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The Metaphysics of Bernie Ecclestone's Meta Modern Mind
This article is based on the book, Bernie Ecclestone: King of Sport by Terry Lovell and is not an excerpt. The 1930 Great Depression of England had one young entrepreneur hone his natural business ...
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Dana White Explodes Over Licensing Agreement: Koscheck, Velasquez Next To Go?
In a must-read piece by Yahoo MMA writer Kevin Iole, UFC President Dana White comes apart at the seams and goes off on Jon Fitch and Christian Wellisch, regarding their refusal to sign a lifetime video game agreement...
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Does the Professional Athlete Deserve Such Massive Contracts?
The professional athletes make more money in possibly one game than most normal, every-day people make in a year. Just look at Alex Rodriguez, the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, ...
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How the Credit Crunch Will Affect Sports
In the past several months, we have seen what we thought to be impossible actually begin to happen. Century-old institutions such as banks, brokers, automakers, and retailers crumbled and fell at a rate that matched the Great Depression...
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NHL and Broadcasting: A Match Made in Hell
(Pictured above: Beelzebub, in one of several modern forms.) Growing up, I always heard the most tired of phrases: “Children should be seen, and not heard...
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NBA Young Money Millionaires: Part One
We all know the enormous contracts that many of the games best get for playing. But often, most of the biggest stars in the league make more away from the court. LayupDrill.com takes a look at the top moneymakers in the game today...
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Fathead Scam
Blasting on my TV this afternoon was a commercial for Fathead, the poster-like items featuring sports stars, celebrities, and superheroes, etc...
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Australian GP Financial Results: Not As Bad, but Some Disturbing Trends
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation released its 2008 Annual Financial statement, which drew many negative news headlines. For example, the Guardian writes: “The Australian Formula One Grand Prix lost A$40 million in 2008...
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Provocative Ads Make B/R Writer Forget What He Was Writing About
SAN DIEGO, CA—Bleacher Report writer Eric Gomez was settling into his usual routine of sitting in front of the computer. He opened a document with several article ideas and random notes, when something odd and unexpected happened...
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B/R Question Time: Are We Puppets On a String? How Influenced Are We?
Does the sport we love get attached to us? Does the sportsman/sportswoman/sports team/sports icon get attached to us? In our consciousness, in our thought processes, in our ideology, in our relationships? ...
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Falling Pins in the Bowling Alley of F1
It is interesting that people talk about global recession as though the fishes and such that are a part of the globe get effected by such recession. Pardon me! On Madison Avenue, that hallmark of advertising edifice, things are not going well...
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How Important is Sports in America?
Like many Americans, I am concerned about the state of our economy. People are losing jobs, 401Ks are taking a hit, and the housing market has never been as bad as it is now. It is depressing to even think about the direction our country is going...
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ING Q3 Earnings Not To Impact F1
One can never have a pleasant day in these times of crisis without the sky falling off in reality too... What is considered as stable and sound has no meaning any more...
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Williams F1: Beginning Of The End
The business side of Formula One is in for more winds of change. The last Lehman report that I made had some contentions with other news trickling in that CVC Capital Partners may be owning the ...
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Manchester United’s Budweiser Deal
Budweiser first became a sponsor of Manchester United in 2002, becoming the club’s "official" beer. They have this status with several different teams and sports, ranging from MLS teams to the NBA, Major League Baseball and NASCAR racing...
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BusinessWeek’s 2008 Power 100
Around this time last year, when BusinessWeek released its Power 100, documenting the 100 most influential people in the business of sports, I was interested to see various sports agent related names pop up on the list...
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NFLPA Mandatory Insurance
The cost of being an agent can take quite a toll for someone looking to get into the industry without a large bankroll behind him/her...
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Yankees And Cashman: Why Do Sports Teams Strain To Keep Mediocre Leaders?
Six days ago, the Lions finally relieved Matt Millen of his duties as General Manager and Team President after seven very long and anguishing years for the Detroit faithful...
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Wall Street Collapse = NHL Collapse?
As brokers cry into their lattes on Wall Street and politicians spin themselves silly on Capitol Hill, the NHL season is about to begin...
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Hamed Haddadi Might Be a Box-Office Wonder for the Memphis Grizzlies
That's right. To the fiery depths with Josh Smith, Elton Brand, Amare Stoudamire, and Carlos Boozer. No disrespect to Kevin Garnett intended, but the "Big Ticket" might be Hamed Haddadi—as far as Memphis is concerned...
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
Shabbat Shalom! Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner, followed by Yom Kippur. Nothing like looking forward to a day of no eating and drinking. How about Oregon State last night? Looking good for the Gators...
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Random Musings: The Sports Cult
Overview There is a strong culture of sport in most countries. There is a history of sport, or some sporting activity. The word culture itself is a by-product of C-U-L-T...
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What Is Good For the Goose Is Not Good For the Gander: Formula One Business
In August, Wall Street was abuzz with news that state-run Korea Development Bank would consider acquiring that ailing edifice of American Investment Banking Lehman Brothers whose history parallels ...
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Learn the Lingo: How to Bet on Football
By Chadam from Fantasy Football Fools For those who aren’t quite sure on how NFL spreads work, I’ll take you through a little crash course before we begin our weekly column...
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Money Talks. But it doesn't play for the Boston Red Sox.
It's time, my fellow bean-eating friends. Time to get over it. The Yankees are no longer the Evil Empire. With all due respect to the Brothers Steinbrenner, they are no more evil than Snidely Whiplash, cackling over the damsel tied to the train tracks..















