In creating the modern era, France saw beyond himself (Nascar)
He had relinquished his role as president, forged on as cancer invaded his body, and was eight months away from bequeathing ultimate power in NASCAR to his son. But the influence Bill France Jr. wielded in the sport his father founded became plainly evident on one winter day in 2003. He asked for a microphone, and a very politically correct announcement on schedule realignment suddenly veered off ......more...Telemarketers asked to get registration (Calcutta News)
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Wednesday ordered telemarketers to register with the government - a day after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announced stringent regulations to provide mobile phone users relief from unsolicited commercial calls (UCC)....more... The Bounce: Casino Del Sol holding rematch (Tucson Citizen)
Casino Del Sol will present its second boxing card in nearly a month after being away from the sport for more than three years....more... Cascade's Grissom, Wolf selected to 2A all-state (The Mail Tribune)
Aaron Grissom capped a phenomenal senior campaign by being named all-state for a second sport this school year....more... UK smallcap opening - Real Affinity firms on Evolve Sport disposal (Sharewatch)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Buyers were nibbling at Real Affinity, 0.01 firmer at 0.05 pence, as the AIM-listed marketing services group sold Evolve Sport, a subsidiary of Navigator, to Graham Morgan and John Bishop, part of the Evolve management team....more... Racing was Bill France Jr.'s life (Sun-Sentinel)
NASCAR legend called 'a soft-hearted guy who had a real hard shell' Bill France Jr., whose hardball business pragmatism brought NASCAR out of backwater tracks and made it a mainstream American sport, died Monday at his Daytona Beach home. He was 74. ...more... France remembered as true innovator (Fox Sports)
Few could be credited with building a sport as much as Bill France Jr. built NASCAR. Lee Spencer says his influence was immense....more... Bill France Jr., 74; turned father's NASCAR into a racing empire (Los Angeles Times)
Bill France Jr., whose hardball business pragmatism brought NASCAR out of backwater tracks and made it a mainstream American sport, died Monday at his home in Daytona Beach, Fla., the organization announced. He was 74. ...more... Botswana: Kabelano Cup to Be Launched (AllAfrica.com)
After much uncertainty, the annual Orange Kabelano Charity Cup will be launched on Thursday at the Gaborone Sun. Though in their May 29 press release the organisers of the spectacular did not want to give away much information, Monitor Sport has learnt that the country's biggest 'indaba' will be played on June 30 at the National Stadium in Gaborone....more... |