Augusta arena renamed for James Brown
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Musicians performing in the hometown of James Brown may soon be getting a reminder that they're in the stomping grounds of the Godfather of Soul.
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The FleetCenter sits in the country's fifth-biggest media market and plays host to events ranging from the Democratic National Convention to the Women's Final Four. But when it comes to renaming the arena, the deal is likely to cost less than many of the other naming-rights contracts signed over the last several years, most notably the $9.3 million a year ...
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The G.M. Building that used to be the Newsweek Building was recently renamed 3 Columbus Circle, which has no frontage on Columbus Circle. Confused? A tale of naming rights in Manhattan.
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Washington Wizards forward-center Kwame Brown has been suspended by the team for one game for conduct detrimental to the team and will miss Friday&#39;s game against the New York Knicks at MCI Center.
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CHARLOTTE -- To help fans forget the departure of the Hornets, the NBA brought Commissioner David Stern and rapper Nelly to Charlotte to roll out a red -- or orange -- carpet for the Bobcats.
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Soul singer James Brown is sued by a former employee who claims he raped and beat her in 1988.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri-Columbia's $75 million basketball venue was formally renamed Mizzou Arena on Friday, just days after the Wal-Mart heiress for whom it originally was named was accused of cheating her way through another college.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri is removing the name of a 22-year-old Wal-Mart heiress from its brand-new sports arena, a week after she was accused of cheating her way through college.
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The Dutch town of Breda has decided to rename a new street that was to have been called St. Fiacrius court after people started calling it Viagra court.
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Singer James Brown has been released from an Atlanta hospital, after surgery to treat prostate cancer. Doctors are expecting a full recovery and said if Brown takes proper care of himself he should be cured of the disease.
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Two men were banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month's NBA brawl. John Green and Charlie Haddad were sent letters informing them of the ban, which also includes events at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Pistons spokesman Matt Dobek said yesterday. The Clarkston site ...
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A portion of the street in front of Madison Square Garden is named Joe Louis Plaza in honor of the late, great former heavyweight champion.
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James Brown, the 71-year-old &quot;Godfather of Soul&quot;, smiles as he leaves the Midtown Urology Surgical Center in Atlanta Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004.
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Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - The University of Missouri Department of Athletics has renamed its new basketball arena &quot;Mizzou Arena,&quot; effective immediately.
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What better way to start the new year than to reopen a quarter-century-old feud? After staying silent for 25 years on the subject -- or so he says -- former Celtics owner John Y. Brown has had enough.
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Until he finds a corporate sponsor to pay millions of dollars in naming-rights fees, Richard Krezwick, the chief executive of the FleetCenter, knows just the name he'd like to see atop the iconic Boston arena: The Rollie Krezwick Center, named after his dog, a wheaten terrier.
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Stuart Layne, a former Boston Celtics executive who launched a sports marketing firm four years ago, was named publisher of Metro Boston, a free commuter newspaper. Layne's appointment, which took effect immediately, was disclosed by the newspaper's majority owner, Metro International SA. He replaces Bridget Seay, who had recently served as acting publisher and was named yesterday as ...