decision," said Tove Paule, president of ...

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

My dad is a huge baseball fan. So when I received an invitation to attend the press party for the launch of Charity Wines for several Yankee and Mets players a few weeks ago I had to take my dad. While we ...