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...make sure we keep a great thing going great." Right now, in sports, the English Premier League is just about the definition of a great thing. Backed by wealthy investors like Hicks, and tapping into a huge fan base all over the world, Premier League clubs have struck gold. Teams in English football's top flight notched up around $2.5 billion in revenue last season, almost triple the level of a decade ago, making it the world's richest football league by a country mile. New owners are piling in: foreign investors have snapped up four clubs in the past...
...playing benefactor. Apart from hosting the Chinese Olympic football team in London in February, the club sponsors the Asian Football Confederation's Vision Asia project to develop grassroots leagues across China. Next summer, Chelsea will embark on its first-ever tour of China. Those preseason tours can be pure gold, giving sponsors the chance to exploit target markets. When Manchester United goes to Malaysia, Korea, Japan and China this summer, shirt sponsor AIG will be with the team every minute. That will go some way to repaying the $28 million a year the U.S. insurance behemoth agreed...
...tapestries and paintings, ornate lamps, plush cushions and elaborate place settings, with virtually every item flown in from Marrakech. Most of the ingredients are imported, too. "As a matter of fact," says Sezai, "the saffron we use in our rice, lamb and chicken dishes costs more per gram than gold...
...that's a good thing. It's time to stop the griping, and appreciate the DH position for featuring the game's brightest offensive talent. Though the current DHs are by no means Gold Glovers, they are no longer one-dimensional hitters. The game's current obsession with on-base percentage, driven by Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's stat-driven Moneyball methods, demands that they hit for power and average, and draw walks. "The skill that has the longest shelf life is on-base percentage," says Beane. "And the DH allows you the opportunity to continue...
...announced that Trump would spice up the sixth season of the show by adding an Olympian to the cast. A viewer’s poll was assembled and Ruggiero, who compiled a 109-13-5 record and an NCAA title while playing for the Crimson to go with her gold, silver, and bronze medals, beat out 11 other Olympic heavyweights to secure the six-week taping stint in Los Angeles.And so Ruggiero began the world’s most intense interview, avoiding Trump’s wrath through the first nine episodes and securing the position of Project Manager...