Spurs Sports & Entertainment will host its first career fair on Sept. 13 at AT&T Center from 3-6 p.m.

Chevron Corp. will end its NASCAR sponsorship following the 2008 season, the company said Tuesday. (CVX)

Jobing.com Arena will hold a job fair Thursday to scout out 150 part-time staffers for the 2008-09 season.

Safeco Field remained the American League’s top ballpark for vegetarian food, according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Doctors at the Mayo Clinic said Barbara Bachman was upgraded to good condition and is recovering 10 days after being stabbed in Beijing in an attack that killed her husband, the CEO of Bachman's Inc.

Kansas Speedway announced its 2009 NASCAR race schedule Tuesday.

Coming soon to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo is a new outdoor playground for its youth programs.

Mervo High School's new $1 million football stadium will bear the name of former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell.

Expert Choice Inc. wants the public to help it predict which city will host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Former NFL All-Pro quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon is hosting a celebrity charity golf event at Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

Haven’t seen enough of Barack Obama and John McCain in the media this year?

The University of Georgia’s Archway to Excellence fundraising campaign ended June 30, topping out at $653.6 million and beating the seven-year campaign’s goal by more than $150 million.

The Los Angeles Galaxy named veteran soccer coach Bruce Arena head coach and general manager on Monday.

Office tenants at 1700 Pacific Avenue, a 49-story, Class A office building in downtown Dallas, will soon have access to an upscale, 25,000-square-foot fitness center called “Elevation.” (JLL)

Athletic Nation Franchise Corp., a men’s personal-training gym franchisor, has signed National Football League All-Pro Lorenzo Neal to a three-year endorsement deal.

It looks like the Sacramento River Cats -- the defending Pacific Coast League and Triple-A champions -- are going to the playoffs again. Tickets for all playoff games at Raley Field go on sale Thursday.

On the heels of an $8.3 million lawsuit, a prominent Louisville businessman plans to close his trucking business.

Ohioans love the Cleveland Cavaliers and Browns, but even those professional franchises must step aside for the Ohio State University Buckeyes when it comes to igniting fans' passion, a new poll has found.

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has launched a social-networking hub as it continues to bulk up its online infrastructure.

Engineering giant URS Corp. bought LopezGarcia Group Inc., a five-office Texas infrastructure company. (URS)

Ohioans love the Cleveland Cavaliers and Browns, but even those professional franchises must step aside for the Ohio State University Buckeyes when it comes to igniting fans’ passion, a new poll has found.

Members of the Louisville Metro Police Department and the Louisville Fire Department will face each other on the basketball court Saturday, Sept. 13 for Patriot Game VI.

Funeral services for longtime Cotton Bowl executive director Jim “Hoss” Brock will be held in Fort Worth on Wednesday. During the service, family and friends will memorialize the life of a man who became synonymous with college football and the yearly Cotton Bowl Classic that defined Brock’s signature public relations style — a combination of southern hospitality mixed with an old fashioned love of the game.

Ohioans love the Cleveland Cavaliers and Browns, but even those professional franchises must step aside for the Ohio State University Buckeyes when it comes to igniting fans’ passion, a new poll has found.

As part of the MVP loyalty program the team developed in March, the Memphis Grizzlies are giving one-year NBA League Pass subscriptions to original season ticket holders. The MVP loyalty program rewards fans with additional amenities depending on how many years they have held season tickets.

Greensboro native Caroline Lind helped the U.S. women's eight rowing team win its first Olympic gold medal since 1984 on Sunday in Beijing.

The Wyndham Championship sold all 25,000 tickets available for both Saturday and Sunday, a milestone for Greensboro's annual PGA Tour stop.

The planned Orlando Events Center is hosting the fourth in a series of informational subcontractor and supplier forums for minority- and women-owned business.

Fenway Sports Group this fall will open a West Coast office in San Diego, the latest indicator of its accelerating pace of growth.

Newport Central Catholic High School Principal Bob Noll has always believed his staff can offer students at his small school something they can’t find at larger public schools – a strong Catholic education with a personal touch.

