It always comes down to the stadium… the same thing happened in Montreal. Read more from BusinessInsider on the situation in Tampa that has the number 1 team in the league drawing less than 13,000 fans a game. continue reading...
I love watching Ochocinco in interviews and on the field- you can never guess what he’s going to do or say. continue reading...
from TSN.ca:
With a new Yankee Stadium on the way, the Yankees just keep on spending to put the best possible team on the field. continue reading...
Phew! from ABC News:
AIG, Citibank and a number of other federally bailed-out financial institutions have no plans to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in sports team sponsorships, even as they take billions in taxpayer support, ABC News has found. continue reading...
The $1.1 billion stadium, in Arlington, is now 3-for-3 in bids for mega-sporting events! continue reading...
from Yahoo! Sports:
TORONTO - The New York Yankees will miss the postseason for the first time since starting their run in 1995. Mike Mussina pitched five shutout innings to earn his 19th win, Jason Giambi homered and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Tuesday night.
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Time Warner takes a page from the book of “give people what they want”
Enter SI Vault. If you are wondering what SI Vault is, as the name would imply, it’s 54 years of Sports Illustraded’s covers, images, stories and much more. If an image is worth a thousand words, what would 54 years’ worth of images be worth? continue reading...
Seattle city officials filed a lawsuit Monday to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town. The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court was a counter move to a Sonics’ attempt to be released from their lease on KeyArena.According to the complaint, “The Sonics promised to ‘play all home games … exclusively”‘ at the arena at the Seattle Center through Sept. 30, 2010.
“The city, with the help of some fine lawyers, is standing up to a pro sports team,” city attorney Tom Carr said at a news conference. “Too often, pro sports teams have run over local governments.” continue reading...
Check out this cool run down of the 101 things all sports fans must experience before they die. It resembles more of a everything there is to do if you find the Fountain of Youth type post though. Still has some great information in there.
1. Summer Olympics (every four years in a different city). With 10,000-plus athletes from 200 nations, this is the world’s biggest party (did I mention the 130,000 condoms they give to the athletes?). The host city is almost always worth the trip itself (well, maybe not Atlanta) but the 17 days of exhilarating sporting performances will provide memories that will last long after the $24 souvenir T-shirt has faded. Guaranteed, you will see something that makes you proud to be human and call yourself a citizen not of one specific country but a citizen of the world. continue reading...
BEIJING, May 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — More than 230,000 orders for 1.09 million tickets to attend the Beijing Olympics have been received since the ticketing sales kicked off a month ago, according to the BOCOG Ticketing Center.
Describing the sale process as stable, the center said the orders have been made through the official website of the center ( http://tickets.beijing2008.com ) and through designated Bank of China branches. The website has seen a registration number of 886,000. continue reading...
