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Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – Your papers, please
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55nine Performance, Ergon, and Vassago Cycles Join Forces to Support IMBA-SORBA and Historic Trail System
The 2008 Fool's Gold Mountain Bike Races & Festival put on by 55nine Performance is teaming with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) to create a one-of-a-kind festival in the Southeastern US. Both 55nine Performance and IMBA-SORBA are working together to support improvements of the existing trail system in the Bull Mountain area of Dahlonega, Georgia, as well as to support development of new trail to an already epic area of the Chattahoochee National Forest. 55nine Performance will be making a cash donation to IMBA-SORBA's Land Access Fund to
Vanlandingham sells jerseys and auctions bike for breast cancer center in Colorado
Mountain biking legend and member of the LUNA Chix Pro mountain bike team member Shonny Vanlandingham has joined the fight against breast cancer by helping raise money for a new breast care center in Durango. Vanlandingham and Mercy Regional Medical Center jointly designed a limited-edition cycling jersey that is for sale to the public. All proceeds from sales of the jerseys will be donated to Mercy Health Foundation’s $3.4 million “Yes Ma’am” capital campaign, which is funding equipment and construction of a comprehensive breast care center at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
New England Race Week: June 28 – July 6. Four states, 8 races, one week.
Steeped in history and with its hilly, winding stone-lined roads and historic town centers, can New England become the epicenter of American cycling? Five New England race promoters hope so. Race promoters from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire have formed an association to co-promote five races over one week, June 28th – July 6th. George Gantz, president of Fitchburg Cycling Club, which puts on the venerable Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, started talking about the idea a couple of years ago.
2008 Tour de Suisse, stage 4: BMC’s Jonathan Garcia was in a breakaway for much of the stage.
NBC invests in WCSN to create UniversalSports.com sports video site and a new TV channel.
NBC Sports is investing in World Championship Sports Network, an online sports video provider that will be renamed UniversalSports.com. The companies also will launch a new television network called Universal Sports. “Universal Sports will provide a terrific year-round home to almost all Olympic sports and the athletes who give our viewers such compelling stories,” said Dick Ebersol, the chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics.