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The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group is aiming to make the Ottawa Champions a bigger hit.

OSEG, which owns the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League, the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League and Ottawa Fury FC of the United Soccer League, has entered into a “strategic partnership” with the Champions, who play in the Can-Am Baseball League.

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Despite previous speculation that OSEG could purchase the Champions, the baseball team will continue to operate independently.

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OSEG will, however, use its marketing and sales resources to help expand the Champions’ group-ticket sales and corporate partnerships.

“We felt like those were areas we had experience in and a well-established team that could take on this task,” Adrian Sciarra, OSEG senior vice-president for sports business operations, said in a statement.

“We have existing relationships within the Ottawa-Gatineau community and look forward to helping grow the Ottawa Champions business.”