Notable TV sports deals

Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Company	Time Warner
Total value	$3.6 billion
Years	2012-2031
Per year	$180 million average
Team	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Company	Fox
Total value	$2 billion-$2.5 billion
Years	2016-2032
Per year	$117 million-$147 million average
Team	New York Yankees
Company	Yes Network
Total value	N.A.
Years	2012-2041
Per year	$85 million increasing to $350 million
Team	Houston Astros/Houston Rockets
Company	Comcast
Total value	$3.2 billion
Years	2012-2031
Per year	$160 million average
Team	Detroit Tigers/Pistons/Red Wings
Company	Fox
Total value	$1 billion
Years	2008-2017
Per year	$100 million average
Team	Texas Rangers
Company	Fox
Total value	$1.6 billion
Years	2015-2034
Per year	$80 million average

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Briefly: The life of Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Henry M. Paulson Jr.

• 1967: As a football lineman at Dartmouth College, he is named all-Ivy League and wins an NCAA scholar-athlete fellowship
• 1968: Earns bachelor's degree in English
• 1970: Earns MBA at Harvard
• 1970-72: Serves as an assistant to the secretary of defense
• 1972-73: On staff of the White House Domestic Council, under President Nixon
• 1974: Joins Goldman Sachs
• 1977: Named vice president of Goldman Sachs
• 1982: Becomes a partner of the firm
• 1994: Named chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs
• 1998: Named co-chief executive officer
• 1999: Named sole chief executive officer and chairman

Christmas by the numbers

 Some jolly ol' statistics ...  

• 95% – Proportion of Americans who celebrate Christmas
• $770 – Average expected spending, per adult, on Christmas gifts this year
• 3.5% to 3.7% ­ – Estimated increase in Christmas spending this year over last year
• 88% – Proportion of U.S. households who put up a Christmas Tree
• 2,695 – Population of Santa Claus, Indiana
• 31 – Hours that Santa has to deliver presents due to the rotation of the earth and different time zones

 Sources: Gallup, Census