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As an emerging global power and an established leader in Latin America, Brazil is better positioned than any other country to either provide shelter or silently watch the demise of the oldest human rights organ of the continent.
A group of lawyers representing Ecuadorian villagers asked Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday to try their decades-long case against Chevron in Canadian courts.
In a televised interview Tuesday, Ecuador's Minister of the Interior, José Serrano, denied allegations of torture and police abuse detailed by a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Monday, calling the report one-sided and an attack on progressive governments.
Latin America has set a record in the developing world for reducing food insecurity, achieving a 9 percent drop in hunger in the last 24 years. The UN announced on Tuesday that hunger in the region fell from 14 percent of the population in 1990 to 5 percent in 2014.
Interpol issued a warrant for the arrest of former Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad on Tuesday for embezzlement, mishandling of public funds and causing the country's banking crisis in the late 1990s.
A U.S. federal judge ruled in favor of Chevron Corp. yesterday, dealing a blow to the 30,000 Amazonian villagers who successfully sued the California-based oil company for $9.5 billion over environmental damage in 2011.
Pese a que la Cancillería ecuatoriana reportó de manera optimista la semana pasada que los países del continente "avanzan para una decisión de consenso sobre el cambio de sede de la CIDH," otra parece ser la realidad frente a lo que opinan sus pares sobre esta materia.
Monday Memo: Michelle Bachelet – Gustavo Petro – USAID in Ecuador – FARC Ceasefire – Kidnappings in Mexico
Likely top stories this week: Former President Michelle Bachelet wins Chile's presidential elections; Protesters rally in support of ousted Bogotá Mayor Gustavo Petro; USAID plans to pull out of Ecuador by September 2014; the FARC's 30-day ceasefire goes into effect; a study finds that Mexico leads the world in kidnappings.
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1 1 6 THE TESTAMENT, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) A reclusive billionaire, a burned-out lawyer and a missionary are brought together by a startling secret.
2 2 2 RIVER'S END, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $23.95.) The daughter of a glamorous Hollywood couple confronts the horrifying events that befell her family years earlier.
3 5 2 TARA ROAD, by Maeve Binchy. (Delacorte, $24.95.) Two women -- one from Ireland, one from New England -- learn a lot about each other as well as about themselves when they exchange houses for the summer.
4 3 2 SINGLE & SINGLE, by John le Carre. (Scribner, $26.) A British bank becomes involved in money laundering for drug merchants from the former Soviet Union.
5 1 HUSH MONEY, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $22.95.) Spenser encounters racial, sexual and academic politics when a black professor at a university in Cambridge, Mass., is implicated in the suicide of a gay student.
6 11 2 VECTOR, by Robin Cook. (Putnam, $24.95.) A New York City cabdriver, once a Soviet expert in biological weapons, joins forces with a neofascist skinhead militia.
7 6 5 APOLLYON, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. (Tyndale, $19.97.) After the rapture of the saved, the world's remaining believers confront the Antichrist. (+)
8 4 2 ASHES TO ASHES, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $24.95.) Kate Conlan, a former F.B.I. agent, tracks a serial killer, known as the Cremator, who is terrorizing Minneapolis.
9 9 14 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, by J. K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, $16.95.) A British boy finds his fortune attending a school of witchcraft.
10 10 22 THE POISONWOOD BIBLE, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper Flamingo, $26.) Five female characters narrate this novel set in the Belgian Congo.
11 15 5 WHILE I WAS GONE, by Sue Miller. (Knopf, $24.) A small-town veterinarian, the wife of a minister, begins a flirtation with an old friend from her bohemian past.
12 8 4 A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART, by Barbara Taylor Bradford. (Doubleday, $24.) When tragedy strikes, a woman turns to her best friend, an art dealer, for help.
13 7 5 BE COOL, by Elmore Leonard. (Delacorte, $24.95.) The former mobster Chili Palmer tries to make another movie, this one about a singer named Linda Moon.
14 13 9 *SOUTHERN CROSS, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $25.95.) A former police chief finds herself summoned to Richmond to clean up scandalous conditions.
15 14 19 A MAN IN FULL, by Tom Wolfe. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.95.) Life in Atlanta on the cusp of the millennium, as Old South values collide with a new world.
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1 1 ALL TOO HUMAN, by George Stephanopoulos. (Little, Brown, $27.95.) The former adviser to President Clinton recalls his years in the White House.
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SBJ: ACC Network to debut amid cost-cutting SBD: Nike Goes With "Amarillo" For Michigan Color SBG: Nottingham Forest Owner Hopes To Sell SBD: Executive Transactions SBJ: Bids for Learfield due this week SBD: White Sox Suspend, Fine Sale Over Uniform Debacle SBD: Executive Transactions SBJ: 'Soft' helmet to debut in NFL this fall SBD: Executive Transactions SBD: Broncos Have No Stadium Naming Rights Offers
Social at the Open: How athletes are using social media to connect with fansSeptember 4, 2015 09:38 AM
Here's a look at what the athletes playing in the U.S. Open are posting on their social media feeds, and a tracker to show how much their fans are engaging with them.
