In our never-ending quest to provide plentiful show prep for mid-market (Helloooo Tulsa!) morning sports radio hosts, we’re surprised the main media is missing a major point of the Randy Moss-Patriots sign.
(Less-than-crisp finish?)
Buried in a piece by Tom Silverstein of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL, he writes, “There has been speculation around the league that Moss […]
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Stealing autographed Red Sox balls from a little girl’s suitcase? Who knew Hank Steinbrenner worked in airport security?
• ESPN analyst Digger Phelps knows how to Rock Chalk Jayhawk with a Kansas cheerleader.
• Can a twisted testicle be eased by an electronic bone stimulator?
• Roger Clemens’ appearance pumps up the Rockets to their 15th […]
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The NEW YORK TIMES projects news that ESPN is looking to broaden its broadcasting brilliance to the big screen.
The Worldwide Leader is focused on collaborating with Walt Disney Studios and Creative Artists Agency to produce & distribute sports-themed theatrical releases in the next few years. And the network is already making cinematic strides by hiring […]
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Winning doesn’t come cheap, as Tony Massarotti of the BOSTON HERALD points out. After crunching the numbers, the Red Sox’s 2007 World Series championship cost the club around $300 million.
The breakdown:
• 2007 payroll: $165 million
• The rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka: $51 million
• Contribution to MLB’s revenue sharing: $80 million
• Luxury tax: $6 million
But there’s one […]
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Lincoln University of Pennsylvania made its NCAA softball debut Sunday in a doubleheader - and it became twice the headache.
The Lady Lions were declawed by West Chester 48-0 in Game 1, but did show some improvement by Game 2, only falling by a 30-0 score. Tanina Cook was the lone offensive star for Lincoln, managing […]
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Professional athletes lead different lives than the rest of us. They travel incessantly and don’t see their families for weeks at a stretch. Strangers ask them to sign scraps of paper and hold their babies for a round of pictures. Their careers end before they turn 40, leaving them ill-prepared for a […]
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It’s hard to imagine the total damage that one incurs when covering the New York Knicks. Madison Square Garden security bumps into you. People say mean and hurtful things about you. To your face, even! Then there’s the worst indignity: watching the Knicks play on a regular basis. Clearly, that should be […]
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• VARIETY shoots up news that “Semi-Pro” was the top grossing film of last weekend, but netted only $15 million - “the lowest opening for a major Will Ferrell comedy in almost a decade.”
• In honor of Felix Pie’s twisted testicle, 100% INJURY RATE painfully looks back on some of the more unusual injuries to […]
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It’s a doozy of a question: how do you make your new teammate feel welcome, especially one from a very different place? The Los Angeles Dodgers faced just such a conundrum with the arrival of Hiroki Kuroda from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp on a three-year away pass. Bake him a cake? A […]
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You’re Jeffrey Loria. (Apologies in advance.) Your first foray into the sports realm after many false starts began with feet-kicking about a new stadium for your Montreal Expos. When that went poorly, you salted the earth in Quebec with incessant whining. Eventually, the other owners came to your ‘rescue’ with a bailout […]
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