Philippine Ladies Open Golf Championship; Villaroman has momentum.
Carmelette Villaroman seeks a major double, Dottie Ardina aims for a record and Debbie de Villa hopes to re-invigorate her game when they lead the foreign-flavored cast for the ICTSI-Philippine Ladies Open on January 17-19 at exclusive The Country Club in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. After coming up...

Holcim-ITF Women's Circuit; Fil-Am qualifier stuns 2nd seed.
FIL-AMERICAN QUALIFIER Maureen Diaz ousted second seed American Chrissie Seredni, 6-2, 6-3, yesterday to reach the second round of the $ 10,000 Holcim-ITF Women's Circuit 2 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center. The Los Angeles-born Diaz, whose Filipino parents migrated to the United States 33 years ago,...

Co-branding in sport: conflicts and some possible ways of resolving them in Europe *.
Introductory Remarks Sport is now a global industry worth more than 3% of world trade and almost 2% of the combined GNP of the enlarged European Union comprising 25 Member Sates with a total population of 450 million (1). It is not surprising, therefore, that the world's...

Canon U.S.A. Renews Sponsorship Agreement with NFL.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-14 September 2007-Canon U.S.A. Renews Sponsorship Agreement with NFL(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Canon U.S.A. has renewed its longstanding sponsorship agreement with the NFL. Canon has been the "Official Camera of the NFL" since 1984, making it the league's longest-tenured sponsor. The new deal...

2006 Sports Market Place Directory.
2006 Sports Market Place Directory Edited by Richard Gottlieb. Published in 2006 by Grey House Publishing: Millerton, NY (1,888 pages, ISBN 1-59237-139-6). The sports industry is a multifaceted, multibillion dollar industry. It encompasses a wide range of business segments, from sporting goods to stadium and arena construction....

DNA 6--Alamosa and San Luis Valley.
District 6 nurses continue to meet on a regular basis. We are proud to announce that one of our members, Charlotte Ledonne, was selected as the Nightingale award recipient from our area, and will represent the South East Region in Denver this May. She is very deserving and has...

Project Fair Play: Americans United escalates campaign to educate houses of worship about federal tax law and partisan politics.
Americans United supporters ill Texas were looking over financial data related to local elections when something unusual leaped out: a church in Kerrville had donated $1,500 to the Republican Party. Documents provided by the Texas Ethics Commission could not have been plainer. Calvary Temple Church donated $1,000...

Foundation Annual Dinner Dance and Silent Auction.
If you had a good time at the Sports Section's Dance and Silent Auction, be sure to celebrate the Foundation's 25th Anniversary at our Annual Dinner Dance and Silent Auction from 7 PM to midnight, at PT 2004 in the Chicago Hilton. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased...

Count pitches to avoid overuse injury.
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Children who pitch should be followed closely with a pitch count to avoid overuse injuries, regardless of how many innings they have pitched, Dr. Tracy Ray said at the annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Many baseball coaches and organizations,...

Corporate involvement: the Special Olympics philosophy.
Since its inception, Special Olympics has successfully attracted both individual and corporate involvement. While the manpower base for Special Olympics has been dependent upon its ability to recruit and retain volunteers, the financial base has been dependent upon successful corporate support. Without corporate support of major events, the 1987...