For months now, rumor and speculation – including speculation from yours truly – have been swirling around the expansion plans of the Big 10.  Primarily …

From Forbes, courtesy of Craig Newmark, With a deal to name the Mets’ new stadium in New York, Citigroup follows the lead of fellow banking …

In his “Mutiny at the Bridge” Soccernet’s Norman Hubbard notices a rising mood at Chelsea that I pondered last October in “The Extra Variable”: … …

Regarding Skip’s post on Chester, Pa.’s forthcoming soccer stadium. Statistics show why the Philadelphia Inquirer called Chester “five square miles of misery.” Unemployment of 9 …

I read with interest this article at Slate.com on the troubles facing NASCAR and the Big Three automakers. An interesting reaction to the article is …

About a week ago, I was listening to the Toronto Blue Jays’ broadcast of a game between the Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. …

Mark Yost has written a piece for the Wall Street Journal ($$$ req’d) on the economic impact of Super Bowls and the possibility for Detroit …

From ESPN comes this ditty about Nigerian soccer officials: “Football referees in Nigeria can take bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence …

Reggie Fowler has agreed to buy the Minnesota Vikings from Red McCombs. Here’s a story from the Arizona Republic on Fowler.

Count Minnesota Twin Torii Hunter among those that don’t like the World Baseball Classic. “I don’t like it,” Hunter said. “I don’t see anything positive …