CBS parts ways with golf commentator FehertySeptember 1, 2015 05:18 PM
CBS Sports has decided not to renew David Feherty's contract. Feherty, who has been with CBS for 19 years, called his last golf tournament with CBS last weekend at The Barclays. Sources said the two sides could not reach an agreement on Feherty's role on the network's golf coverage. Feherty has a relationship with NBC Sports Group and hosts an interview show on Golf Channel called "Feherty."
Wasserman offers insight into 2024 bid choiceAugust 28, 2015 02:33 PM
During a committee hearing on Friday, L.A. City Councilman Joe Buscaino asked Casey Wasserman, chair and CEO of Wasserman Media Group, why Los Angeles lost to Boston for the right to be the American bid city for the 2024 Olympic Games in January. The Boston bid later collapsed amid poor local support, and now L.A. seems likely to bid.
Here's Wasserman's full answer:
"I think a few things. One, the USOC process was managed and intended for the staff and the leadership of the USOC, not the board. So every presentation we made in their process was to the chairman, the CEO and certain staffers. When they did a city visit to all the cities, it was the chairman, the CEO and the staff. And at the end of that process, it was both the staff, the chairman and the CEO's recommendation to have L.A. be the city for the USOC. They decided, though, that they wanted the board to decide that, not the chairman and CEO to recommend that and sort of deem that.
"In that process, Washington and San Francisco were quickly eliminated, and Boston and L.A. became the source of a heated debate, and it became a debate about theory as opposed to reality. Boston's poll numbers were never good. There were 'No Boston' protestors in San Francisco when we made our final presentation to the board, outside the meetings. So, 'No Boston' was active from the beginning and continued, and the bid book that they put forward wasn't a bid book that was defensible.
"But, a board is a board, and they let that board vote. And that board voted, by I believe half a vote — because IOC members on the board get a quarter of a vote; it's strange — for Boston. There are a bunch of athletes based in Boston on that board, and a couple of executives on the board, and Boston in their mind was a new, fresh city. The one thing about L.A. is this would be our third time hosting, and the USOC — and the most important thing they do, other than train athletes, is bid for Games — and they had gotten some insight from the IOC that maybe a new city would be a better way to approach that.
"But the truth is, a new city with a plan that's not feasible is not a good city to bid with, and that quickly became evident. That process had to run its course, which it did. And less than a month ago, they came back to us, having pulled out of Boston, to engage with us."
Podcast: SBJ's Mike Slive tributeJuly 27, 2015 10:00 AM
NFL signs 10-year deal to play games at new Tottenham stadiumJuly 8, 2015 07:00 AM
The NFL has signed a 10-year agreement with Tottenham Hotspur FC to play two regular-season games annually at the Premier League club's new London stadium starting in 2018, when the venue opens. The parties are scheduled to announce the deal today.
The agreement does not mean the NFL is moving away from Wembley Stadium, where it has staged regular-season games annually since 2007, including three last year. The league fully expects to renew its deal with Wembley, whose contract with the NFL ends after the 2016 season. A deal there would mean the NFL would play games beginning in 2018 at both venues.
"Wembley has been a great relationship for us," said Mark Waller, the NFL's executive vice president, international.
However, the league has had concerns about field wear and tear at Wembley, as has The Football Association, which owns the facility. Wembley hosts English national soccer games, and national team members have expressed criticism about the quality of the field in the wake of NFL games at the venue. Scheduling NFL games also is an issue at Wembley because of other special events that are scheduled at the venue, such as this fall's Rugby World Cup.
At Tottenham, there will be two fields at the stadium: a permanent field for the NFL and, on top of that, a soccer field that can slide out of the venue.
The Tottenham deal also gives the NFL more flexibility in deciding whether to move a team to London or play a fuller slate of games with more teams, Waller said.
Commencement ceremonies include wisdom from sports industryJune 29, 2015 03:28 PM
SportsBusiness Journal this week offers a look at several members of the sports industry who spoke to college graduates at commencement ceremonies across the country this spring. Here are some additional speakers who shared anecdotes and words of encouragement with the members of the class of 2015.
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Domonique Foxworth
National Basketball Players Association, COO
University of Maryland"I loved being a football player, but I always thought of myself as more, and luckily, I found more to do. The season I tore up my knee [2010] was also the same year my daughter Avery was born and my wife was finishing up law school, so I put all of my energies into becoming a full-time dad. It was also the year that the players union of which I was first a rep then executive committee member then finally president started negotiating with the NFL. Talk about preconceived notions — first in the NFL and now in my role heading the day-to-day operations of the National Basketball Players Association. I have encountered more than a few who ask why athletes making millions need a union at all. I understand where that question comes from. As professional athletes, we are extremely fortunate, but we are not immune to being taken advantage of either. Workers' compensation, rights for gay athletes, protection from corrupt agents and advisers — the issues are still one of respect and fundamental fairness. Dignity is a right for everyone, and sometimes it has to be fought for — and a power of a union or any group for that matter to demand those things comes from the cohesion of its members. That's something I believe, and it drove my work with the NFLPA and now the NBPA."
