19 Years Old, 100% Publicly Financed and Owned, and a Pile of Rubble
The Charlotte Coliseum, the site of 19 years of sporting excellence, has been imploded. This arena was opened in 1988 and was built with 100% …
The Coaching Search
The University of Virginia is building a new basketball arena, the John Paul Jones Arena. Here is a movie of what the inside of the …
Football Season Begins!
No, not the NFL. Two European football leagues, the Bundesliga in Germany and Ligue 1 in France get started this weekend. In the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg …
Olympic-sized Crowds at the Theater?
Apparently, London’s theaters (or shall I say, “theatres”) are expecting fewer patrons to follow the yellow brick road next summer when the Olympics are in …
Here is Why Everyone is Talking About CBD for Athletes
Cannabis is full of natural molecules and compounds as sites such as TheCBDGuru.org have been talking about now and in the past. When put together, …
The Media and Probability Distributions
ESPN replayed a little bit of Billy Donovan’s post-game press conference Sunday night. In response to an off-camera question that seemed to be about the …
Club versus country
Unlike the major leagues, league clubs in soccer (and in most other sports) belong to national federations that in turn belong to continental and world …
Mega Event Update: Beijing Bird’s Nest Stadium
Stop me if you have heard this one before… Remember all those claims about the continuing benefits that flow from the lavish sports facilities constructed …
Clemens Signs for $18m.
Co-blogger Phil Miller posted earlier that because Clemens and the Houston Astros were so far apart in their arbitration offers, it was likely they would …
Pro Cycling Bombshell?
The New York Times reports that Floyd Landis has “come clean” about his past use of performance enhancing drugs. He admits to doping (using EPO, …