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ROME - Avoid going head-to-head with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Joe Mauer Jersey .Dont stop for Christmas.Its that easy to make drastic improvements in the slumping Italian league, according to the man whose company controls Serie As foreign TV rights.Said Italian entrepreneur Riccardo Silva, The bottom line is that the Spanish league is more interesting than the Italian league.His remedies involve moving more Serie A matches to Friday or Monday nights, starting them earlier than the Spanish games, and playing over the Christmas and New Years holidays when TV viewership soars.Its the best period for viewing, Silva said in an interview with The Associated Press. People are home and they dont know what do. If you want to be viewed, do these types of things. Try not to clash with the Spanish league. Play at Christmas time. Its not so difficult to understand.In October, Silvas company, MP & Silva, renewed in a three-year deal with Serie A worth an average of 185 million euros (more than $200 million) per season — a 60 per cent increase over the previous deal.For a league beset by an exodus of top players, falling attendance, fan violence and racism, thats a lot of money. So its no wonder Silva is frustrated.I took my kids to see Tottenham-Chelsea on Jan. 1 while our (Italian) players were sitting in the sun, Silva said, referring to Serie As two-week holiday break, when clubs like AC Milan usually decamp to places like Dubai.Silva rarely speaks with the media, making him somewhat of a mystery man in the intertwined world of media rights.Most of the stories written about him have focused on his sprawling penthouse in Miami, the lavish parties filled with models on his luxury yacht, or his close ties to AC Milan and fellow media company Infront.Maybe it was our mistake. We didnt communicate enough, Silva said. I dont want a positive story. I just want the truth. I dont have anything to hide in my story.Born into a family that owns one of the biggest cleaning soap businesses in Italy, the 44-year-old Silva started a media career instead, and founded MP & Silva in 2004 with a couple of fellow Milanese.MP & Silva holds the rights for the English Premier League in 51 territories — mainly in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. The company also distributes Roland Garros in Europe; the NBA in Latin America and Scandinavia; plus numerous other leagues and events.We are not a business (for) consumers, so we dont really need to have advertising, Silva said. We just buy from the leagues and federations and they all know us. We sell to TV channels and they all know us.With an annual turnover of $700 million, MP & Silva ranks third in the sports media rights business behind New York-based IMG and Switzerland-based Infront.With 100 people in 20 offices dotted around the globe, MP & Silvas profits this year will be about $90 million.Last year, the company set up its tax base in Luxembourg.The first nine years we had 20 different companies. It was a nightmare. Then some of the leagues asked for consolidated balances. So we created a holding company, Silva said. Its super-transparent.Silva specializes in selling clients products like Serie A that they hadnt intended to buy.For example, when Silva throws Serie A into a package deal for a client in, say, Vietnam, that already includes the Premier League, the French Open, 10 smaller tennis tournaments and the NBA, the TV station is more inclined to take it.Then they can build a programming schedule, Silva said. The channels like to deal with one company that provides so much content.In the insular world of Italian football, however, Silvas connections to Infront have been a source of concern.The MP in MP & Silva stands for Media Partners, the Milan-based agency led by Marco Bogarelli that was folded into Infront, the company controlled by Philippe Blatter — the nephew of FIFA president Sepp Blatter — in 2006.Bogarelli and Silva each got their starts with Milan Channel and Infront advised Serie A in its bidding process for foreign rights, which MP & Silva was awarded over two significantly lower offers from IMG and B4 Capital.The leagues 20 presidents selected MP & Silva unanimously.In Italy its very transparent because its an auction, and whoever makes the best bid wins. There is no negotiation. It doesnt matter if Im friends with Marco Bogarelli, Silva said. We won with a 30 per cent margin so we probably overbid.What matters, Silva says, is improving the product, and thats an area where Serie A needs help.