Soccer mania swept South Korea in 2002 when the national team played for the World Cup.

The United States Tennis Association’s acquisition of Cincinnati’s ATP Masters Series tennis tournament will mean big changes for Tennis For Charity Inc., the nonprofit that has run the tournament for 33 years and donated some $17 million to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and other local charities.

As a child in Chicago, Jeff Verbin had a reputation for making an argument. But, despite his oratorical abilities, he chose real estate, banking and finance contracts instead of litigation when he began practicing law in his hometown.

Wearing sleek sunglasses and driving a black Mercedes-Benz, Jeff Thomas seems somewhat out of place on the quaint streets of Altamont.

Sandy Hays Mies is pretty busy these days.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking to spend money at stores and restaurants and staying at hotels.

Rain has pelted the Saratoga Race Course for much of the first half of the 36-day meet, hurting attendance and gambling revenue at the region's premier summer attraction.

Universal Studios is the new home for production work on My Family's Got GUTS, a remake of Nickelodeon's extreme sports competition show GUTS, which first aired in 1992.

The Major Indoor Soccer League, which includes the Orlando Sharks soccer team, ceased operations May 31 and now plans to re-emerge this month as a new league with a new name and a new business model.

Owning an independent Anheuser-Busch distributorship has been referred to as holding the "keys to the kingdom."

Fantasy sports leagues have become a popular pastime for sports fans who want the perspective of a team owner who must buy and trade players to give his team a chance at the championship.

Tim Connolly, senior vice president, Jacksonville Jaguars:

Self-described as grounded, insightful and direct, Cathy Weeden is a busy woman with little time for small talk. In fact, her "hot button" is people who don't get to the point quickly.

Soaring gas prices, the housing slump and a general economic malaise cannot extinguish the Dayton Dragons' steady success.

Greg Attwood doesn't want to see many bulging, bulky weight lifters or musclebound, grunting exercisers in Planet Fitness as he expands the chain in Austin soon.

Brad Casper, president and CEO of The Dial Corp. in Scottsdale, and Arizona State University President Michael Crow will take part in a Sustainability Summit in Washington next month.

The Silicon Valley Chapter of Financial Executives International awarded scholarships to 10 local college students who demonstrated talent and aptitude for finance and accounting.

In his new offices as a Morgan Stanley financial advisor -- guiding the portfolios of some of Wichita's wealthiest -- Tom Kirk is known for his bend-over-backwards approach to client service.

Five years ago, Denise Meridith decided Phoenix-area sports teams needed a stronger fan base. So she created the Linking Sports and Communities Banquet, sponsored by The Leadership Consortium, to help enhance the local sports and business communities.

Looks like a bid to make Cricket Arena a historic landmark is history.

Even though the Green Bay Packers had a messy breakup with quarterback Brett Favre in recent weeks, the team plans to offer a controversial $20 million marketing agreement to Favre after the legendary quarterback finally retires.

Packers? Jones signs marketing agreement James Jones, the Green Bay Packers’ second-year wide receiver, has signed a marketing agreement with Lammi Sports Management, a Milwaukee sports management firm.

It’s been quite an interesting first eight months as president of the Green Bay Packers for Mark Murphy.

The Green Bay Packers are working on several major renovation plans to Lambeau Field to increase fan access and generate additional revenue.

A confidential settlement has been reached in the lawsuit wrestler Ric Flair filed against Charlotte financial adviser Scott Storick and several other individuals and companies.

The Colorado businessman who bought the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival out of bankruptcy in 2007 said he is expecting a 20 percent increase in both attendance and revenue for the six-weekend run beginning Aug. 23.

DLR Group’s Overland Park office is getting too big for its niches — architecture for the school, justice and corporate markets.

The Metro Fair Board's consultant has recommended four of the nine ideas that were proposed for redevelopment of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, but ultimate decision is up to the fair board.

