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Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Yesterday on SRI, we heard from Steve Budin and his take on the sports betting industry following the fall out of the Toledo point-shaving scandal. Today, let's hear from Delaware governor Jack Markell. Delaware, which is known for little else than very lax business tax laws, is set to legalize ...
Posted in NFL, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Michael Jordan didn't win a title till his seventh year in the league. LeBron James is currently in his sixth. Don't think for a second LeBron doesn't know that fact - and, we won't forget that LBJ entered the league straight out of high school. A student of the game, ...
Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA | No Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Two former University of Toledo football players named in a sports point-shaving scandal were arraigned Wednesday in federal court in Detroit. The indictment alleges that area businessmen were paying football and basketball players at the Ohio school to shave points off of games since late in 2004 through this year. ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Many of us over the years have received a pre-recorded message from an athlete or politician trying to entice us to buy tickets or entice us to vote for them. Some people get excited by it, not me. Any type of solicitation at my home either via phone or a ...
Posted in MLB, New York Yankees, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
When I listen to interviews that I post on Sports Radio Interviews, I look for certain things...interesting, funny, newsworthy, a big name, a really random interview guest, and of course controversial. One of the reasons I started this site was because I knew that great audio and news comes daily ...
Posted in NFL, Oakland Raiders | 5 Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Ah, college sports. It's so heart-warming to see these young, fresh faces competing at such a feverish level for absolutely no money at all. Right. We all watch college sports and the prideful enthusiasm on the field or court fills us with youthful feelings of innocence and blah, blah, blah. ...
Posted in College Basketball | No Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
No one knows talent and ego and Cowboys wide receivers quite like Michael Irvin, which makes him the perfect person to talk about Terrell Owens.
He's also a perfect person to discuss how rookie wide receivers can make an impact -- and he got on the horn with WFAN to talk ...
Posted in Media, NFL, Uncategorized | 18 Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Performance enhancers are in quotations because these are steroids invented and consumed by the one and only, Big Shaqtus. The enhancers, just like his quotes, are extremely unique. As far as Shaq's future goes, I personally wonder whether he's happy in Phoenix and whether or not he'll want to be ...
Posted in NBA, Phoenix Suns | 9 Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
It's hard to classify Jim Zorn's first year a failure as head coach of the Washington Redskins, but I think labeling it a disappointment is reasonable. The Skins finished the year 8-8 after a 6-2 start to the season, missing the playoffs by a mere game after winning a Wild ...
Posted in NFL, Washington Redskins | No Comments »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Pete Rose is in a weird situation these days -- he was banned from baseball for *gasp* gambling and can't ever enter the Hall of Fame (note that, again, entry is determined by crotchety old men and for the most part, people with, seemingly, no sense of what's important or ...
Posted in MLB, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
