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   Fox Sports VP Calls Soccer, Not Baseball, 'Next National Pastime'

   3:14 pm 10/2/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   At a panel during Advertising Week in New York, media executives talk up the future of live TV sports. Soccer is cheered while NBC's treatment of the Olympic Games gets a thumbs down.Read more

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   Major League Baseball’s $12.4 Billion Bonanza Is Official

   9:44 am 10/2/2012

   • by Alex Ben Block

   As expected, Fox retains the World Series in a deal ensuring it remains the dominant baseball provider through 2021, taking more rights with more money, while Turner expands digital rights. Read more

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   Director of 'The Other Dream Team' on Tracing Hoops, History and Hopes of a Nation

   10:44 am 9/28/2012

   • by Rebecca Ford

   Marius Markevicius talks to THR about tracing nearly a century of Lithuania's history -- from an oppressed people in the Soviet Union to an independent nation -- through the basketball players who went on to win the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics.Read more

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   Anschutz Entertainment Group for Sale

   4:32 pm 9/18/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   UPDATED: AEG CEO Tim Leiweke said "The new owner will have the historic opportunity to benefit from AEG’s strategy to reunite Los Angeles with the NFL."Read more

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   Knuckleball!: Film Review

   12:03 pm 9/18/2012

   • by John DeFore

   Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's doc follows the two pitchers currently most associated with the knuckleball, Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey.Read more

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   NFL Films President Steve Sabol Dies at 69

   10:37 am 9/18/2012

   • by Mike Barnes

   With his father, who founded the company, he mythologized pro football and revolutionized the way fans enjoy the game.Read more

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   Tennis Champ Novak Djokovic to Sign With IMG (Report)

   7:30 am 9/18/2012

   • by Erin Carlson

   The agency formerly represented Roger Federer.Read more

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   Venus and Serena: Toronto Review

   10:01 pm 9/17/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Bill Clinton, Anna Wintour, John McEnroe and Chris Rock are among those paying tribute to tennis greats the Williams sisters.Read more

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   National Hockey League Imposes Another Work Stoppage With Lockout of Players

   7:10 am 9/16/2012

   • by Etan Vlessing

   Canadian hockey fans are hoping the labor action is only a negotiating tool off-ice, and they will be viewing TV games after the upcoming season starts on October 11. Read more

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    Inside the New Home of the Brooklyn Nets

    8:00 am 9/13/2012

    • by Jordan Zakarin

    Boasting a new 19,000 seat arena and a re-branded team, minority owner Jay-Z has big plans to take on the dominant Madison Square Garden. Read more

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