One of the expansion ideas that has had mixed success for the National Hockey League has been starting or moving franchises in warmer climates. The belief was that hockey fans from the Northern States and Canada that settled in Florida and Arizona would flock to watch the sport. As I mentioned before, the experiment has […]

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Usually, two groups of people that one would never sit at the same dinner table, maybe not even invite to the same party are agents and sports franchise owners. The agents’ job is to make as much money as they can for their client (at a 10% or more fee for themselves). Owners are trying […]

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I think the ultimate topper to most people after the arrests and indictments filed against numerous FIFA officials last week was the unmitigated arrogance of FIFA, especially its President Sepp Blatter. Last Friday, FIFA held its elections and Blatter won reelection on the first ballot and Blatter defiantly took office saying that he could not […]

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My schedule has been very hectic lately, and I had planned on talking about the Minnesota Vikings-Adrian Peterson verbal battle last week, but time got away from me. Of course, everyone knows that Peterson was charged with abusing his son with a switch, and Peterson, rightly I think, didn’t feel a lot of love or […]

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One of the parts of sport that the casual fans like to ignore is the perceived corruption of various sports’ governing organizations. While we know that Major League Baseball, the NBA and NHL all work in their own best interests in terms of generating revenue, it’s the other sports that are renowned as being a […]

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I was one of the only people who didn’t blast the Chicago Bears when they signed former San Francisco 49ers Lineman Ray McDonald. McDonald, who was released by the San Francisco 49ers last year amid allegations of sexual assault after he had been arrested in a domestic violence case against his pregnant fiancée. For whatever […]

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So far, the Ricketts family’s ownership of the Cubs has been a Pr disaster. The worst three year record in the club’s already miserable history. Paying for commercials in the last Presidential election that smeared Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s former boss and made him very angry. Engaging in a legal and legislative battle with the rooftop […]

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