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← Older postsGood For the Bengals!
With Jason Campbell on the shelf for several weeks with a collarbone injury, the 4-2 Oakland Raiders pried a disgruntled Carson Palmer out of Cincinnati Tuesday, giving the Bengals a 2012 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2013 pick for … Continue reading
Terry Francona NOT a Tim McCarver but definitely refreshing!
Terry Francona, who sat in for Tim McCarver on Fox’s American League Championship Games 1 and 2, was actually a breath of fresh air to this viewer. I particularly liked his comment to Joe Buck how he liked his experience in … Continue reading
Al Davis
There has been much written today about the death of legendary football executive and Managing Partner of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis. Allow me to chime in. I knew Davis while working in the Denver Bronco Ticket Office in the … Continue reading
Big Night In Tampa-St. Pete tonight
The Tampa Bay Rays are home tonight playing game three of the American League Division Championship series against the Texas Rangers. Also home are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing host to the Indianapolis Colts. Both games are “Sold Out” – an … Continue reading
MLB takes over Dodgers – what a mess!
Of all the franchises in Baseball, the Dodgers, with its origins in Brooklyn and their subsequent departure from New York, is arguably the most storied franchise in the history of America’s National Pastime. Sure, the Yankess have won more World … Continue reading
Roger Clemens now in bigger trouble
I once saw Barry Bonds hit an 0-2 pitch that I swear was already past him, out of Denver’s Mile High Stadium for an opposite field homerun. I just couldn’t believe anyone could do that. Now we know why. In … Continue reading
U Conn donor wants his money back. So, who is at fault?
Of all the principles that I preach to the sponsorship world, the one on “relationships,” is by far my favorite and arguably the most important. Two days ago we heard that the University of Connecticut’s largest donor, Robert Burton, is … Continue reading
Has Jay Cutler hurt his brand appeal or was he judged too quickly?
Now that the fog has lifted and we actually know that Jay Cutler indeed suffered a legitimate knee injury has the damage to his brand gone past the point of no return? Certainly his body language on the sidelines while … Continue reading
Bowl Games struggling to sell tickets
A “glut of choices — 35 games this season — a sputtering economy, some long-distance travel and a handful of less-than-exciting matchups have made selling tickets a difficult proposition even for some of the bigger bowls,” according to John Marshall … Continue reading
“Call Me After the First of the Year”
In the past week, I’ve heard the response, “Call me after the first of the year,” so many times, I just had to get it off my chest and say, “It’s a stall!” I’m pretty sure it will get worse … Continue reading