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Lindsay Czarniak
ESPN, anchor
James Madison University"For me, my passion, and it took me years to find this, is when I know someone I'm interviewing is sharing something special, something unique with me that they haven't shared before. It's like when an NFL player admits the toughest thing about success was to cut out lifelong friends that weren't good influences. When the Patriots' Rob Gronkowski cried like a baby when he knew his injury could be so bad that he could never play football again. It's when Dale Earnhardt Jr. told me that it takes him 10 beers to get him onto the dance floor. That's what I chase, and that's what I want you to continue to discover. This is not an overnight thing. Some of you may know it now, some of you it may take years down the road. But you need to find that feeling, what your 'why' is for doing what you do."… Above all, be respectful and be kind to everyone. Everyone has a story. You don't know that story. And that goes for anybody out there: the general manager of a Major League Baseball team or the man working security at an arena where you are broadcasting."
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Shane Battier
ESPN analyst, former NBA player
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business"We lost four first-round draft picks to the [1999] NBA draft. … The cupboard was bare. Everyone came out and said Duke was done, all they have is a bunch of role players and young freshman coming in. While I was working in a public relations firm in Chicago that summer, I got a call from Coach K one day. He said, 'Shane, how you doing?,' and I said, 'Pretty good,' and he said 'Are you ready to lead us back to the Final Four next year?,' and I said, 'Well, coach —' and, Click! He hung up on me. [He] calls back same time next day and says 'Shane, sorry about yesterday. We must have gotten disconnected. Are you ready next year to average 20 points and 10 rebounds and to win the ACC tournament?' And I said, 'Coach, it's pretty funny," Click! I finally wised up the third time, when he called back and said 'Shane, are you ready to lead us back to a national championship, a place where it's about our standard of play?' And I said, 'Yes, coach. I am ready. I am ready to uphold the standards of what Duke basketball, what Duke University, is all about; the reason I came to the greatest school in the entire world. And he said, 'That's what I'm waiting for.' That was a lesson that hit home to me."
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Marty Smith
ESPN, reporter
Radford University"Learn to listen. If you learn to listen, it will benefit you. That one took me a lot of time I want to save you. Listen. Your parents, co-workers, friends, siblings: They all have interesting things to say. Be selfless and attentive that way. Shut up and listen a minute; you'll be better for it. Some of the greatest leaders in our history were and are great listeners. In today's world of constant pestering, great listeners stand out. Good listeners often demand attention and command respect. If you're selective, they will be invariably attentive to you. That's one reason I am where I am in sports journalism. …
"I urge you to help others. It's the greatest professional reward in this life. It's hard to understand right now, as you're getting ready to have this diploma in your hand. It's hard to understand what 'paying it forward' means, but as you age a little bit and have a greater context, I promise you, nothing feels better."
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Archie Griffin
Ohio State University, senior vice president of alumni relations
Ohio State University"Your failures in life do not define you. How you handle that adversity, how you pick yourself up off the ground and come back the next day is a true measure of your worth. … Consider this: Some of your classmates faced such a situation on Sept. 6, when Virginia Tech came into this very stadium and beat our beloved football Buckeyes. Remember that? All was lost, we thought. A season ended before it had properly begun. Well, someone forgot to tell the guys in Ohio State's locker room. They buckled down and came together to overcome great odds, overcoming the loss to the Hokies, the season-ending injury of two quarterbacks, the unthinkable tragic death of a teammate, all while the outside world told them they had no chance at a championship. Yet, when the clock hit zeroes and the confetti fell, the Ohio State Buckeyes were national champions. The most remarkable season in the history of Ohio State football, and they were there because they believed in themselves, they supported each other, and they did not let their collective fumbles stop them from achieving their dreams."
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John Harbaugh
Baltimore Ravens, head coach
Stevenson UniversityNote: The following recounts a game from when Harbaugh was an assistant coach at Western Michigan University, working under his father, Jack, who was head coach.
"We're down by six points with about a minute left in the game, and we're driving for the winning score. We complete a 40- to 50-yard pass down the field, and things are looking good, and I look back and there's a yellow flag flying in the air. Guy says 'Holding against them,' and I said 'You've gotta be kidding!' I did not agree with the call. (Does that surprise you?) We shook it off, offense goes back to the line, and we throw another pass that was completed again, and what do we get? Holding a second time in a row. It's a conspiracy! So I ripped off my headset, turned around, and threw them as far as I could. I can picture it today: They're twirling around like a helicopter, flying through the air over the team. They land right in front of the opposing team's band and student section. I turn around, and there's my dad, head coach. You know what he said? 'Go get 'em.' I said, 'What? What??' And he said, 'The headphones.'… Never since have I thrown headphones. Sometimes we learn lessons the hard way."
ESPN Execs Offer Insight Into Recent Web Site RedesignJune 29, 2015 10:39 AM
ESPN on April 1 launched its redesigned web site, and the risk thus far has rewarded the Worldwide Leader. Below are insights from three ESPN execs that were not included in the original article of Thursday's Daily:
*On the influence of mobile:
- ESPN VP/Digital Media Research & Analytics David Coletti: "60% of our total ESPN.com users only log on through their smart phones or tablets, and since people using smaller screens typically spend less time per visit, it's become really critical to think about increasing the frequency of visits. The Now tab certainly fills that need because it's in real time and users interact with it, giving people a reason to check back in often."
