Category: Sports/Fitness

Varsity Brands Gets Approval to Go Private

September 15, 2003 SGB Update

Varsity Brands, Inc. on Monday announced that a majority of its stockholders have approved the proposed acquisition of Varsity by an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and Varsity senior management…

Lauderdale Lakes Leaders Cope with Loss of Sports Authority HQ

March 3, 2003 SGB Update

This city is dusting itself off again from the loss of another major business, this time the corporate headquarters for Sports Authority. The Lauderdale Lakes-based sporting goods company that began in 1987 announced last week it would merge with Color