Posts Tagged ‘sports business’
Detroit Names Matthew Stafford As Starting QB
Friday, April 9, 2010 7:18 No CommentsMatthew Stafford has yet to play a regular season NFL game and hes already the Detroit Lions starting quarterback. First year coach Jim Schwartz named Stafford as his starter for the teams opening game of the NFL regular season against the New Orleans Saints. Stafford beat out veteran Daunte Culpepper for the spot, though Schwartz went out of his way to stress that the rookie won the job as opposed to Culpepper losing it.
Kelly Pavlik To Defend Middleweight Title Against Paul Williams
Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:21 No CommentsKelly Pavlik will defend his unified middleweight championship against Paul Williams on October 3rd in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Despite some fits and starts in the negotiations between the two sides, they finally came to terms on Tuesday night. An official announcement of the fight will be forthcoming.
The Last Emperor’ Signs With Strikeforce
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:45 No CommentsThe worlds best heavyweight mixed martial artist has a new American promotional home. Following Afflictions announcement that they were ending MMA promotional activities, Fedor Emelianenko negotiated with several groups–including the UFC–before signing a multifight deal to compete for the Strikeforce promotion. Terms of the arrangement were not made public, but the promotion indicated that Fedor would make his Strikeforce debut this October.
