Franchise News Archive

'Artesian gains Cecil County franchise (The Delaware Business Ledger)
Newark-based Artesian Resources has landed a potentially large contract in neighboring Cecil County, Maryland. County Commissioners unanimously approved a deal that gives Artesian a franchise for water and wastewater service.

'IHOP Celebrates 50 Years at National Franchise Conference (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
IHOP, one of America's favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner, celebrated fifty years of great food, family and fun with more than 1,000 members of the IHOP family, including IHOP franchisees and vendor partners, at its annual National franchise Conference last week in Waikoloa, Hawaii. The four day conference honored IHOP's past, celebrated its success in becoming number one in ...

'arenafootball2: Iowa team named best franchise (The Des Moines Register)
The Iowa Barnstormers have received the President?s Award for having the best-operated franchise for 2008 in arenafootball2.

'Thrashers go back to the drawing board (Yahoo! Sports)
Atlanta is hoping a new coach will spark the turnaround the franchise so desperately needs.

'Inside Slant (USA Today)
At this time a year ago, the Saints were coming off the most successful season in the history of the 40-year-old franchise and in a most unfamiliar situation.

'Gartner will be 4th Capital to have jersey retired (Sports Illustrated)
The Washington Capitals will send Mike Gartner's No. 11 jersey to the rafters in December, making the Hall of Fame right wing the fourth player in franchise history to have his number retired.

'Wild: First a franchise, now a team (The Wenatchee World)
WENATCHEE - In mid-May, Wenatchee was awarded a hockey franchise. Now, the city has a team.

'Giant trend follows the leader: Get after the quarterback (USA Today)
New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese never forgets the value his predecessor, Ernie Accorsi, placed in the value of the franchise quarterback and, similarly, in making life as difficult as possible for the other team's quarterback.

'Women add Bay Area team, delay Dallas franchise (USA Today)
With the gold medalists from the U.S. women's team back in the country and heading out on tour, the Women's Professional Soccer league is gaining one team and putting another on hold. The league will announce today a team in the Bay Area that will make its debut along with six other teams in 2009. In Dallas, though, a team slated to start in 2009 will be pushed back a year because owners have ...

'PawSox set franchise record for wins (WPRI Providence)
The 9-2 victory gave the Sox a record of 85-58. That's the most wins in franchise history and the best winning percentage in franchise history as well.