Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Jay-Z was sitting on the edge of his impossibly large oak desk when he stressed the importance of flatware. Forks need to be heavy, he told his small audience, which included Chris Sharples, the architect in charge of designing a block of luxury suites at Barclays Center that would bear the rap impresario’s imprint. Forks, Jay-Z said, need to have substance. A plastic fork? Please. Even stainless steel was out of the question.
NFL & Pepsi To Sign $2.3 Billion Sponsorship Extension!
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl As the National Football League season gets under way this week, professional football appears primed to shake off any lingering business damage its four-month lockout might have inflicted. On Tuesday, the league and PepsiCo Inc. are set to announce a 10-year, extension of their sponsorship deal that ultimately could be valued at $2.3 billion through the 2022 playoffs, making it one of the largest sponsorships to date in U.S. sports.
Whoops! Sears “Accidentally” Sells Porn!
Sears Holdings Corp. has apologized to customers after a religious group discovered that pornographic movies could be purchased by minors and others through the Sears.com website. The family-oriented department-store chain said the videos violated its standards for online merchandise and are no longer being offered for sale. @TatWZA
5 wins in 5 nights; UConn wins Big East Title!
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun had scanned the schedule before the tournament began and winced. For ninth-seeded UConn to win a championship, the Huskies would need to win five games in five days—including four straight against top-25 opponents.
MLB: A-Rod buys penthouse in The Rushmore building on NY’s upper West Side
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Yankee star Alex Rodriguez has made a deal to buy a four-bedroom condo on the 35th floor of a new Manhattan development, with views of the Hudson River and a park with a baseball diamond. The deal by Mr. Rodriguez for a full-floor apartment at the Rushmore, a new building with twin 41-story towers on Riverside Boulevard, brings to an end one of the most high-profile celebrity apartment searches in years. People with knowledge of the deal confirmed that the sale price was between $5.5 million and $6 million. The apartment includes a room that can be turned into a fifth bedroom or used as a library.
Just In! Court trustee say Mets owners owe $300 Million!
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl The two owners of the New York Mets, their families and businesses were collectively one of the largest beneficiaries of Bernard Madoff’s fraud, reaping about $300 million in fictitious profits, according to a lawsuit unsealed on Friday. The baseball team itself had 16 Madoff accounts, from which more than $90 million in fictitious profits were withdrawn and used to help fund the team’s “day-to-day operations,” according to the suit filed by Irving Picard, the bankruptcy trustee recovering money for Madoff victims.
