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** Masha News and Articles! ** Vol. 3

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#1 ·
Hi everyone :wavey:

Thought maybe we could use a thread here to post all the news, interviews, and articles we find on Masha. :)

I just got my new Tennis Week magazine and Maria is on the cover again (she was also on the March cover). :eek:

If they haven't been posted already, I'll scan in the pics and article and post them here later.
 
#69 ·
^ Their ranking shows average quality points per tournament.
Maria has better average because she only played 14 tournaments, while Azarenka played 17.

(Of course Azarenka only played and retired Rome & Montreal to avoid Zero Pointers, but its hard to ignore those in these stats.)
 
#70 ·
The rumors won't stop for this two ever since Milan :oh:

Maria Sharpova Dating Fellow Tennis Player Grigor Dimitrov?

There’s some rumbling going on about a new tennis couple – Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov and world number two Maria Sharapova have been linked together. Our source tells us Maria and Grigor are secretly dating, and are trying to keep it out of the press, so they can both focus on their craft without media distractions — They should try competing in mixed doubles, I bet they’d dominate.-TO
Read more at http://www.terezowens.com/maria-sha...s-player-grigor-dimitrov/#s6yz4IxxDfj8MjSS.99
 
#72 ·
Those were hilariously off considering they were broken up hahaha.
 
#80 ·
WTA - Sharapova and Stosur commit to Bank of the West Classic in July



Tennis players decide their schedule months in advance and early tournament entries are a good way to promote an event and help with sponsors and fan interest.

The WTA Bank of the West Classic will not take place before July 2013 but the tournament has already announced that 2 top 10 players have confirmed their participation in the event next year.

World no. 2 Maria Sharapova, the reigning French Open champion, and former US Open champion Samantha Stosur, currently ranked no. 9 in the world, are among the early confirmations for the hard court event which serves as a tune up for the US Open grand slam event.

The event takes place July 22-28 at Stanford University’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium .

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/WTA---Sharapova-and-Stosur-commit-to-Bank-of-the-West-Classic-in-July-articolo7318.html
 
#81 ·
The AIPS Best Female Athlete of the Year 2012 list of nominees includes last year's winner Cross Country Ski Queen Marit Bjorgen of Norway, Sally Pearson, Jessica Ennis and Allysin Felix.

The full list:

Victoria AZARENKA Tennis Belarus
Marit BJØRGEN Ski Cross Country Norway
Gabby DOUGLAS Gymnastics USA
Jessica ENNIS Athletics Great Britain
Allyson FELIX Athletics USA
Missy FRANKLIN Swimming USA
ICHO Kaori Wrestling Japan
Ranomi KROMOWIDJOJO Swimming Netherlands
Tina MAZE Skiing Slovenia
Alexandra RAISMAN Gymnastics USA
Sally PEARSON Athletics Australia
Maria SHARAPOVA Tennis Russia
Katie TAYLOR Boxing Ireland
Serena WILLIAMS Tennis USA

vote here: http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=9542&tp=n
 
#85 ·
Tennis News: Maria Sharapova and Nike, Taxes and Nike



Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber knows just how important Nike is to his state so he recently asked the legislature to give him the authority to sign a deal with the footwear and apparel giant Nike where the state won’t change the formula used to levy corporate income taxes on the firm.



Nike is one of only two Fortune 500 companies in Oregon along with Intel and employs some 8,000 workers in the state. Nike is said to be the world’s largest sporting-goods company.



The Oregonian (newspaper) reports that before 1991, multi-state corporations doing business in Oregon were taxed under a formula based on their sales, payroll and property in the state. Then the state began taxing corporations only on their in-state sales.



Nike sells most of their products outside the state and doesn’t report what it pays in Oregon corporate taxes. But the Oregon Center for Public Policy says its tax burden is $20 million less than it would have been under pre-1991 laws.



However, Kitzhaber and the executives from two Oregon business associations argue that Oregon depends heavily on companies that make products for out-of-state consumption, and that Oregon receives more in personal income taxes from Nike employees than what it gives up in corporate taxes.



It appears that most of Oregon’s legislators are behind the deal.



Kitzhaber has said he wants to offer Nike assurances in exchange for getting the company’s promise to expand in Oregon.



Nike 2012 revenues totaled $24.1 billion, while annual earnings equaled $4.73 per share.



The company recently announced a 2-for-1 stock split and boosted its dividend by 17 percent. It’s stock was trading at around $97 on Thursday.



In November, it agreed to sell its Cole Haan fashion brand to private-equity firm Apax Partners for $570 million.



Maria Sharapova has been one of the faces of Cole Hahn. It is unclear how the deal will affect her contract.

http://www.10sballs.com/2012/12/14/tennis-news-maria-sharapova-and-nike-taxes-and-nike/
 
#103 ·
Wow! I didn't expect that! She'll probably do something similar to what Rafa's doing now: write a few words and link his fb page for the pics!
 
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