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Life After Football
Maybe not in Texas, but at least in New England, where Northeastern University dropped its football program, there is, in fact, life after football. For Northeastern, life after football is good. Very good. There has been little or no blowback from alumni or students, as money once spent on...
Contraction: discussed but never implemented
(The Montreal Expos in 2002. The Expos were one of several MLB teams in financial trouble; rather than ceasing operations, they moved to Washington and became the Nationals. Photo by Paul Chiasson, AP) Every once in a while, you'll hear grumblings about how sports leagues should consider...
Chelios Mouths off
TSN.ca - NHL - Canada's Sports Leader "Gary Bettman has put the league in this situation," Chelios stated. "A guy who doesn't do his job shouldn't be there ..." I was going along with Chris Chelios at this point becuase there are indicators that show Bettman has put Hockey where it doesn't belong...
McKeon vs. Leonsis: Can this Possibly Top Burke vs. Lowe?
Caps owner Ted Leonsis holds off Yahoo! Sports editor Ross McKeon in an epic battle for limelight domination.And the war of words continues. To contract or not to contract. The owner versus the writer. I won't waste time recapping more or less what Puck Daddy very succinctly captured in his recent...
Sunday Primer: Camp Day One Fallout and (what else) Contraction
Ewww.All's well in Pantherland heading into Camp, Day Two. Not much on the radar since yesterday, so we'll get right into the locals, and a few other tidbits.On Frozen Pond covers yesterday's action, plus the (intended) destruction of former Cat den Miami Arena, and Bouwmeester's contract...
Bettman: "The league is healthy". Reality: "Not so much".
"The dark side of the Commissioner's Office is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."We're not going to delve into the mind-numbing details and theories behind expansion and contraction...again. But a new column by The Globe & Mail's Eric Duhatschek takes a close look at the...
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