Monthly Archives: August 2007

Olympic Overkill…

August 9, 2007 – 1:54 pm

Yesterday, I mentioned the 2008 Olympic Games in terms of a potentially bad economic omen for big time sports. Today, I want to mention the 2008 Olympic Games in terms of a potentially bad TV viewing omen for sports fans. The countdown clock to the Beijing Olympic Games can now be measured in weeks and [...]

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Our Long National Nightmare Is Over…

August 8, 2007 – 8:02 am

Many baseball purists are in a funk today. Barry Bonds did hit his 756th home run last night. The man that many fear cheated his way to this hallowed record is now the man who has hit more home runs than anyone to ever play the game. Lightening sent from the Almighty as a sign [...]

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Betting On Tennis? Who Knew You Could Do Such A Thing…

August 7, 2007 – 1:33 pm

On more than a couple of occasions, I’ve made fun of Mark Cuban for his assertion that any publicity about a sport/league is good for that sport/league because it gets people talking about it and therefore might increase interest. In the vast majority of situations, I think that’s pretty silly, but maybe today we have [...]

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Enough About A-Rod’s Home Runs Already!

August 6, 2007 – 7:26 am

For the past week or so, there has been an obvious and necessary focus on Barry Bonds’ progress toward breaking the all-time home run record. It doesn’t matter if you think he achieved the record with “chemical enhancement” or not; it is a huge milestone and the chase to break that record should be followed [...]

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