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National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell will reduce his annual salary to $1 if the sports league has a work stoppage next season, the NFL Network said Wednesday.
In a letter to the league’s 32 owners obtained by the NFL Network, Goodell also said Jeff Pash, the league’s chief negotiator with the NFL players’ union, also will reduce his annual pay to $1 if next season is not played. The NFL also would hold back bonuses for league officials until April. Get the full story »
John C. Stone – fired from his sales job at an Oak Lawn Chevrolet dealership for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie – is joining a new team. Stone, 34, will begin working as a salesman at another suburban Chevrolet dealership on Thursday.
“It’s overwhelming right now,” Stone said today. “I still haven’t settled down from being hurt like that, but I’m getting over it because all I wanted was my job.”
College football conferences will get a record take of about $170 million from this year’s bowl games, including a new high of $24.7 million for the five conferences that don’t get automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.
The figures were obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press before heir official release by BCS officials. Get the full story »
John Stone said that when he went to work Monday morning at Webb Chevrolet in Oak Lawn, he decided to wear a Green Bay Packers tie he’s had for years to honor his late grandmother, a huge Packers fan.
Little did he know that the seemingly innocent gesture would cost him his job, Stone said.
Stone said that when he showed up at work, general manager Jerry Roberts called him over to his office and then ordered him to take off the Packers tie or else he would be fired. Stone said he thought Roberts was joking and went back to work. Get the full story>>
Anheuser-Busch said Friday it will feature five commercials in the broadcast of the 2011 Super Bowl.
The brewer also announced that it will be the exclusive beer advertiser for the Super Bowl for the 23rd consecutive year. Get the full story »
(Heather Charles/Tribune)
Wireless carrier AT&T said Thursday it has beefed up its network at Soldier Field in advance of Sunday’s highly anticipated NFC Championship Game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. Get the full story »
The National Football League prodded Toyota Motor Corp. to edit a television commercial, removing an image of a helmet-to-helmet tackle at a time when the effects of concussions have come under heavy scrutiny, representatives of both sides said.
The Japanese automaker, one of the largest corporate advertisers, changed the TV ad after the U.S. sports league complained and warned that the spot would not be allowed to air during its highly watched games. Get the full story »
If you plan to buy tickets to Sunday’s Bears-Packers playoff game, you know you’ll be coughing up some major cash.
StubHub.com Spokeswoman Joellen Ferrer said tickets on the site have sold for an average of $766 the last 24 hours, with the most expensive one going for $2,942, according to Monday’s Tribune story.
In a previous column, the Problem Solvers shared with readers some tips on buying concert and sporting event tickets through the secondary market. In light of the upcoming game, we thought it was worth revisiting.
ELITE STREET | By Bob Goldsborough | Chicago Blackhawks left wing Bryan Bickell has paid $510,000 for a newly built, seven-room town home in Hamlin Park.
Bickell, 24, becomes the fifth current Blackhawk to own a home in a one-square-mile North Side area that encompasses parts of the Hamlin Park, West Lakeview and Roscoe Village neighborhoods, joining teammates Brent Seabrook, Troy Brouwer, Duncan Keith and Dave Bolland. Get the full story »
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission says his agency is looking into marketing claims that some football helmets can help reduce concussions, responding to a senator who wants the FTC to investigate what he called “misleading safety claims and deceptive practices” in the sale of new helmets and reconditioning of used ones.
“We agree that these are serious concerns, and will determine what action by this agency may be appropriate,” FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz wrote to Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.). Get the full story »
LHC Investments announced said it has acquire Lakeshore Athletic Club in Lincoln Park, located at 1320 W. Fullerton. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Get the full story »
Fortune Brands has hired Morgan Stanley to auction its golf division, a sale that may fetch as much as $1.5 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing four people with knowledge of the matter. Get the full story »
Wheeling-based MMA Warehouse LLC, an online retailer of mixed martial arts gear, clothing and accessories, has sold a majority stake to PAG Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Get the full story »
Anheuser-Busch Inc, the maker of Budweiser beer, and Major League Baseball announced a multi-year renewal of their sponsorship agreement, averting a possible end to a more than 30-year relationship. Get the full story »
