franchise
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Unlike their NHL counterparts, the franchise owners have never been willing to shut down the season long enough to send players to the Games.
It builds on the investments that Zurich has made in developing its market-leading Specialty franchise, which wrote approximately $9 billion of specialty gross written premiums as of Dec. 31, the insurer said.
Following the BBC report on a potential 'shadow ban' on players from Pakistan, the ECB first wrote to the eight Hundred franchises to remind them of their responsibilities on matters of discrimination.
From BBC
Basketball is a sport in which a single star can reverse a franchise’s fortunes—unless, of course, that franchise is Sacramento or Washington, in which case the team is hellbound to stink forever.
SAG-AFTRA’s recognition on Sunday is one of several lifetime achievement awards bestowed upon the actor over his extensive six-decade career, which is defined by two of Hollywood’s biggest film franchises.
From Los Angeles Times
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