All Olympics, all the time. First, a fascinating look at scalping tickets at the winter games. Olympic ticketing has its set process. Organizers generally sell seats as far ahead of the Games as they can, slowly releasing batches for the premier events first — in order to maximize cash flow in the years leading up [...]
Michael Vick is back in the news this week. From Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: I was encouraged to hear that Michael Vick, in advance of his reality show that debuts Tuesday on BET , is saying he led “a double life,” and I use the word “encouraged” advisedly. Because you don’t know how [...]
“To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life [...]
Lots of inspiration this week… Follow-ups and excerpts from the Marvin Harrison story. Jason Fagone also wrote an awesome story on Tim Tebow a few months back. All these humanizing details tend to take the edge off the fact that Tebow’s entire role-model persona doesn’t work unless he can convey that, fundamentally, he’s better than [...]
Starting off in the D-League The NBA D-League’s Idaho franchise is aptly named. The Stampede run, gun and make themselves quite a bit of fun for their fans to watch. The team scores 111.2 and allows 105.6 points per game, primarily as a result of the fact that its contests consist of an average of [...]
Back from the homeland & blogging again… Good clock management story today on ESPN from Greg Garber. The column mentions Dick Curl & Herm Edwards at one point, which gives me reason to re-quote my favorite story from the 2009 season. Is there a less encouraging sight than Dick Curl excitedly imparting information to an [...]
Links of the week: Mark Sanchez needs to work on his accuracy……kind of. How is this Meachem TD not counted in Yahoo FFBL Leagues? This is why we gamble on Fresno State @ Illnois games. “Pat Patriot” got caught in a prostitution ring. Looks like he’ll be pulled out this Sunday versus the Panthers. Video [...]
Gambling winners & losers, music lists of the decade and way, waaaaaaaay too much about Jersey Shore. Settle in. The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million During a year-long gambling binge at the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in 2007, Terrance Watanabe managed to lose nearly $127 million. The run is believed to be one of [...]
“Henry’s handball, Tiger Wood’s Car Crash, Roger Federer losing … That’s it….I’m throwing my Gillete away” – TFLN According to the NY Times, pro athletes are having a hard time selling their houses after changing teams so now they’re leasing to one another. “I’ll never buy again,” said the veteran Nets guard Keyon Dooling, who [...]
The usual linkage including yet another Lady GaGa cover. As everyone reading this knows, Bills coach Dick Jauron was fired this week. The best explanation as to why came from ESPN’s Gregg Easterbrook: Prior to kickoff [versus Tennessee], Rich Gannon of CBS asked Dick “Cheerio, Chaps” Jauron what Buffalo worked on during the bye. Cheerio [...]