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6 All-Star Athletes Endorsing Under Armour
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 11:30am | 699Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors hope to wrap up the NBA championships with a victory Thursday evening over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA) investors are likely rooting the Warriors, as Curry is the company's most visible and iconic endorser. A Golden State...
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PGA Tour Tournament Leaving Trump-Owned Florida Course For Mexico
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 10:58am | 207The PGA Tour said it will move its 2017 WGC-Cadillac Championship from the Trump National Doral golf course to a location in Mexico after it was unable to line up enough sponsorship dollars, according to a report on CNNMoney. The news comes at a time when Trump made disparaging comments about...
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SEC Just Filed A Complaint Against Phil Mickelson For Insider Trading
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 11:23am | 234Phil Mickelson is famous for his dozens of PGA Tour event wins, including five major championships. However, Mickelson has a reputation of also being a gambler which may have landed him in hot water. According to Reuters, U.S. authorities charged an ex-Chairman of Dean Foods Co (NYSE: DF) and a...
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Why Should Nike Want Tiger Woods, Not Rory McIlroy, To Win The Masters?
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 8:48am | 327Belus Capital Advisors CEO Brian Sozzi argued that Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) may prefer Tiger Woods to win the upcoming Masters tournament over Rory McIlroy. In an article published Wednesday on The Street, Sozzi said the issue at hand is the fact that the 39-year-old Woods is still Nike's "go to" guy...
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Quicken Loans Will Not Repeat Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge; Says It's Moving On To 'Something New And Innovative'
Friday, March 13, 2015 - 4:27pm | 408In 2014, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), Quicken Loans and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) hosted the “Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge.” This contest offered a chance to become a (pre-tax) billionaire to anyone who could predict all 64 winners...
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Tiger Woods' Absence Could Cost Golf $15 Billion
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 12:12pm | 595Sure, it’s a sports story but it’s a business story, too. For all of the mistakes, bad press, and general lack of media savvy Tiger Woods has shown, he’s made golf, and the companies involved in the sport, a lot of money. To name a few, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Pepsi, OfficeMax, all of the major...
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FOX Taking Over As Broadcast Partner For The U.S. Open
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 9:01am | 638The PGA Championship kicked off Thursday and with notables like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both well off of the lead and CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) choosing not to give 3.5 million people the opportunity to watch it, the tournament has the potential of being...