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Nike U in Turmoil

Posted by srr50 on March 19th, 2010 under Basketball

10 weeks ago, Oregon played in the Rose Bowl as Pac 10 champions. Since their loss to Ohio State, the program has been in some kind of bizzaro parallel universe where every headline concerns a player arrest, a firing, or now a resignation. Mike Bellotti, the Duck AD and former head coach earlier this week fired basketball coach Ernie Kent, the winningest coach in school history. Then today, in a slighly surreal press conference, Bellotti,
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March Madness Open Thread Part Deaux

Posted by srr50 on March 19th, 2010 under Basketball

So far on Day Two, no buzzer beaters, but there was the obligatory #12 over #5 with Cornell thumping Temple 78-65, but the Ivy League school was everyone's "inside" pick for an upset. Still the day hasn't come close to generating the action that Thursday had. Today #5 Texas A&M 69 #12 Utah State 53 #10 Missouri 86 #7 Clemson 78 Early in the 2nd half #7 seed Oklahoma State
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Now THAT’S Taking One For The Team

Posted by srr50 on March 17th, 2010 under Basketball

Aggie Corp with "Squeeze Army?" POSERS Texas Tech forward Darko Cohadarevic doesn't just talk the talk -- he walks the walk. Tuesday night Tech faced Seton Hall in a first round NIT contest. With the game tied at 10, Seton Hall forward Herb Pope delivered two below-the-belt blows to Cohadarevic.
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All Signs Point to March Madness Expanding to 96 Teams

Posted by srr50 on March 15th, 2010 under Basketball

Perhaps as soon as next year. The NCAA has an "opt out" clause in its $6 Billion contract with CBS this summer and they have already asked for a Request For Proposal from any and all networks interested. The current contract with CBS is backloaded -- the network owes the NCAA $2.3 Billion over the next three years. CBS kept the contract last time around by bidding up the rights to all platforms --including video
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Nick Saban to the SEC: WTF?

Posted by srr50 on March 12th, 2010 under Football

Alabama took a look at their 2010 football schedule, and what do you know? The last six SEC teams on their schedule all get a bye week before playing the Crimson Tide. 'Bama's schedule is as follows: 10/9 at South Carolina 10/16 Mississippi 10/23 at Tennessee 10.30 Open Date 11/06 at LSU 11/13 Mississippi State 11/20 Georgia State./Open Date 11/26 Auburn. The league says they will look into "tweaking" the schedule over the
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Notre Dame Ready For A Seismic Shakup?

Posted by srr50 on March 9th, 2010 under Football

All the recent talk about proposed conference expansion has centered around Texas being a prime target for either the Pac 10 or Big 10. Now the biggest domino in the BCS is indicating that maybe they are ready to look to make a safe fall. Touchdown Jesus may send the signal that Notre Dame is willing to play nice with others. The talk of the Big East basketball tournament is that the Fighting Irish
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Guy Morriss: “No News is Good News.”

Posted by srr50 on March 3rd, 2010 under Football

Guy Morris has coached in the SEC (Kentucky) and the Big 12 (Baylor). Lately he has taken a step down from those days -- he is the head coach of the Div. II Texas A&M-Commerce Lions. While the spotlight isn't as bright in Commerce as it was in Lexington, or even Waco, Morris has at least found an effective method to deal with the press when they have a negative story about his team --
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The Fight For Houston Astros TV Rights: Why It Matters To Texas

Posted by srr50 on February 26th, 2010 under Baseball

Since reaching the World Series in 2005, the Houston Astros have played losing baseball (315-332), but Fox Sports Houston is in a battle to keep the regional rights to Astros broadcasts, and the competition is coming from cable providers. Comcast and AT&T have been attempting to lure the Astros -- and the Houston Rockets -- away from FSN to start their own Regional Sports Networks. The Astros have an out clause in their long-term
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Tiger Woods Press Statement Open Thread

Posted by srr50 on February 19th, 2010 under Uncategorized

If he can stop Rachel Uchitel he has a chance.
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Tiger Woods Statement To Be Carried Live By All Major Networks

Posted by srr50 on February 18th, 2010 under Uncategorized

As hard as Tiger Woods and Nike try to contain and control the spin on Woods' return to golf, the tighter the controls, the more rabid the media will become. Woods will "speak to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," Friday morning at 10:00 central time, and it will be carried live by every broadcast network with the possible exception of The Soap Opera Network. Woods won't take any questions, won't