By Steve Brady A couple of months ago, there was a very large Pick 6 carryover at Santa Anita that I thought I’d try to take down. (Winning the Pick 6 is slightly better odds than winning the Super Lotto. It requires picking the winners of the last six races of the day. If no one succeeds on that given day, the money in the pool carries over to the next day.) It was a Thursday and I slipped out
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Finding an Oasis in Nashville's Jock Radio Landscape
Posted on 7:26 AM by ergeg
Jock radio in Nashville isn't so good. That is to say, it could be greatly improved upon. There's 104.5-FM The Zone, primarily a conduit for FOX Sports. There's 106.7-FM The Fan, which means primarily ESPN Radio. And then there's SportsRadio WNSR 560-AM, which mixes original local programming with feeds from Sporting News Radio. There are swampy sinkholes throughout this landscape. Sports freaks
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Pacman's Latest Escapades Create More PR Nightmares for Titans
Posted on 9:22 AM by ergeg
Public altercations involving unsavory characters. Suspicious automobiles. Guns. Cocaine. Huge amounts of cash. What sounds like the teaser for a forthcoming episode of “Law & Order” is actually a slice from the life of Tennessee Titans defensive back Adam (“Pacman”) Jones. Last year’s #1 Titans draft choice (pictured, left) was a PR nightmare from the beginning. In summer 2005 he held out from
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Immigration's Great if You're Pedro Martinez, but the Rest Is a Mess
Posted on 10:53 PM by ergeg
Where would American sports of the past 50 years be without immigrants? The face of American baseball has been radically altered in the past decades by the influx of gifted Hispanics. European basketball players are definitely the hottest trend in the NBA. NFL football sees less of this but there are a few exceptions, with African nationals seeming to be the most prevalent new group of players.
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