Headquartered in Bristol, CT, ESPN has had a huge impact on the East Coast bias regarding television coverage – that being that the Yankees and Red Sox are the center of the baseball universe and the other teams are just not important. Yes, the Yankees and Red Sox have the best revenue streams, which allow […]

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The NFL season is ¼ over and some interesting stories are evolving: • The only undefeated teams after Week 4 are both in the NFC North division – the Packers (which is no surprise), and the Detroit Lions (which has to be). Not only are the Lions playing inspired football, they have been down by […]

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• Welcome to the Big Ten Nebraska. Like Penn State over a decade ago, you thought you’d come into the league and dominate. At least Wisconsin gave you a wake up call early instead of thinking you’d cake walk through the league. • No one can grab defeat from the jaws of victory like my […]

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Since both Chicago baseball teams spent the summer stinking like cheese left in the sun for a couple of weeks, with the playoffs beginning later today, it comes down to who would I not want to see win? I missed the exciting baseball on the last night of the season because I was at the […]

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The dust had hardly settled after the Red Sox had been eliminated from the playoffs before it was suggested that Manager Terry Francona would not keep his job. The Chicago papers were heralding the possibility that Francona, who managed in the White Sox minor league system in the 1990s, could become the White Sox manager. […]

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It was made public today that the Italian basketball club Virtus Bologna has reached an agreement with Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant to play in Italy during the NBA lockout. Reportedly, the sides have settled on a $3 million contract for the opening 40 days of the Italian league season. Bryant, who spent much […]

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Canadians are mellow – much mellower than Americans. They are more civilized, I think, and I’m not saying so just because I married a Canadian. Why else would they have more guns per capita than the U.S. but far fewer gun crimes and murders that we that live South? However, the line is drawn when […]

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