One example they gave was of a planner who was courting the family of a sports star.
Even after the past week he is less connected online than many of his sports star competitors.
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By teaming up with Mr. James, Fenway will be representing the commercial interests of an individual sports star for the first time.
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Most men, and increasing numbers of women grow up with the dream of becoming a professional sports star in their favorite pastime.
That is still less than a top American sports star such as basketball's Michael Jordan can command, but perhaps not for long.
Now it seems that for the very first time, the country's most famous sports star may not be from the ball park after all.
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Tour of Ireland director Darach McQuaid said the global sports star could use the event to promote his cancer message all over the world.
Now, the former sports star looks disdainfully at the awards, dismissing them as "doping medals" and honors that turned a woman into a man.
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That's why so many young people today tell pollsters their ambition in life is to be a celebrity, a sports star or a glamorous model.
The latest high-profile sports star in hot water is boxer Floyd Mayweather who faces eight criminal charges after an altercation with the mother of three of his children.
That perfect storm of talent and timing has churned out a unique action sports star, a global celebrity who ranks among the athletes that rely on fastballs and slam dunks.
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Already a world-wide sports star, he became a crossover phenomenon with the release of the 2002 comedy film "Bend It Like Beckham, " in which a British-born Indian girl dreams of playing with her hero.
Mr. Chaudhry, a supporter of Pakistani sports-star-turned-politician Imran Khan and his PTI party, attributed the absence of voting rights to Mr. Khan's challenge of the country's existing political establishment.
In late January ESPN star sports, a joint venture of ESPN and News Corp.
The potential loss of ESPN Star Sports in China wouldn't appear to be a big deal for the cable network.
Star sports owners can do a lot of things for their team.
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The ICC must first strike a deal with broadcasters ESPN Star Sports to work out whether sufficient technology is available to use at a global event.
In May, Pietersen had announced his retirement from T20 and one-day cricket, although he was in Sri Lanka working as a broadcaster for ESPN Star Sports.
"The game is at a crossroads in the region, " says commentator John Faulkner, whose weekly hockey show on ESPN Star Sports is required viewing for hockey fans.
After that group are the athletes more in line with competitive action sports like motocross star Travis Pastrana, BMXer Matt Hoffman and freeskiers Bobby Brown, Glen Plake and Tom Wallisch.
Anyone who has had access to a newspaper knows this isn't the first time some member of the company's stable of galactic star sports figures has been a target of serious allegations.
But soccer, like most professional sports, is star-driven.
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Elsewhere, sports presenter and former England football star Gary Lineker tweeted that his wife Danielle Bux, who is from Cardiff, would be "insufferable" following the result.
The former England captain was joined by the likes of recently retired England cricket star Andrew Flintoff, Sports Personality winner and champion jockey Tony McCoy, Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs and golf's world number one Lee Westwood.
The theme of each skin can be oriented to fans of the latest recording star du jour, sports personalities or pretty much anything else that might convince a teen to spend a few extra bucks for two or more skins to go with the phone.
The ad was to run on Feb. 5 during the NFLPA All-Star Game on CBS College Sports Network.
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Sports teams and franchises often insure their star players for extortionate sums, and generally take the stand of insuring an entire player rather than their individual parts.
Knight, a former University of Oregon track star, founded Blue Ribbon sports in 1964, selling Japanese running shoes out of the trunk of his car at track meets on the weekends while teaching accounting at Portland State.
We asked in December if Vick is once again the face of the NFL. Sponsors are starting to reengage with Vick, with a Nissan dealership and sports gear company Unequal Technologies inking the star to deals (pre dog-fighting Vick had deals with Coca-Cola, Electronic Arts, Kraft and Nike).
Cinedigm is teaming up with the league and Turner Sports to showcase the 2009 All-Star Saturday Night in Live 3D HD to some 80 theaters across the US. Hailed as the "first-ever marketed and commercially viable (open for sale to public) live movie theater broadcast of a major sporting event, " the spectacle will be available on over 160 screens in 35 states.
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