___Andrew Dampf can be followed at www.twitter.com/asdampf Rod Carew Jersey . The team let Keaton Ellerby, James Wright and Matt Halischuk become unrestricted free agents after declining to make them qualifying offers. Ellerby, 25, appeared in 51 games for the Jets last season and had two goals and four assists. Jason Kubel Jersey . On a hot, sweaty day, the Hall of Famer looked cool and comfortable. 403 Forbidden . Jamies number grades given are out of five, with five being the best mark. Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers (5) - Simply put, Lundqvist was brilliant.In the early years of the tournament, Canada did not send a true National Junior team to the event. Instead, the Memorial Cup champions usually went to represent Canada. The exception was 1978 in Montreal, when an all-star team was put together. 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Final Standings COUNTRY GP W L T GF GA PTS Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 51 19 14 Canada 7 5 1 1 50 20 11 Czechoslovakia 7 4 2 1 32 17 9 Finland 7 4 3 0 35 29 8 Sweden 7 3 4 0 28 30 6 West Germany 7 2 5 0 18 33 4 United States 7 1 5 1 25 45 3 Poland 7 0 6 1 12 58 1 Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A PTS Dale McCourt (CAN) 7 10 8 18 John Andreson (CAN) 7 11 5 16 Igor Romashin (USSR) 7 6 6 12 Juha Jurkkio (FIN) 7 7 4 11 Alexei Frolikov (USSR) 7 6 5 11 Tournament All-Stars G - Alexander Tyzhnych (USSR) F - Dale McCourt (CAN) D - Lubomir Osilizlo (CZE) F - Igor Romashin (USSR) D - Risto Siltanen (FIN) F - Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (SWE) 1978 - Montreal Final Standings COUNTRY GP W L T GF GA PTS Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 51 16 12 Sweden 7 4 2 1 28 24 9 Canada 6 4 2 0 36 18 8 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 0 21 32 4 United States 6 4 2 0 41 30 8 Finland 6 3 2 1 45 25 7 West Germany 6 1 5 0 20 33 2 Switzerland 6 0 6 0 7 70 0 Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A PTS Wayne Gretzky (CAN) 6 8 9 17 Victor Skudryuk (USSR) 7 10 6 16 Sergei Makarov (USSR) 7 8 7 15 Bobby Crawford (USA) 6 4 9 13 Mark Green (USA) 6 7 5 12 Tournament All-Stars G - Alexander Tyzhnych (USSR) F - Wayne Gretzky (CAN) D - Vyacheslav Fetisov (USSR) F - Mats Naslund (SWE) D - Risto Sitanen (FIN) F - Anton Stastny (CZE) 1979 - Karlstad, Sweden Final Standings COUNTRY GP W L T GF GA PTS Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 46 11 11 Sweden 6 4 1 1 19 13 9 Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 19 23 8 Finland 6 2 4 0 20 19 4 Canada 5 3 2 0 23 10 6 United States 5 2 3 0 21 23 4 West Germany 5 1 4 0 17 26 2 Norway 5 0 5 0 6 46 0 Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A PTS Vladimir Krutov (USSR) 6 8 6 14 Anatoli Tarasov (USSR) 6 5 5 10 Vyacheslav Ryanov (USSR) 6 6 3 9 Georg Holzmann (GER) 5 4 4 8 Aleksander Gerasimov (USSR) 6 2 6 8 Tournament All-Stars G - Pelle Lindbergh (SWE) F - Anatoli Tarasov (USSR) D - Ivan Cerny (CZE) F - Vladimir Krutov (USSR) D - Alexi Kasatonov (USSR) F - Thomas Steen (SWE) 1980 - Helsinki, Finland Final Standings COUNTRY GP W L T GF GA PTS Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 24 9 10 Finland 5 4 1 0 29 8 8 Sweden 5 2 2 1 23 15 5 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 0 28 27 4 Canada 5 3 2 0 25 18 6 West Germany 5 2 3 0 15 28 4 United States 5 1 3 1 21 26 3 Switzerland 5 0 5 0 13 47 0 Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A PTS Vladimir Krutov (USSR) 5 7 4 11 Jari Kurri (FIN) 5 4 7 11 Hakan Loob (SWE) 5 2 9 11 Jan Vodila (CZE) 5 6 2 8 Kari Jalonen (FIN) 5 3 5 8 Tournament All-Stars G - Jari Paavola (FIN) F - Vladimir Krutov (USSR) D - Tomas Jonsson (SWE) F - Igor Larionov (USSR) D - Reijo Ruotsalainen (FIN) F - Hakan Loob (SWE) 1981 - West Germany Final Standings COUNTRY GP W L T GF GA PTS Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11 9 Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18 7 Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 26 14 6 Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21 5 West Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24 6 United States 5 2 3 0 19 26 4 Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25 3 Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67 0 Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A PTS Dieter Hegen (GER) 5 8 1 9 Dale Hawerchuk (CAN) 5 5 4 9 Bobby Carpenter (USA) 5 5 4 9 Ari Latheemaki (FIN) 5 5 4 9 Vladimir Svitek (CZE) 5 5 4 9 Tournament All-Stars G - Lars Eriksson (SWE) F - Jan Erixon (SWE) D - Miroslav Horava (CZE) F - Ari Lahteenmaki (FIN) D - Hakan Nordin (SWE) F - Patrik Sundstrom (SWE) 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1977-1981 Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '