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...powerful is the attraction, the performers waive their usual fees - an artist of Chang's wattage can command upward of €20,000 for a single performance - and settle for what amounts to an expenses-paid working holiday. Not even their agents are complaining. Stephen Wright, managing director of IMG Artists U.K., says, "Verbier has an atmosphere of music making as it should be. Artists need that to keep going, as much as they need food and drink - and their big fees the rest of the year." The music industry loves the festival because the unusual collaborations it generates often...
...Ghanaian-born soccer star Freddy Adu, who just turned 14. (Nike will not confirm exact figures.) He has been hailed as the next Renaldo--and maybe even Pele--but for now he's the rising star of the U.S. under-17 team. "Nike builds brands around star athletes," says IMG sports agent Max Eisenbud. "There is a reason they're getting involved with this kid. If he dominates the sport at 17, it's not a big investment." Two years ago Nike signed tennis prodigy Brendan Evans, now 17, for $250,000, and Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova, 16, pocketed...
DIED. MARK MCCORMACK, 72, father of sports marketing; after a heart attack; in New York City. Before McCormack helped turn Arnold Palmer into golf's first celebrity, athletes could expect only product samples and meager sums for making commercials and public appearances. Today his billion-dollar-a-year company, IMG, with 85 offices in 35 nations, stands alone in managing lucrative athletic careers. He had been called the most powerful man in golf, tennis and sports...
...img LIFE Classic Pictures: July 4 Fireworks, barbecues and the beach
...img LIFE Classic Pictures: July 4 Fireworks, barbecues and the beach