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1996Year Ross Roy Communications in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has resigned the broadcast advertising account of the Sports Authority Inc. chain of sporting-goods stores after five years. Peter R. Mills, chairman and chief executive of Ross Roy, a unit of the Omnicom Group, said, "I think, to use a sports analogy, there were some stress fractures" in the relationship between the agency and the retailer. The agency will complete work scheduled to appear for the back-to-school shopping season, he added. THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA
Sports Authority Seeks New Agency
1949Year Whitman, Frank B FRANK B. WHITMAN, A BOSTON EDITOR, 62
Sports Authority, Former Head of Baseball Writers Group, Succumbs ;n St. Louis
1936Year Death WILF P. POND DEAD
SPORTS AUTHORITY; Editor of The Spur for 22 Years and Commentator for Several Newspapers -- Age Was 80.
1938Year Lumley, Arth T A. T. LUMLEY DIES
SPORTS AUTHORITY; Manager of John L. Sullivan and Other Champions, 86--Cartoonist and Writer EDITED POLICE GAZETTE Later Founded Own Paper onThat Model--Worked Under Dana on The Sun Founded Own Paper Handled Other Fighters
1985Year A multiple-use sports bag that can be converted to a backpack has been invented by Carole Cohen of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who has trademarked it Secret Sac. PATENTS
Sports Bag Converted Into a Backpack
1980Year THE midnight oil burns late these winter days. The boardgame addicts are at it again, pitting their football, basket ball, hockey and baseball knowledge against the rolling dice. Sports Addicts Take to the Boards
SPORTS Board Games With a Mathematical Tie to Real Life