MAURY BROWN RUMORS & GOSSIP

Hundreds of fans, who were informed by Yankee personnel that last night’s game between the Red Sox and Yankees was rained out, only to have the game played anyway, angrily begged to be let back into the stadium at Gate 6, with one fan being arrested in the chaos. The ugly scene occurred after patrons were reportedly told by Yankee employees who walked the concourse holding pinstriped...

The Miami Dolphin could announce as early as Friday, a one-year naming rights deal to change the name of Dolphin Stadium to “Land Shark Stadium” after Land Shark Lager a joint project of Anheuser Busch and Jimmy Buffett. According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, “Dolphin Stadium president Bruce Schulze confirmed Friday that a naming rights deal with Land Shark Lager is...

The following is a break down of the 2009 NFL Draft, Rounds 1-7Click to see the 2009 NFL Draft in PDF  Source: National Football League OTHER NEWS ACROSS THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK Large Land Purchase Near Trinity River Could Include Ballpark - The Biz of Baseball Dodgers Unveil "Mannywood" This Weekend - The Biz of Baseball ...

After a week of stories regarding the highest priced seats in Yankee Stadium going empty, Randy Levine is stressed. The president of the Yankees, one simply not used to anyone questioning how the Yankees conduct business, has instead been playing damage control.Friday, it seemed to finally hit his breaking point.On Thursday, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber was speaking...

Now in their 12th year, Michael K. Ozanian and Kurt Badenhausen have published the 2009 MLB franchise valuations for Forbes, and with it, the downturn in the economy has cast its shadow across the league. (See historical Forbes valuations from 2002-2009) The 30 clubs are valued at $14.475 billion, compared to $14.149 billion in 2008, an increase of 2.18 percent. However, the increases...

At The Biz of Baseball, Maury Brown reports that a full post-season share for the 2008 WS Champion Phillies amounted to $351.504.48, and full shares for the AL champion Rays were good for $223,390.05 apiece. The Cubs' share of the total players' pool came to a little over $1.5MM. The team awarded 50 full shares of $25,032.89, with 11.03 partial shares and five cash...

Baseball fans, prepare for more frustration.MLB owners, yet again, tabled restructuring the local and regional television territories for the league at today's quarterly owners meetings in New York, and in doing so, leaves an arcane and convoluted system in place just before the MLB Network launches on January 1. The commissioner's office has proposed an adjustment that...