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...inflated egos can't fit into the same arena. Those Rockets lost in the first round of the playoffs. The Yankees haven't won a World Series in seven years. So how do you explain the 2008 Boston Celtics? Last season, the Cs, one of the most celebrated sport franchises, winners of 16 titles, were the joke of the NBA. They finished 24-58 and at one point doormatted 18 straight games. During the off-season, Celtics GM Danny Ainge pulled off a pair of heists, bringing Kevin Garnett...
...decline of dog racing is hardly unique to Macau. Faced with competition from casinos, betting revenue from greyhound racing in the U.S. slumped by 45% during the 1990s, according to the American Gaming Association. "It's a sport that's on the decline," says Branigan. There's competition from casinos and other sports, she says, "but a great deal also has to do with the public's perception: people equate it to dogfighting or cockfighting." Though many U.S. organizations place former race dogs in adoptive homes, Branigan says at least 5,000 are killed every year...
...exploiting fans' long-distance love of the league is more than just a short-term goal. "The domestic market is a mature market," says Simon Chadwick, professor of sport business strategy and marketing at Coventry University. "We're not seeing huge growth in the retail and merchandise markets." So, while domestic attendance has climbed this season, boosting income further means pushing up ticket prices or knocking up even bigger stadiums. That, or playing in front of a new, hungry audience. Scudamore wouldn't say how much money the proposed "international round" would generate for the teams...
...base. And long before they bagged this year's Super Bowl, the New York Giants edged the Miami Dolphins at London's Wembley Stadium last October, in the first regular season NFL game played outside the Americas. Says Chadwick, "There's a global turf war taking place in sport. It's not just about revenue generation, it's about reinforcing and preserving a competitive position." Scudamore didn't need reminding. "If we don't do it, another sport is going to come and do it unto us ... Or another football league is gonna go and do it around...
...such format. In fact, it has no format at all. The introduction provided above is entirely my own, and the video actually opens in medias res. Ostensibly, “Scream” is about a theft of some sort. Otherwise why would Nicole Scherzinger sport a ski mask indoors? Or why would Timbaland have video screens installed in the trunk of his whip that read “Target Secured?” There are other questions to ask though. Like why does Timbaland insist on going shirtless for so much of the video? And what, exactly, is this...