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...money is provided almost entirely by the ownership. There is little reason that current players should vote to withhold pension payments absent of Upshaw’s pressure. Second, the league continues to make bucks off the names and feats of vets; it sells memorabilia, shows old film on ESPN Classic, and maintains the Hall of Fame.The retirees’ case against the league is one against pure greed. This year Gene Upshaw will make $6.7 million—the highest salary for a union official in American history. At the very least, the NFLPA should push management to allow...
...sulking through the pre-season, and ripping apart Mitch Kupchak, the Laker general manager, and teammate Andrew Bynum, to a couple of college-aged kids in a parking lot (they caught the rant on video). During the NBA's opening week, there was Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on ESPN saying a trade for Kobe is "not going to happen." There were three members of the Chicago Bulls, Ben Wallace, Luol Deng, and Tyrus Thomas, hours before their season opener, tuning into the Kobe news, wondering if they were headed to L.A. No deal has been done...
...would say,"get your popcorn ready" for Pats-Colts. And when you see another Kobe/A-Rod update on ESPN? Flip the channel to the NFL, college football, America's Next Top Model, anything else. When superstar athletes make more news off the field (or court) than on it, you know it's time to get your eye back on the ball...
...just seems like a better opportunity to play CNN or ESPN rather than HUDS ads,” he said...
...Mets led the National League East by seven games, Baseball Prospectus, the noted statistical Web site, rated New York’s chances of missing the playoffs at 500-1. On Sunday, the Mets hit the infamous jackpot.” I read that on ESPN right before leaving for Central Square. So I was in a foul mood when I got there, and it wasn’t getting any better when I saw a Phillies hat walk through the door. Watching your team implode is a heartbreak that you have to experience to believe. Boston knows this...