Sporting News
The Knicks Go Fishing
The basketball world has been wondering how Phil Jackson was going to manage the Knicks while holding on to a coaching style that has garnered him eleven NBA Championship rings, now we know. It’s was logical move, and most writers seem to be nodding in approval of Derek Fisher’s being given a fat $25 million contract for five years to …
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Proud To Be The Redskins
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League are being encouraged to change the team’s nickname, ‘the Redskins’, that has identified the popular professional team since the franchise started as Boston Redskins way back in 1932. After almost a century of being the Redskins, what’s all the fuss about today? Why should a small, but vocal, group of protesters garner …
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NFL To Keep 100% Of Super Bowl Ticket Sales Revenue
You would think that the city hosting an event as big as the Super Bowl would at least get a piece of the profits from ticket sales, but no, it ain’t necessarily so. The Sports Illustrated cover of Roger Goodell sitting on the Throne is becoming more and more apropos every day. Apparently ten billion bucks a year is not …
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College World Series Gaining Popularity
The NCAA Basketball tournament know as March Madness is one of the most exciting sporting events to watch and bet on each year. College or pro, few tournaments can compete. It’s an American institution and the wagering handle each year is already huge and growing all the time. Then we have the college football playoffs which will be taking a …
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NFLPA Admonishes Player Agents
The National Football League Players Association is fed up with their player’s agent’s abuse of their positions in all sorts of nefarious ways. These guys get a big chunk of change for doing very little real work and still they continue operate as if they are a law unto themselves, until now. Washington Redskin’s wideout DeSean Jackson recently went on …
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Mr. Slive, The Power Five & Division 4
Mike Slive, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, stopped short of threatening to succeed from the union at a press conference down in Destin, Florida following the SEC annual meetings. He stopped short, but not by much. There is a lot of discontentment with the NCAA these days. Mark Emmert was a capable university president at LSU but he seems …
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Saban Becomes The Highest Paid Coach In College Football
The Athletic Director at the University of Alabama has called head football coach Nick Saban ‘the best investment this University has ever made’. A pretty bold statement for a school that has been open for over 180 years. But the numbers bare him out, and evidently the board of trustees agrees because they have just given coach Saban a hefty …
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The Great Vin Scully
Vin Scully must surely be the world’s greatest baseball fan. Although no one has been keeping score, I’d wager that Mr. Scully has been to more baseball games than anyone else on the planet. He started as the voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers way back in 1950, and he’s still at it. If calling a baseball game can be elevated …
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Debatable Rules Changes For The NFL
Almost every day now we read about another proposed rule change for the National Football League. OK, there are probably a few things that could be dialed out a little more to make the game better for everyone all around. But, let’s face it. The NFL works. It’s one of the most successful sports leagues on the planet and the …
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College Baseball Finals Rapidly Gaining Popularity
College baseball is fun. Sure the pitchers are not fully developed as yet, but that translates into a lot of hits and a lot of action. College baseball already has a huge fan base. My Mom, for instance, is over 80 years old and knows every LSU player by his first name. She used to go to all the home …
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