Word: clevelandism
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...African Americans for slavery reparations is expected to get a boost this month when Los Angeles passes a measure requiring any company doing business with the city to disclose whether it has ever profited from slavery. Los Angeles' ordinance is modeled on one passed by Chicago last October. Detroit; Cleveland, Ohio; and New York City are considering similar measures. States have moved in the same direction. California passed a law three years ago requiring insurance companies to report slavery profits (eight companies have thus far disclosed that they sold policies on 614 slaves), while Georgia and Pennsylvania are considering following...
...World Series victory since selling Babe Ruth after their 1918 championship, Topjian found a way to Fenway. Despite overcast skies and a light drizzle, FM escorted Topjian and his language exchange partner, a 39-year-old Japanese professor named Yutaka Suga, to Fenway Park for the May 24 Sox-Cleveland Indians matchup...
...year endorsement deal with Nike for more than $90 million. He's getting paid for wearing shoes, people. Some of us do that for free. James is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on June 26, which means he will probably go to the Cleveland Cavaliers--a team with no head coach, that finished last season with a record of 17-65, and whose best player is named Zydrunas Ilgauskas. On second thought, somebody call social services--this kid is underpaid...
...Pitcher Kenny Rogers declined a two-year, $10 million offer from the Texas Rangers, thinking his 3.84 earned-run average would attract a better deal. Instead, he's pitching for the Minnesota Twins on a one-year, $2 million contract. "We're competing for a stretched entertainment dollar," says Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro, whose payroll is down 44% from...
...DIED. MARK MCCORMACK, 72, founder of the International Management Group and the world's most powerful sports agent; in New York City. McCormack invented the concept of sports marketing and his Cleveland-based company has represented Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and Jackie Stewart. Once called the most powerful man in sport, McCormack also authored several management books, including the best seller What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School...