- ESPN.com VP/Editorial Digital & Print Media Patrick Stiegman: "We've focused on content at the mobile site first and expanded that back out to the desktop as opposed to the other way around."
*On striving for uniformity across platforms:
- Stiegman: "If you recall to our previous world, we had an app experience in mobile and we had a mobile web experience that did not look and feel or behave like the desktop browser experience, so we were literally programming three different content types. Now, we have essentially one seamless feed."
- ESPN Senior VP/Digital Product Management Ryan Spoon: "Sometimes people tell me that they like the redesign or they like the mobile app, and they're actually referring to the other one. To me, that's a positive because it suggests that we have started to blend the universe, blend the way they look to a point where the content is starting to mirror itself."
*On the evolution of ESPN.com's purpose:
- Stiegman: "There was a time when what ESPN.com content was was created and posted by editors. What we are now is a doorway to all things ESPN. What that means is if you go to the NFL section of ESPN.com, you're not just getting what the NFL editor of ESPN.com wants to post there or content that he or she is assigned. What you're getting instead is content from all aspects of ESPN around the NFL.
*On different aspects of the redesigned site:
- Stiegman: "Deciding what and when to post to the Now feed versus the main-content feed has taken some getting used to because we don't want to step on each others' toes. But at the same time, it's given us a lot more flexibility in terms of presenting content in a meaningful, real-time way."
- Spoon: "There also are some pages, such as fantasy, that we have not rolled out total updates to and currently have a transitional experience -- one part modern and one part the older site. I had personal nerves as to whether this would make for a jagged experience, but it really hasn't been problematic at all."
*On overall takeaways:
- Spoon: "The more we can get people to log in and tell us who they want to root for, the more we can program and deliver great consumption points."
- Coletti: "I think we've made some smart decisions highlighting the ability to personalize and highlighting more content in an accessible way. Users seem to be responding to it."
Discovery Lands European Olympic Rights Through '24June 29, 2015 08:15 AM
In a stunning development, Discovery Communications has landed Europe's Olympic media rights through 2024 for $1.48 billion (€1.3 billion).
The U.S.-based Discovery now controls all European media rights – broadcast, pay-TV, digital and mobile – to four Olympic Games in 50 European countries and territories, excluding the Russian Federation. The deal takes effect with the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Discovery and the International Olympic Committee agreed on the deal about a week ago. It was announced formally this morning and covers 2018 in South Korea and 2020 in Tokyo. Sites for the 2022 and 2024 Games have not been announced.
The deal means that European broadcasters – the ARD and ZDF in Germany, for example – will have to sublicense Olympic packages from Discovery if they want over-the-air access to the Games. Plus, it marks a major step forward for Discovery's Eurosport channel and online presences, which will be a main outlet for Olympic programming.
Previously, the IOC has sold rights to local European broadcasters. Or it has sold rights to other pan-European companies such as SportsFive International or the European Broadcasting Union, who turned around and sold them to local broadcasters. This deal is different in that Discovery expects to keep most of the rights, though it does plan to sublicense them in some markets.
"We have 26 years of doing business here in Europe," Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav told SportsBusiness Journal/Daily. "We were investing all across Europe when most media companies were retreating. We feel like it is a perfect fit. If you put the Olympics together with Eurosport and our ten channels in every country and our broadcast networks, we could bring meaningful value to the events, and we could promote them across all of our platforms."
The deal does not cover France and Britain in 2018 and 2020; previously, France Télévisions and the BBC picked up those rights. But Discovery will hold all rights in those markets in 2022 and 2024.
Another significant part of the deal will see the IOC partner on an Olympic TV channel with Discovery and Eurosport that will be distributed across Europe.
"Above all, this agreement ensures that sports fans in Europe will be able to enjoy excellent coverage of the Olympic Games and Olympic sports, both during and outside Games time, on their platform of choice," said IOC President Thomas Bach in a prepared statement.
In fact, it was when Bach publicized his desire to launch an Olympic channel last summer that Zaslav looked into acquiring the rights and kicked off an eight-month negotiating process.
"When I read his comments [about an Olympic channel], I just thought, 'This should be us,'" Zaslav said, pointing to Eurosport, which reaches 130 million homes with a heavy mix of Olympic sports content – more than 40 percent.
Upon reading Bach's comments, Zaslav called his friend Dick Ebersol, the former head of NBC Sports who is closely associated with producing the Olympic Games in the United States. Ebersol agreed to be an unpaid adviser to help Zaslav get to know the executives who run the IOC. In late summer, the two met in Zaslav's New York office, along with Discovery Networks International President JB Perrette, to develop a plan.
"They asked me to introduce them into the IOC world," Ebersol said. "We came to Switzerland in October of last year, and I introduced them to Christophe De Kepper, who is the director general of the IOC. We sat down for about two-and-a-half hours, which gave David and JB the great opportunity – which they took more than full advantage of – of really showing De Kepper what they were all about."
The IOC eventually hired IMG as a consultant and accepted bids for the European media rights June 15. Discovery placed one of the bids, but it is not known which other media companies participated.
