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Monday, February 13th, 2012
Terrell Owens was never granted another shot in the NFL. After tearing his ACL in the off-season last year, the mercurial Owens believed if he rehabbed fast enough one team would eventually give him another shot mid-way through the 2011 season. He even held a private workout to showcase his ...
Posted in NFL, Sports Business | 5 Comments »
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Getcha popcorn ready Allen, Texas! It's gonna be a show. Terrell Owens is officially taking his talents to the Indoor Football League in what promises to be yet another bizarre chapter of his long and controversial football career.
Owens will be suiting up for the Allen Wranglers and oddly enough will also ...
Posted in NFL, Sports Business | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 11th, 2011
This week marked the 20th anniversary of when Magic Johnson found out he had been diagnosed as HIV positive and went public with the news. His retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers accompanied the announcement. I remember watching the coverage at the time, but having absolutely no idea what it ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Politics, Sports Business | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Here's a question that I've heard asked numerous times by both sports talk show hosts and the average Joe sports fan and movie goer. And it's one that I, too, have found myself asking: How in the world did someone turn the book Michael Lewis' book Moneyball into a Hollywood ...
Posted in MLB, Media, Sports Business, celebrity | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Bill Hancock believes the United States government has plenty more to worry about than college football, but that doesn't mean he's not looking forward to a meeting with the Justice Department later this summer. Hancock, the executive director of the BCS, said late last week that the Justice Department had ...
Posted in Boise State Broncos, College Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, Politics, Sports Business | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
When I think of marathon runners, I think of folks that are in shape sitting at home counting calories and maintaining a strict diet and workout routine heading up to the big day. I don't think about McDonald's, that's for sure. But that's what Joe D'Amico was thinking about.
D'Amico, who says he has run ...
Posted in Sports Business, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Christian Ponder enters the NFL Draft after a solid career at Florida State. Over the past three seasons, he has shown that he can effectively lead a team, while raising his level of play and accuracy over his final two seasons. He has enough talent to make it at the ...
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
After the Virginia Destroyers hired Marty Schottenheimer as their next head coach, the UFL now features four coaches with very strong ties to the NFL. The league hopes that by hiring former, big-time NFL coaches, that will bring more fans and interest to their games. The last we saw Schottenheimer ...
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
The deadline set for the NFLPA and the NFL owners to come to an agreement on how to divvy up $9 billion a year came and went Friday without a deal, resulting in the owners locking out the players. Their inability to compromise has put the 2011 season in jeopardy ...
Posted in NFL, Sports Business, Washington Redskins | No Comments »
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Two-time Super Bowl winner Jeremy Shockey signed a one year contract to play for the Carolina Panthers this season. Other teams showed interest in Shockey but he felt as though Charlotte was the best place for him and he also wanted to reunite with his former college coach, Rob Chudzinski, ...
Posted in Carolina Panthers, NFL, Sports Business | 1 Comment »
