CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major League Baseball signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal to make Bridgestone Corp's Firestone brand the U.S. sports league's official tire. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, is a new one as baseball did not previously have a tire sponsor, a spokesman for the sport said. As part of the deal, Firestone will ...

Bridgestone Americas has announced a price increase of up to 5 percent on its Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand consumer tires. The Nashville-based company Tuesday blamed a steady increase in raw materials and energy costs. The increases, effective Jan. 1, affect tires on certain passenger and light trucks for both the ...

Lee Westwood made the most of yet another spectacular blowout by Padraig Harrington as he took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the 7.5 million dollar Dubai World Championship, the European Tour?s new season-ending championship, here on Friday. The 36-year-old Englishman drained a 20-footer birdie putt on the final hole for a card of three-under par ...

Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone Corp said Monday it would quit Formula One next year, dealing a further blow to the sport after the recent withdrawal of other high-profile firms amid the global downturn. Bridgestone said it would end its contract as the official tyre supplier to the FIA, raising questions over who would replace it after French rival Michelin pulled ...