For Zaslav, the long-term Olympic deal ensures that his European networks will have programming that generates huge ratings at least every other year.
"It clicked pretty early on because the ambition of the IOC was to look for someone who was going to invest substantially in the Olympics, but also to take the Olympics to every demographic on every platform and be committed to promote Olympic sports and Olympic athletes all year round," said Zaslav. "When we look at the Olympics, we see it not just as sports content and not just as great content for Eurosport, but we also think it's great IP for the future of our company. Unlike IP that's related to movies, it's dependable. You know that the Olympics every other year for 17 days is going to be a worldwide event. We have the ability to drive that and build it."
Zaslav plans to use the Olympics association to grow Discovery's European business.
"We think that we can use the Olympics to build Eurosport," he said. "We could use it to enhance our overall presence here in Europe. And just being associated with the rings, with the IOC and with the Olympics, it's a perfect fit for Discovery, which is a purpose-driven brand that has great values around quality content satisfying curiosity."
Discovery owns the Eurosport TV channel, several broadcast networks and the Discovery suite of channels. Eurosport has a pan-European feed, and localized Eurosport channels in each country. That will allow Discovery to localize Olympic programming to each market.
Discovery says it operates an average of 10 channels in every European market, including a broadcast presence in Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Nordic countries.
As part of the deal, Discovery committed to put at least 200 hours of the Summer Games and 100 hours of the Winter Games on free-to-air television in Europe. Discovery has told the IOC that it will sublicense packages in many markets to maintain that commitment.
Jeff Vinik: Always where the action isJune 22, 2015 02:21 PM
SportsBusiness Journal this week looks at Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and the developments he's spearheading with both the team and the city.
Jeff Vinik watches his son catch a foul ball ahead of Angels catcher Jeff Mathis during the 2007 ALDS between Boston and Los Angeles.
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During Game 2 of the 2007 American League Division Series between Boston and Los Angeles, the Red Sox trailed the Angels 3-2 in the fifth inning. With one out and two on, Red Sox star Manny Ramirez popped up a pitch between the dugout and the first base bag. As Angels catcher Jeff Mathis went to reach into the crowd to snag the foul ball, a teenager also reached out — and claimed the ball first. No catch. Ramirez went on to earn a walk to load the bases, Mike Lowell followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game, and Boston ultimately would go on to win the game, the series and the World Series.
Vinik, who had season tickets as one of the Red Sox's minority-stake owners, was sitting right next to that teenager. It was his son Danny, who later threw out the first pitch at Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
— Ian Thomas
Sports Business WakeUp! Live from #SBJSFF in Santa ClaraJune 11, 2015 01:04 PM
GREETINGS FROM SANTA CLARA: More than 350 people are at the Hyatt Regency for the Veritix Sports Facilities & Franchises and Ticketing Symposium presented by SBJ/SBD. The hotel is in a terrific spot, right beside Levi's Stadium and Great America park. Don't be too jealous yet, though — the weather so far hasn't been great. We were told that it never rains in California, but the first day of the conference was cool and very wet. (Forecast today: Partly sunny and 84.) The event formally kicked off yesterday with a full schedule of ticketing talk. Today's focus is on teams and buildings.
A STRONG SIX PACK: We'll open today with a Presidents Panel featuring some of the top team leaders in sports. Among the talking points:
— Dolphins President & CEO Tom Garfinkel on massive renovations and enhancements to Sun Life Stadium;
— Cardinals President Michael Bidwill on the benefits of hosting Super Bowl XLIX;
— Celtics President Rich Gotham's perspective on balancing tradition with innovation;
— Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten making some of his first remarks since Charter Communications began carrying Dodgers games on Sports Net LA;
— Real Salt Lake President Bill Manning on the team's lucrative local media and jersey sponsorship;
— Hornets President and COO Fred Whitfield on what made that franchise a nominee for Sports Team of the Year.
TODAY'S PREVIEW TRAILER: Look for solid take-aways from a panel examining new trends in food and beverage; an inside look at Apple Pay from organizations that have used it (Royals, Magic, JPMorgan Chase); ideas from four brand executives opening up about what they look for in their venue partnerships; and info on trends in team stores and their effect on the bottom line.
TAKING IN AVAYA STADIUM: Tonight will be fun, too. On tap: an Evening At Avaya Stadium presented by the Earthquakes and HOK. Before a tour, SBJ's Eric Fisher interviews A's and Earthquakes Owner Lew Wolff. Later, guests will hit the Official Nightcap Reception hosted by Thornton Tomasetti.
— Ticketmaster's Cole Gahagan and StubHub's Geoff Lester wouldn't go near the two companies' legal standoff, though Lester, responding at one point to an answer from Gahagan, deadpanned, "Sorry to disappoint, but I agree with a lot of what Cole said." That doesn't mean they had nothing to say on the topic of who owns tickets. Lester: "We all rely on large sellers or brokers. We all rely on millennials, who want to be able to do what they want to do. And we all rely on ticket sales. To limit that to one place is not a good experience for anybody. ... A monopoly is not good for anybody in this room." For more on this subject, see yesterday's Closing Bell. For a roundup of the rest of the panel discussion, see today's DAILY.
