Sporting News

Valiant Ticos Win World Wide Recognition

There is a new player on the world stage of International Soccer Competition.  From the small Central American country of Costa Rica has emerged a world class Soccer team capable of staying on the field with any of the top teams on the planet. They just proved it in their elimination round in Brazil against perennial World Cup favorite, the …

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by admin on July 9th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Hell Of A Mess At Daytona

They filled the stands at the Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night. All the preliminaries got done but the race never really got started because of the rain. One quick look at the radar for central Florida left no doubt that there would be no race at Daytona that Saturday. So the race was moved …

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by admin on July 8th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Coaching Changes In The NBA

Be sure to get a program before the NBA kicks off again so you can keep up with this year’s cast of characters. They have been playing musical coaches during the off season and if you haven’t been keeping up, you could be in for a couple of surprises. The most successful recent transplant by far has been Doc Rivers …

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by admin on July 7th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Inequities Exposed In NFL Pay Scale

The recently decided case concerning the classification of Jimmy Graham as a tight end or a wide receiver has brought the matter of discrepancies in the pay scale for differing NFL player positions in the league into public attention. Jimmy Graham didn’t really care too much what people called him, or what position the program had him listed at. It …

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by admin on July 5th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Jimmy Grahm Really Is A Tight End

New Orleans Saints pass receiving star Jimmy Graham finally got his day in court last week and it only cost him about five million bucks when all was said and done.  Actually, Graham never really had the $5 million, but he was hopeful. Before you start feeling sorry for Jimmy, remember that he will still be bringing home a cool …

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by admin on July 4th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Tiny Costa Rica Triumphs In Brazil

They could go home as national heroes right now. Never before in the history of Costa Rican Soccer has a team from Costa Rica ever reached the quarter finals in World Cup competition. The Ticos were the underdogs in every match they played, but here they are among the top 8 Soccer teams in the world. The small but proud …

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by admin on July 3rd, 2014 Leave a comment »

Levi’s Stadium Already Sold Out

Good news for Levi Strauss & Co.! After agreeing to a naming rights deal for the new home of the San Francisco 49ers that will cost the jeans company a whopping $220,300,000 over the next 20 years, the front office must have been very pleasantly gratified when their new namesake stadium sold out of season tickets even before the place …

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by admin on July 2nd, 2014 Leave a comment »

Kershaw Makes Back-To-Back History

Clayton Kershaw has once again shown baseball fans why he received the highest paying contract in the history of Major League Baseball. Pitching a no hitter against the Colorado Rockies marked a high point in the young lefty’s career, but then coming back in his next appearance, just a few days later, against the Kansas City Royals and pitching a …

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by admin on July 1st, 2014 Leave a comment »

NFL Lifts Settlement Cap On Concussion Cases

It was great news for retired NFL players who are still suffering from conditions caused by blows to the head while they were playing professional football. The NFL’s cap on concussion settlement cases has been lifted. Unfortunately there are many former NFL players who are still experiencing ill effects from their days in the league. Finally they will be getting …

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by admin on June 30th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Four Year Scholarship Upgrades Offered

We all knew that change was in the wind for NCAA athletics. The existing situation in regards to student-athletes has been a glaring inequity for some years now. Only recently has national public attention been drawn to the issue. With Mark Emmert and the NCAA apparently stuck somewhere in the 19th century, someone had to step forward and get the …

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by admin on June 27th, 2014 Leave a comment »