The mayor’s race should start heating up after a poll by the two Big Island dailies, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today, showed 40 percent of voters polled still are undecided.

Celebrated local chef Ashley Christensen has cooked her last meal at Enoteca Vin, the Glenwood South restaurant that put her on the pages of national foodie magazines.

DURHAM – Duke University athletics officials appear intent on putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to upgrading the Blue Devils football program.

High gas prices and a woozy economy might actually benefit the California State Fair, which starts its 18-day run today at Cal Expo.

The development team behind the Elk Grove Sportscenter, a first-of-its-kind melding of recreational sports and fitness companies inside a vacant warehouse, hopes the concept of one-stop recreation takes off in spite of economic hard times.

SportsLine.com, founder and former CEO Mike Levy has a new startup, OpenSports.com, which will emphasize fan-generated content.

Bank of America executive Theresa Andrews is watching swimmer Michael Phelps’ record-breaking Olympic performance with a special pride. Andrews was the first Olympic star to emerge from Phelps’ original swim club, North Baltimore Aquatic Club in Baltimore, which is also home to current Olympic medalist Katie Hoff. Andrews was an Olympic double gold medalist in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, winning in both the 100 meter backstroke and the 4x100 meter medley relay.

As the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process continues in San Antonio, Bexar County and military officials are examining the idea of closing the portion of one of the city’s thoroughfares in the southwest part of the city.

We’ve let our elected officials take one of those giant first-grader erasers to the Constitution.

The Aug. 1 failure of First Priority Bank in Bradenton has banking industry veterans at odds over the way regulators handled the case. (TWX)

NFL quarterback Brian Griese was in Denver this summer — not to suit up again for the Broncos, but to help raise money for a program he founded to help grieving children.

It’s begun. An advance wave of media companies that plan to cover the Aug. 25-28 Democratic National Convention started arriving the week of Aug. 11, and began activating their telephone and Internet connections at the Pepsi Center. (Q) (LVLT) (DISH)

People attending the Democratic National Convention continue to look for private housing to rent for the event, and there’s still some available, according to local housing professionals.

Move over, cheese-drenched nachos and greasy French fries.

As airlines slash capacity and passenger totals drop, a Beaverton company is working to help airports find creative ways to generate revenue.

Two big pieces of the construction puzzle at Huntington Park are being put in place as contractors hustle to make sure the baseball stadium opens on time next April.

Raising more than $700,000 last year for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Atlanta Affiliate and the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund, the swanky Jeffrey Fashion Cares event has become one of Atlanta’s most high-profile and lucrative philanthropic events of the year.

After years of neglect, dwindling attendance and steep financial losses, the upcoming Oregon State Fair appears to have turned the corner.

The Association of Corporate Counsel-Georgia Chapter expects to raise $60,000 to $70,000 at its second annual golf event to benefit the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta. (KFT)

The Houston Texans and Dallas-based eSports Partners Inc. have teamed up to open the first brick-and-mortar store exclusively selling Houston Texans merchandise outside of Reliant Stadium.

Just before the All Star break in early July, 100 Bank of America clients donned personalized Red Sox jerseys and kicked the red dust off their shoes at Fenway Park.

The R Bar Arena hopes its new home at Arena Crossing in Columbus will put it on the map – literally.

Liberty Mutual’s top clients get the ultimate golf perk: a chance to walk in the spiked footprints of Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh at the exclusive TPC Boston golf club in Norton. Club memberships give executives the chance to putt, drive and chip alongside clients for the ultimate business meeting.

Hefty paychecks and higher-valued homes helped Roseville and Elk Grove become two of the nation’s 50 wealthiest communities with at least 100,000 residents, at least before the free fall of the real estate market.

A “triple-play” stock is defined as one that: a) beats analysts’ sales estimates; b) beats analysts’ earnings estimates; and c) raises earnings guidance.

As the 37th annual Ryder Cup approaches, Cobalt Artworks is trying to leverage the international golf tournament to raise money for local charities. The tournament will be held from Sept. 16 to 21 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.