— One more item from that opening panel, in case you had any doubt that mobile is the future of ticketing. Gahagan: "I don't know if there is anything more important that we're doing right now as a technology company than developing around mobile." And Veritix's Samuel Gerace: "Going online is going on the phone. Web is dead. We've reached the tipping point."
— The 49ers' Al Guido, on what might be next for the team's VenueNext app: "Could there be dynamic food and beverage pricing? Could we offer a single-game user … a discounted ticket to a future game? We are really beginning to shift the fan behavior in our building."
— The Giants' Russ Stanley, on the team doing everything it can, even to the point of "not maximizing revenue," to extend a line of sellouts that dates back to October 1, 2010: "We've become a slave to the sellout streak."
THE OTHER 'M' WORD: If it's not 'mobile' being talked about, it's likely.… Well, this tweet from @BrettDowling covers it: "First hour and I've already lost the over/under bet on the number of times the word "Millennial" is used."
THANK GOODNESS FOR REDEYES: Give credit where it's due: While Cavs CEO Len Komoroski was fully intending to present an inside look at the Cavs business on Wednesday, he had to punt at the last minute to stay in Cleveland for Game 3. But kudos to Senior Dir of Business Intelligence Kevin O'Toole and VP Ticket Sales and Service Dionna Widder for taking one for the team. The two took in Game 3 on Tuesday night, caught the first direct flight to SFO, gave their presentation and were taking a redeye back to Cleveland in time for Game 4 on Thursday. Widder had two hours of sleep before flying out, but no regrets. "The energy in the building was unmatched," she said. O'Toole nodded: "From beginning to end."
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM TUESDAY'S GAME 3: NBA's Brandon Donohue bolted off a United Airlines flight, where the ABC feed wasn't on the DirecTV package, and caught the last two minutes of the game in the airport … A small band of about 15 execs from Veritix gathered at Bourbon Steak & Pub -- chef Michael Mina's restaurant inside Levi's Stadium -- to watch the game. Veritix is one of Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert's properties. 49ers owner Jed York made his way through the restaurant during the game… Lots of other conference attendees gathered in the Hyatt's crowded lobby bar. Spotted: Michael Neuman of Scout Sports. Unfortunately Not Spotted: the Burger King. (If you don't know the connection between the two, click here.)
VIPS TAKE IN THE YAHOO LOUNGE: About 50 conference attendees attended a special Veritix VIP Dinner last night at the Yahoo Fantasy Sports Lounge at Levi's Stadium. The food was plentiful and delicious, from the Maryland-style crab cakes and artisan cheese during cocktails to the surf-and-turf entree and dessert of fruit panna cotta, chocolate cake with apricot coulis and traditional NY cheesecake. The setting was equally satisfying, especially when the stadium lights came on as night descended on the gathering.
FOOD, WONDERFUL FOOD: And because we are journalists and love food (and also love to write things down), if you missed the buffet lunch on Day 1 of the conference, here's what you didn't get: caprese salad, grilled asparagus, Tuscan white bean soup, pan-seared Sea bass with eggplant olive relish, mascarpone gnocchi with basil pesto, seared polenta cakes, balsamic skirt steak and parmesan cauliflower with a red pepper gratin. It was as good as it sounds.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Portland Timbers' Mike Golub talking about the demographic differences between fans of the organization's MLS team and NWSL Thorns….Dodgers' CEO Stan Kasten and his wife, Helen, chatting in the lobby lounge…USF's Bill Sutton (a guest panel moderator) in the Speaker Room admitting that his summer will be less busy than usual due to a left knee replacement scheduled for next month… The Giants' Stanley showing off his latest World Series ring and still beaming over the club's trip last week to the White House for a visit with President Obama. Winners of three of the last five World Series, the Giants have now made three such trips to visit the president. "It never gets old," Stanley said. "And before the actual photo op, we got a few minutes with Obama where he shook everybody's hand. It was really great."
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"Hell's bells, here comes Betty Crocker in a bustier." Tech Sergeant Jacob "Mako" Stone pitched his remote control onto his family's motel check-in counter and took a second look at the walking contradiction in the parking lot.
Washington winter winds whipped sleet and snow sideways, the icy sheet parting before encircling a shivering woman. She stumbled, righted her spiked heels and hobbled toward the main office of the run-down motel where Jacob had grown up.
Now, he only planned to stick around long enough to get his teenageorphanedsister's life in order before he returned to his career as an Air Force in-flight mechanic. Okay, so he was technically on sick leave while his arm recovered from a line-of-duty bullet. But he hoped to be back in his flight suit, tooling around the sky with his C-17 buddies in two more weeks.
Fourteen days certain to be jam-packed settling his sister's lifeand his old man's near-bankrupt "estate."
That alone should be enough for his plate. Pulling his gaze off the woman, Jacob adjusted his healing arm in the sling with a wince and shifted his attention to the Dr. Phil rerun again in hopes the shrink could offer up some insights on how to help a teenager with an infant get her life on track. Fixing his sister's situation seemed harder than keeping a multimillion-dollar military aircraft in smooth working order.
Still, curiosity hauled his gaze right back to the parking lot as the woman's coat flapped open. Her slinky dress, racy-red lingerie peeking free with each stormy gust, just didn't match the Junior League face.
