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Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
Dolphins hire Adam Gase as new head coach – Yahoo Sports (blog)
The Miami Dolphins were the first team to fire their head coach this season, parting ways with Joe Philbin way back in Week 5, so perhaps it makes sense that they’re the first team to fill their job opening. Via multiple reports, including the Miami Herald’s Armando Salguero, the Dolphins have hired Adam Gase, who was most recently the Chicago Bears‘ offensive coordinator for the 2015 season. Gase earned praise…
Welsh National: Mountainous wins for second time at Chepstow – BBC Sport
Kerry Lee’s father Richard trained Mountainous when he won the race in 2013 Mountainous won the Welsh National for the second time with an impressive triumph at Chepstow. The 2013 winner, a 9-1 shot under jockey Jamie Moore, hit the front with three fences to go to beat Firebird Flyer (25-1) and Shotgun Paddy (12-1) into second and third respectively. Trained by Kerry Lee, the 11-year-old is the first double…
Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
Friday’s Sports in Brief (Jan 9, 2016) – FOXSports.com
HOUSTON (AP) The former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals pleaded guilty in federal court to hacking into the player database and email system of the Houston Astros in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs. Chris Correa pleaded guilty to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer from 2013 to at least 2014, the same year he was promoted to director…
Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
New Venue For Youth Sports: The Civil–And Criminal–Courts – Forbes
Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
Where Sports Fans Should Go in 2016 – New York Times
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Everything is a culture war now – even sports. I just want to watch the game – The Guardian
Will Ferrell is now a part-owner of the new MLS side Los Angeles FC, meaning supporters of the LA Galaxy or the Seattle Sounders may feel compelled, or even required, to dislike Ferrell and his movies. Such is the risk a celebrity takes when taking a side on anything: sports, politics, whether a hot dog is a sandwich, you name it. Related: New MLS club LAFC welcomes Will Ferrell as…
Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
CES: Sports tech takes center stage – Fox News
Sports technology took center stage at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Exhibitions featured everything from customized wearable technology to virtual reality software and tracking devices to help enhance performance. Commissioners from both the MLB and NBA were at CES to discuss how high tech the sports world has become. “These are very different times. Fans have never been closer to the game than they are now,”…
Crispin Odey slashes stake in Sports Direct as Christmas profit warning knocks … – Telegraph.co.uk
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has reduced his stake in Sports Direct The news comes just hours after the sports wear and fashion retailer warned that profits will be lower than expected this year as a result of the warmer weather. The company said it would fail to meet its target of earning £420m before tax and other costs in the year to April. The retailer blamed “deterioration of trading…
NBA Twitter is Changing the Way We Watch Sports – New Republic
In the summer of 2015, Clippers center DeAndre Jordan initially agreed to a deal to sign with the Dallas Mavericks. Several days later, word began to leak out that he was considering changing his mind before free agency actually opened. What followed was dubbed “The Great NBA Emoji War of 2015,” where the rush of Clippers and Mavericks flying into Houston to try to persuade DeAndre to sign with their…
Why Clemson’s Students Wouldn’t Pay For Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE A peek at the balance sheet of Clemson’s athletic department is all it takes to see the school is sitting on an untapped source of revenue: its students. Clemson, like most schools, brings in more money than ever from athletics. But even its record $74 million of reported athletic revenue last year was below average compared with other universities in the increasingly rich world of big-time college sports. That’s…
Sports Direct issues profit warning after poor Christmas sales – The Guardian
Sports Direct has shocked the stock market with a warning that annual profits will be up to £40m lower than expected, blaming tough trading on the high street and unseasonal weather in the run-up to Christmas. More than £400m was wiped off the value of the company as shares in Sports Direct fell 12% in the wake of the announcement. Related: Sports Direct’s story of easy growth seems to be…
The Story of How Barstool Sports Got Sold – Fortune
Can you make an introduction to El Presidente? That was the request made around six months ago by Mike Kerns to the agent for Jared Lorenzen, a former NFL quarterback who would later become a contributor to Barstool Sports, the controversial website led by Dave Portnoy (known to the site’s fans as El Presidente). Lorenzen obliged, and Kerns ― head of digital for media and technology firm The Chernin Group…
Sports Illustrated Wants To Redeem Adrian Peterson, Even If Adrian Peterson … – Deadspin
Adrian Peterson doesn’t want redemption for whipping his child with a tree branch, but Sports Illustrated is delivering it to him anyway. Greg Bishop’s profile of the running back, published Tuesday, doesn’t hand out the redemption directly—it can’t, because Peterson is fine with what he did to his child— so instead it doles it out by implication. Here’s A.P. visiting a child dying of cancer; here’s A.P. being nice to…
Mark Cuban Invests In Daily Fantasy Sports Product – Forbes
Barstool Sports just got bought at a $10 million to $15 million valuation, and … – Business Insider
YouTube It’s one thing to get acquired. It’s another to do it in a video where you call your new boss the “big swinging d— at the cracker factory.” But if you’re a Barstool Sports fan, you’re not shocked. The crude, funny, sports-guy lingo is right in line with the brand that founder Dave Portnoy has spent years building, and about 5 million monthly readers have come to love. Barstool Sports,…