Sunday, April 8, 2007

Notes (Smoothie juice bar franchise)

Panthers
Avalanche
The number of game-ending grand slams in Yankees history with Alex Rodriguez providing No. 8 Saturday vs. Baltimore. The total number of days the Devil Rays have been in first place or tied for the top spot in the nine-plus years of the franchise.
astros
As the clocked ticked down into the final minute of stoppage time Saturday afternoon at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Real Salt Lake needed approximately one more defensive stop and it would get its first season-opening win in franchise history. But RSL couldn't keep the ball out of the net.
The New York Racing Association submitted its bid to keep running New York's thoroughbred racing franchise with a cover letter noting it retains its ownership claim to the state's three thoroughbred tracks. "NYRA does not admit, concede or acquiesce to the appropriateness or legality to the RFP process," NYRA senior vice president and general counsel Patrick Kehoe wrote.
Leafs
TRAVERSE CITY An Ohio-based development company has extended its franchise agreement for operation of the Holiday Inn West Bay and announced the hiring of a new general manager.
Freddy Adu has gotten all the hype, but at the onset of Real Salt Lake's 2007 campaign there's no question the third-year franchise has been built around another player.
Bob Hartley told his Atlanta Thrashers to treat their game against Carolina on Friday night like a Game 7. His team responded with a performance that clinched the franchise's first division title.