She huddled inside her coat and started up the office steps. She probably needed to call a friend, and thephones were out.
The woman wrapped her arms around her willowy body and tucked her head into the storm. She must be from room sixteen, since his only other customer had been a horse rancher who'd checked out an hour ago. Jacob hadn't seen the woman up close when she'd arrived the night before. She'd been slumped asleep in the car while "Mr. Smith" had paid cash for their room.
Jacob glanced toward the parking spaces. Mr. Smith's white Suburban was long gone, snow already piling in the tire ruts.
Sympathy and frustration stuttered through Jacob like the bullets that had come his way during a simple assignment hauling a congressional entourage around Europe. Apparently this woman's wild night out on the tiny town hadn't unfolded as planned.
Double damn. Already he could feel warrior instincts honed in bloody battle zones stirring to life within him.
Jacob pushed to his feet, snagging his remote control from beside the television. Extending his arm, he thumbed the remote, silencing Dr. Phil.
He might not be wearing his uniform, and the woman may not need his help. But that wouldn't stop him from throwing himself in the middle of her problems when she came through the door. The only way to ensure she went out the door all the faster.
Fear seared her roiling stomach as she clutched the icy doorknob. She gripped the edges of her coat and burrowed inside to protect herself from the punishing winds.
Waking up alone in a run-down motel with nothing but sleazy clothes, a hundred dollars and no memory had been bad enough. Now, she would surely freeze to death before she discovered her name and why she'd had blood on her hands.
Crunching her heels into the ice for traction, she tugged on the door to Clyde's Travel Lodge. She slipped anyway, her hand whipping off the knob. The woozy sensation she hadn't been able to shake since waking threatened her balance. She grappled for the rail. Her sweaty palms bonded to the freezing metal. Or maybe it was blood residue, although she'd scrubbed and scrubbed until her hands were as raw as any Lady Macbeth pivotal moment.
Hang tough. Stay calm. She steadied her feet and breathing. There had to be a logical answer.
Only a couple more steps. She could manage that. The manager or clerk would have some record of her name, all the spark she would need to fire her memories.
She hoped.
The hundred dollars, hotel key and EpiPen on the bedside table hadn't brought any recollections. The telephone book in her room had helped some, even if the phones were out of order. At least she knew she'd awakened in the small town of Rockfish, Washington, and that she could order carryout from Marge's Diner until 9:00 p.m.
Great. Just what she needed, a blue plate special to erase what little she did rememberbloodred dress and hands.
She grasped the gold D initial necklace, the only thing that felt right in her whole insane morning. Inhaling a bracing breath that threatened to freeze her from the inside out, she grabbed the doorknob again and twisted. The wind ripped the door from her, banging it against the wall. She stumbled inside and slammed into a broad male chest.
"Steady there." A strong hand gripped her arm.
"Oh, excuse me." She winced, her own voice still sounding as unfamiliar to her as her face looked in a mirror.
"No harm, no foul."
The deep voice rumbled over her, jarring along her ravaged nerves.
Nausea born of panic roiled again. Had she met this man earlier? If she glanced up, would he recognize her?
She scavenged for a smile and let her gaze travel up the chest in front of her. A T-shirt with an Air Force logo peeked between the parted fabric of unbuttoned blue flannel. His left arm was in a sling, but his large neck bespoke strength that sent a fresh blast of apprehension through her.
Her gaze upward seemed never ending, taking this guy to at least a few inches over six feet. Hmm he had a dimpled chin. She found that reassuring, and she needed reassurance more than she needed an hour in front of that roaring fireplace.
Broad cheekbones stretched just below slate-blue eyes.
Brooding eyes stared without a flicker of recognition.
His hand dropped away. "Come on inside before we heat the whole state."
"Sorry about that." She sidestepped him and studied the breadth of his shoulders as he wrestled the door closed. Heaven help her if he wasn't trustworthy.
He pivoted to face her, scratching a hand along his close-cropped black hair. "What can I do for you, ma'am?"
That was it? All he had to say?
There went any hope of him knowing her. She wanted to pitch all her fears right at his feet, but feared she was more likely to toss her cookies.
That Air Force T-shirt seemed to hint she could trust him, but still. He worked here, so whatever connection he had to the military was over or through a friend. Maybe he was just an air show junkie, and God, her mind was rambling.
Bottom line, she was helpless to anyone who might take advantage of her.
A logical voice urged her to call the police, and she would, as soon as the phone lines were back in working order and she could unscramble her mind enough to think clearly. Meanwhile, she would follow her instincts, instincts being all she had.
Moving on to discovering what the register held. "I'm ready to check out."
"No need.You're already paid up. Just drop off the key."
She stuffed her hand in her pocket and clutched her fingers around the chilly steel beside her wad of cash and the EpiPennot that she even knew what allergies to avoid.
If she passed the key over, she would be officially homeless. So what if her only bed waited in a rustic motel so old it didn't even have key cards?
She stifled a hysterical laugh. She knew about key cards, yet didn't know her own name. "When's checkout time again?"
The ancient Field and Stream wall clock seemed to mock her, ticking away those last twenty-one minutes. She sifted through her muddled concentration for her next question.
