by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: advertising, athletics, Chicken, food, Golf, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, marketing, poultry, processor, professional sports, public relations, sponsor
LAUREL and MADISON — Sanderson Farms Inc. is the new title sponsor of the PGA tournament held annually at Annandale Golf Club in Madison. Mississippi’s only PGA event will now be known as the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Laurel-based poultry company is holding a news conference today at 10 a.m. at the Blair E. Batson [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — While authorities investigate the causes of the 34-minute Super Bowl blackout, documents show that Superdome officials were worried last fall about losing power at the big game. Officials warned in an Oct. 15 memo that tests on the dome’s electrical feeders showed decay and “a chance of failure.” Entergy New Orleans, the [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Mississippi may not have its own major league professional sports team, but one Hattiesburg resident can at least say he had a major part in developing one. Rodney Richardson, founder and principal of RARE Design in downtown Hattiesburg, recently designed a new logo for the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, who will soon become [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: athlete, athletics, bench, brain trauma, case, concussion, court, cover-up, football, injury, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, league, professional sports, sports
JACKSON — A federal lawsuit filed in Mississippi on behalf of more than 50 former NFL players claims the league conspired to hide the dangers of concussions and brain trauma associated with professional football. The lawsuit was filed Aug. 28 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. Some of the players named in the lawsuit are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, football, fraud, investing, investors, jail, prison, professional athletes, professional athletics, professional sports, sentencing
JACKSON — Former NFL football player Jeffrey Walker is going to prison for defrauding investors in four states of more than $2 million in what prosecutors say was a land development scheme involving property in China. A federal judge sentenced Walker to 45 months for wire fraud and 36 months for tax evasion. The sentences [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, courts, fraud, investing, investments, investors, judge, judicial, judiciary, professional athletes, professional sports, scam, scheme, sentencing, tax evasion, taxes, wire fraud
MADISON — A federal judge has put off a former NFL player’s sentencing to give prosecutors time to notify possible fraud victims in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona. The Clarion-Ledger reports that the amount of Jeffrey Walker’s restitution payment will depend on the number of victims. Sentencing had been scheduled for last Friday. Federal assistant [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, films, investing, investment, investors, movies, professional sports, scam, tax credits
NEW ORLEANS — Unlike this season’s winning on the football field, current and former members of the New Orleans Saints who bought nonexistent tax credits from a defunct movie studio are likely to come out big losers — perhaps getting back only 15 percent of their investment. The Saints personnel — including coach Sean Payton, [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — The Memphis Grizzlies and C Spire Wireless have entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement involving the NBA Western Conference team and FedExForum. Terms were not disclosed. As part of the agreement, the Memphis Grizzlies have chosen C Spire Wireless as the official wireless partner of the professional basketball team and FedExForum and will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 7,2011
Tags: athletes, athletics, courts, investing, investments, investors, pleas, professional athletes, professional sports, scam, scheme, sentencing, sports
JACKSON — A former National Football League player and Mississippi businessman has admitted to using investors’ money for a planned resort area in China and to buy himself a luxury van, a boat and other items. The Clarion-Ledger reports 48-year-old Jeffrey L. Walker, formerly of Madison, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to wire [...] [...]
JACKSON — On Oct. 5, former NFL head coach Jerry Glanville will visit Jackson to meet with city officials and business leaders to discuss the potential for a Jackson-based United Football League expansion team to participate in the 2012 season. Glanville, who was the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons (1986-1989) and Houston Oilers (1990-1993), [...] [...]
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