Calling Out College Sports
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Mar 4th, 2010 |
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I read a very interesting article yesterday from an issue of Sports Illustrated about the plight of the student-athlete in college sports. I appreciate that there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of articles written about how colleges and universities take advantage of their student-athletes...
Why Google Won the Super Bowl
The enormity of advertising during the Super Bowl is nothing new. For $3 million, you could have your very own spot amongst a select few companies which decided that their money is worth more on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year. While the regulars were there, Bud Light, Go Daddy and...
Super Bowl Ads to Further Confuse Us on NFL “Official Sponsor” Status
The most-watched annual sporting event is coming up this Sunday and advertisers continue to speculate that the money they spend for a 30-second or 60-second advertisement will catapult them to the top of the business elite. CBS has already announced that every ad slot has been sold for Super Bowl...
Sun Life Financial Joins Naming Rights Club (and other random facts about naming rights)
An American division of Sun Life Financial Inc., a Canadian insurance company, became the latest corporation to adorn its name on the Miami football and baseball stadium after agreeing to a five-year, $20 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. The stadium, which will host this year’s NFL...
Rooney Rule Review, Part I
In light of the recent hiring of Pete Carroll by the Seattle Seahawks, who have been accused of making a mockery of the Rooney Rule by speaking with Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier for the opening, despite deciding on Carroll before even firing their existing former coach...
Comparing Charles Woodson and Darrelle Revis
Despite holding most of the best receivers in the National Football League to minimal yardage and few touchdowns throughout the 16 game season, New York Jets’ cornerback Darrelle Revis finished second to Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Charles Woodson for the NFL’s 2009 Defensive Player...
Final AP College Football Poll Released: Villanova outranks Notre Dame, Michigan
After winning a college football national championship actually recognized by the NCAA, the Villanova Wildcats received two votes in the final Associated Press Top 25 Rankings of the 2009-2010 season.
Teams that Villanova beat out: Michigan, Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee, Arizona State, South Carolina,...
Fantasy Football 2009: Where Are We Now?
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Oct 20th, 2009 |
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We’ve completed six weeks of fantasy football and using Yahoo! standard scoring, who is our top fantasy producer? Not many would have guessed that it is Houston Texans’ quarterback Matt Schaub, fresh off of 392 yard, four touchdown performance against the Cincinnati Bengals, bringing Schaub’s...
SI.com and ESPN.com Post Exact Same Brady Story…Like, Exactly the Same
I just read a quick ESPN.com article about how Tom Brady isn’t focusing on his pending free agency after the 2010 season, despite Philip Rivers securing a guaranteed $38 million from the San Diego Chargers yesterday. I then hopped over to SI.com to see if they had any other breaking news and...