His cool eyes settled on her dress. "Uh, but you can stay longer if you need to. I've got a busload of senior citizens due in, but not until this evening, if they can make it through the storm."
At least she could stay a few more hours without using her precious store of cash. "Do you mind printing out a copy of my receipt?"
"A copy?"
"For tax purposes."
"Tax purposes?" His eyes slid down her slinky red dress then up again without censure, but with obvious disbelief. "Sure. I gave one to your, uh, husband, but it's no trouble to shoot out another."
Husband. The word surged through her with an odd mixture of hope and the metallic taste of fear. Where was he? "Thanks. He lost his copy. I'm supposed to pick up another one, you know, taxes and all that."
"For your husband." Those brooding eyes shifted from her to the empty parking lot before returning. "He should be back soon." She resisted the urge to fidget like a first-day kindergartner. "Could I see the owner?" Preferably, a much older, grandfatherly kind of guy without piercing eyes that saw too much.
"That would be me."
"Oh. Clyde?"
"Clyde was my father. He's dead. The place belongs to me and my sister now."
He didn't seem to be grieving when he mentioned his dad, so she didn't bother with condolences. "And you are?"
"Jacob Stone."
Her nerves began to unravel like a rolling ball of yarn she couldn't quite catch. "May I please have my receipt, Mr. Stone?"
"Just Jacob, ma'am." The man tucked his thumbs in his back pockets, looming over her, compelling, silent and dangerous. With a curt nod, he stepped away. "All right, then, one copy on its way."
Her shoulders slumped with a slow exhale. "Just Jacob," clerk, manager and owner of Clyde's Travel Lodge, circled behind the counter. He tapped through a few keys and set the printer into motion. The clicking sounded unnaturally harsh, echoing the only noise in the sparse room.
She fingered her necklace like a security blanket, tracing the D and looking around for something familiar. She must have seen this place the night before.
A brown artificial leather sofa nestled beneath the picture window overlooking the parking lot. The style was up-to-date, but the cracks in the Naugahyde upholstery showed the toll of weather blasts. Three vending machines lined the paneled wall to the side with a brick fireplace directly across. A cheaply framed landscape poster labeled Mount Rainier hung over the mantel. The television and an office chair behind the registration counter rounded out the sparse decor.
Just Jacob ripped the paper free from the printer. It was all she could do not to jump out of her skin.
"Here you go."
"Thank you." She forced herself to take it from him slowly, casually. Their hands paused, side by side. Hers seemed so small and vulnerable beside his larger, roughened one. The paper rattled in her trembling grasp as she took it from him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith. Her right hand clenched over her bare ring finger. Damn. The guy she must have trysted with hadn't even been original. Tears burned her eyes, then turned icy on her still-chilled skin.
She spun away, paper crumpled in her grip. Not even sure where she was going, only knowing she had to run, she charged out the door. The snowstorm swirled a thick white bubble around the parking lot. She couldn't see a thing past the line of tiny motel units.
Total isolation.
Her head hurt. Her whole body hurt. God, her brain was so fogged she couldn't think, much less make decisions while she waited to call the police. She sagged against the railing, mindless of the damp cold seeping through her clothes as she stared out at nothing. A nothingness vast as the void in her mind.
And the only one who could help her fill it was a man with shadows in his eyes that sent fresh shivers along her freezing skin.


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FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A southwest Ohio teacher says he is challenging allegations that he told a black student who said he wanted to become president that the nation doesn't need another black president.
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Voigt told school officials he was misquoted. School officials said that students say the white teacher told the black student who said he wants to be president that "we don't need another black president."
Voigt offered a different version, saying that he had responded to the student: "I think we can't afford another president like (Barack) Obama, whether he's black or white." Voigt explained to school officials in a statement that "there was no way I was trying to indicate the color of his skin had anything to do with his politics."
School officials said a hearing will be scheduled before a labor mediation referee. The district's board president, Dan Murray, said last month that Voigt had crossed the line with "racially insensitive" comments.
Voigt is a former Cincinnati Public Schools teacher who has worked in the northern Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield since 2000. School records show he received a verbal warning in 2008 for an inappropriate racial comment and recently received a written warning for failure to use adopted curriculum.
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Very helpful analysis, vengence69. But on the 2nd/bottom diagram 11. c4 (instead of 11. d4) wins for White. 11. c4 Ke6 (11...Kc5 12. Kxe5) 12. c5 Kf6 (12...Ke7 or 12...Kd7 then 13. Kxe5) 13. Kd5 Kf5 (13...Ke7 14. Kxe5) 14. c6 & Black will lose his e-pawn giving White a decisive 2-pawn advantage. I think 5...Kd7 instead of 5...h1=Q+ is better for Black with drawing chances. It needs further analysis.
My basic reasoning I gave for the line in those diagrams was basd on two principles
1. The Black pawn and King would have an easier time of neutralizing the duo white is holding
2. moving the duo forward before securing the passed pawn from promoting was a slightly safer, though not as expedient line (Benko would say do in 20 moves what you can do in 2, apparently he had a good run with this idea, scoring endgame wins against both Smyslov and Petrosian in their heydays).
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