New York Knicks
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Presale Starts: September 15, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
Presale Ends: September 21, 2009 06:30 PM EDT
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Detroit Pistons
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI
Presale Starts: Tuesday, 09/15/09 09:00 AM EDT
Presale Ends: Thursday, 09/17/09 12:00 PM EDT
TM Presale Password: TMPISTONS
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Phoenix Suns
US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
Presale Starts: September 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Presale Ends: September 20, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Presale Password: CH15
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN
Presale Starts: September 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
Presale Ends: September 25, 2009 11:00 PM CDT
Presale Password: KLOVE
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Indiana Pacers
Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Presale Starts: September 08, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
Presale Ends: September 14, 2009 09:59 AM EDT
Presale Password: COMPETE
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I guess the US Open isn’t immune to the recession either.

US Open Tennis Day Sessions
September 8 – 11, 2009
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Flushing Meadows, NY
2 for 1 Password: BTMBLAST
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PS I would jump on this deal before it sells out.

Tickets to the 2009 US Open Tennis Tournament are on Amex presale now through Saturday, June 6 at 11PM ET (Buy Tickets).

I’ll just reiterate what I said last year about the US Open, if you are anything at all of a tennis fan and want to attend the tournament I highly recommend getting your tickets early. The US Open always sells out, and once these tickets disappear from TM, they tend to be astronomically priced on the secondary market. Get them now, pay face value, then sell them on craigslist if you don’t end up going. Kind of simple right?

Cardmembers can experience the U.S. Open like no one else! Daily Trophy Club Tickets are available to Cardmembers only, with access to the grounds and the exclusive Trophy Club at breathtaking Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.

2010 U.S. Open Golf Tournament
June 14-20, 2010
Presale Ends: Sunday, June 22 at 12:00AM ET
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach, CA
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2009 US OPEN (TENNIS) CASTING CALL

Do you want to sing at the 2009 US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York? The United States Tennis Association is looking for talented boys or girls age 12 & under to be among those to audition to sing a musical composition as selected by the USTA at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center prior to a session of the 2009 US Open. Read the Official Rules (PDF).

Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY

When: Monday, June 8, 2009

Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

What: You will be asked to sing a cappella (without music) all or a portion of “America the Beautiful”

Open to: Legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia 12 years of age or younger as of September 13, 2009

What to bring: Your singing voice, 2 forms of identification with date of birth, completed Liability and Publicity Release with parent/legal guardian signature, and your parent or legal guardian (those attending through a school program may be accompanied by a school official/chaperone)

Selection: Selection will be at the sole and absolute discretion of the USTA

If you’re a CFL fan and a Coldplay fan, this deal is a no-brainer.

Welcome to the Argonauts single game ticket voucher sale. You can be the first to purchase single game vouchers for the 2009 Argos season. As a limited time bonus, Argos ticket purchasers can buy tickets to an amazing Coldplay concert on July 30th at Rogers Centre before tickets go on sale to the general public. Hurry because pre-sale ticket quantities for the concert are limited.

Click the THIS LINK to purchase Argos single game vouchers WITHOUT PRE-SALE ACCESS for the concert.

Click the THIS LINK to purchase Argos single game vouchers, together WITH PRE-SALE ACCESS for the concert. You will then be asked to select your concert tickets, and your $33 per ticket (plus $5 service charge) Argos vouchers will be waiting for you on the delivery page.

We look forward to seeing you at Rogers Centre for the upcoming 2009 season.

Just like they did last year, the NHL is going to have another old fashioned game of shinny on New Year’s Day, but this time it will be at Wrigley Field in Chicago. This year’s NHL Winter Classic will feature the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings in their 701st matchup. The game will be broadcast live on NBC, CBC, RDS and The NHL Network at 1:00 PM ET on January 1, 2009.

Watch the NHL Winter Classic TV spot after the jump.

“NHL Winter Classic Rides Again” continued after the jump

Well, it’s not quite as good as it sounds, (though I expect if you’re Bill, you couldn’t care less either way), it’s 2 tickets to any 12 events of your choice in 2009 at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, The Beacon Theatre and/or the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. To enter the contest, sign up for a new account at MSGInsider.com before January 5, 2009 or just log on if you have already an account. MSG Insider actually sends a fair amount of presale codes and it’s a free thing, so I actually would recommend it even if they weren’t offering an incentive.

The highlight came at about 10:05, when everyone in attendance was treated to a tremendous surprise. While the band rocked out to the classic “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” Red Wings forward Darren McCarty drove out on to the stage on a motorcycle. He wasn’t alone, though. The Stanley Cup — his fourth with the franchise — was riding shotgun. [NHL.com]

Check out the accompanying “higlight reel” video from the “Face Off Rocks” celebration in Detroit where Joe Elliot of Def Leppard commits a major gaffe with the Stanley Cup.

NHL Face Off Rocks at The Fox

“We’re soccer boys, what do we know.” – Joe Elliot

Dude, just look at the thing! Look at the hundreds of names on the bottom, look at the size of the base vs the size of the bowl on the top, isn’t it obvious which way it goes! You think if they gave Elliot a triangle, he’d try to stand it on its point? Anyway, if that was Canada, he may not have made it out of there alive.

Hey, this is a great deal. This Two-For-One ticket offer is valid for day sessions on September 3, 4 & 5. Buy tickets here, use code BTMBLAST.

Nike + Human Race

The Nike+ Human Race, the world’s biggest one-day running event, will take place on August 31, 2008. In conjunction with the event, a live music performance will take place in each of the 25 designated race cities. In New York, The All-American Rejects will play a post-race concert on Randall’s Island. Check out the press release below for more city and concert information:

In London, runners will be treated to an exclusive performance by world-renowned American DJ, songwriter, musician and singer Moby in the city’s famed Wembley Stadium. Other all-star artists confirmed to play at the Nike+ Human Race include chart-topping rock band All-American Rejects in NY; hometown favorite Fall Out Boy in Chicago; R&B songstress Kelly Rowland in Paris; dance-electro-pop duo The Pinker Tones in Madrid, Turkish pop sensation Kenan Dogulu in Istanbul; the Fantastic Four in Munich; Beijing-based singing duo Yu Quan in Shanghai and American rock band Boy Likes Girl in Singapore.

The one that didn’t get away.*

*Normal blogging will resume shortly.

I’ll be back next week.

Jam, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2006 SXSW Film Festival, premieres tonight at 9PM (EDT) on the Sundance Channel. Jam was directed by sucessful movie trailer man Mark Woolen and produced by Woolen, Scott Mitsui, and Myles “Randy” Bender.

Jam (2006)
They were television sports stars of the ’60s and ’70s, a bigger draw than major league baseball. And then, virtually overnight, they disappeared. Now, one man has brought them all back to reclaim their lost glory!

Shot over seven years (1998-2004), JAM follows the saga of the America Roller Derby League, a group of fading Roller Derby stars who, despite the fact that they are in their 50s and 60s, are determined to make the sport a national sensation once again.

In what practically amounts to a crime against humanity, the CBC has walked away from the famous Hockey Night In Canada theme song it used for 40 years in a dispute over royalty payments with the composer. In order to fill the gaping void, the public broadcaster has begun accepting submissions on its website for a replacement anthem to accompany the iconic Saturday night hockey broadcast.

TORONTO (Reuters) – If you can string together a few catchy musical notes, write them down and send them to Canada’s national broadcaster, you could earn C$100,000 ($99,000) and a lifetime of bragging rights.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which recently lost the rights to its hugely popular “Hockey Night in Canada” theme song, said on Thursday it will hold a contest to find a replacement for the jingle.

CBC, which had used the theme to open its top-rated “Hockey Night” broadcasts since 1968, lost the rights to the song about two weeks ago when rival CTV network struck a deal with the song’s author.[Reuters/Yahoo! News]