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| Welcome to the belated edition of Tuesday Tidbits. I'm moving slowly this week for a variety of reasons so I didn't get around to this yesterday. Nevertheless, here are a few items of interest from... | |
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| FIFA confirmed the obvious yesterday and awarded the 2014 World Cup to Brazil, the lone bidder from South America. In the rotation order in effect, 2014 was South America's turn, and the South... | |
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| In a dramatic finishing kick to the Race of the Year, Curlin ended any debate over who should be the Horse of the Year. Expertly ridden as usual by Robby Albarado, Curlin used a blazing drive down... | |
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| The NCAA has settled the lawsuit filed by the University of North Dakota over the use of the Fighting Sioux, allowing UND the right to use the nickname and imagery for three years while it tried to... | |
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| It's just not the Dolans year. First, their boy, Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden lose a big sexual harassment suit, then MSG goes and sues its own league in the NHL and now the shareholders of... | |
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| I previously discussed the Rangers suit against the NHL in which the team's rhetoric features phrases like “unrestricted power,” “illegal cartel,” “seizure,” “crackdown” and “blatant expropriation of... | |
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| There may be no bigger Red Sox fans than executives at Fox. Game 7 of the ALCS drew 9 million viewers and an 11.7/18 household rating and share, the largest League Championship TV audience and... | |
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| The NFL move to Toronto took on the look of inevitability this week as the Buffalo Bills asked the city and county and the NFL for permission to play an exhibition game in Toronto in 2008, followed... | |
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| Friday, the Wall Street Journal devoted a feature story to an examination of the enormity that is the athletic budget of Ohio State. It's an interesting look at the state of college athletics. The... | |
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| It was a gloomy week for English soccer fans after the national team faced a Russian storm and saw its hopes for European qualifications meet the same fate as Napoleon's Russian campaign. ... | |
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