Pacquiao says he will not underestimate Marquez

Manny Pacquiao has an agenda to keep fighting even if he does not meet Floyd Mayweather Jr. and he has moved past the questions about when or if he will ever meet his adversary. The emphasis Tuesday morning in New York City, the second of a four city media tour was about his November 12th [...]

Junior Middleweight Contenders to Clash at Roseland on July 15

New York—Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will present its second boxing card of the month of July in New York City on the evening of the 15that the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. The two headline bouts of the card will be nationally televised on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. The headline encounter is expected to be a [...]

ESPN: The Entertainment Sellout for Profit Network

It was bad enough that on July 8th, ESPN facilitated one of the most ridiculous, self-centered events any professional athlete ever perpetuated on the sports public by airing LeBron James’ prime time special, all in the name of ratings and money. That was tough enough for New York Knicks fans to take (although not nearly [...]

For the NCAA Tourney, 68 is Just Great

April 22, 2010, Earth Day. It wasn’t the day the world was saved, but it may go down as the day the greatest event in all of sports was spared from needless ruin. The recently completed 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was played under the widely assumed specter that it would be the last such [...]

The N Files – Week 4

PHILADELPHIA (FRO/BASN) Two fingers of Bacardi Gold splash inside the glass and acquaint with the residing three ice cubes; a day’s work supposedly done.
Then a casual glance at the television screen makes you boot up the computer and start scribbling all over again.
You see the graphic footnote on ESPN that Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell [...]

NFL 2009 – Favre Will Have Last Laugh

When ESPN reported that there was a “schism” in the Vikings’ locker room because of the very late addition of former MVP Brett Favre to quarterback the team this season, I wondered if the anaonymous complainers were, in fact, the very people that Favre was replacing.
I mean, really.  Outside of Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, [...]

The Erin Andrews Dilemma

I recently came upon a comment from an esteemed sportswriter for the Washington Post by the name of Christine Brennan. She’s won lots of awards for her writing and reporting and she’s enjoyed a long career as one of the top sports journalists in the country. She was commenting recently about the Erin Andrews issue [...]

Hofstra Draws Fairfield For Bracket

Hempstead, NY (Feb. 2) – The Hofstra Men’s Basketball team (14-8, 6-5 CAA) drew a televised game against Fairfield (14-9, 7-5 MAAC) as part of ESPN’s Bracket Buster Weekend, it was announced this evening.
Hofstra will travel to Fairfield to face the Stags on Saturday, Feb.
21. The start time and network (ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN 360) [...]

Failing Economy Noticeable in Tampa

TAMPA, FL – Just like Superman’s one weakness, kryptonite, the financial situation has obviously affected the NFL. For anyone who has attended the game – and the week leading up to it – in the past, there is something definitely missing this year in Tampa.
Excuses? Let’s start with the non-juicy match-up of Arizona and Pittsburgh. [...]

Wells Lowers Boom on Torre

Joe Torre has made a few enemies in the Bronx (Pete Borriello/NYSD) You knew it wouldn’t take long, and who better to start the fireworks from the other side than Ex-Yankees pitcher David “Boomer’ Wells? Responding to quotes from Joe Torre’s new tell all book “The Yankee Years” Wells fired back at Torre. Wells was [...]

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