Archive for January, 2008
Bills in Toronto, teams in London…The NFL continues to go global
You knew they’d find a way to get to Toronto somehow, right? ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that the Bills will be playing at least one regular season game in Toronto during the 2008 NFL regular season. Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr. had petitioned the league to play one home game in Toronto to strengthen [...]
What I read this week.
Josh Golka continues his trek through the athlete registration for each state. Last week, he looked at Georgia. (via Athlete Agent/Sports Agent Regulation) Sarah Talalay covered one man’s idea of attempting to buy a piece of the Miami Dolphins. After last season, I hope there is some sort of sale going on. (via Sun Sentinel) [...]
Patiently awaiting the “Run-DMC” & Nike Endorsement Deal
You know, by this time next year, when I’m writing about future NFL Running Back Darren McFadden, I’ll be able to do it in my Nike Air McFadden I (c) football shoes! At least, that’s the path that we seem to be headed down, with the news that Nike has decided to pick up the [...]
NFL Divisional Playoff Games TV Ratings (Jan. 12-13, 208)
Shhhhh! Don’t tell anybody but apparently people like football better this year than last year. How do I know? The ratings, my friend. The ratings. Saturday afternoon’s Seahawks-Packers contest (17.0 rating/34 Million viewers) pulled in 2 million more viewers than last year’s Colts-Ravens game which was in the same time slot, for an increase of [...]
Jason Garrett…Cowboys head coach in 2009.
On the Set of the game show, Jeopardy… Jason Garrett: I’ll take coaches with little-to-no job security in the 2008 regular season, for $400, Alex. Alex Trebeck: This first year Dallas Cowboys coach took the team to a NFC best 13-3 record in 2007 before being defeated by the inconsistent? streaky? good? Giants in the [...]
ESPN: Video Games…Now officially a sport.
ESPN, the “worldwide leader of sports” has decided to give some attention to gamers everywhere. From Major League Gaming’s website (MLG), ESPN will serve as a primary outlet for news about MLG, providing extensive digital coverage of MLG’s 2008 Pro Circuit Competitions, including exclusive streamed matches, pro player interviews, and scores and stats. Additionally, MLG [...]
