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How Much Is Boston College Football Worth?
The Wall Street Journal's Darren Everson took a look at a recent study by Indiana University finance professor Ryan Brewer, who calculated the intrinsic value for 115 of the 120 programs in Division I-A (with apologies to Air Force, Navy, Tulane, Tulsa and Wake Forest). The results are hardly...
WWE Network start date rushed to jump the gun on UFC
Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer reported on today's free Wrestling Observer Radio show that the heavy promotion on last night's Raw that the WWE Network would debut sometime in 2012 was prompted by fears that their combat entertainment competitor UFC was going to start their our network soon and...
The South Carolina Gamecocks and Oversigning, Continued: The Latest from the Wall Street Journal
We obviously broached the oversigning topic at the right time here at Garnet and Black Attack, because the issue came home to us as hotly as ever today in this WSJ piece, which features provocative responses to the issues from Steve Spurrier, Bobby Petrino, and the crown prince of oversigning...
Auburn Tigers' 2010 BCS National Title Confirms That Defense Still Wins Championships in College Football
Recently, Year2 reviewed Tobias J. Moskowitz’s and L. Jon Wertheim’s Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, citing in the process Jeffrey H. Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of that same volume, in which the co-creator of one of the BCS computer...
Keauna McLaughlin Gets Emotional
U.S. pairs skater Keauna McLaughlin is quoted in the Wall Street Journal in an article on keeping emotions in check. The author writes about handling major stressful moments, and he speaks with some Olympians (and Olympic hopefuls) for advice. Here is the section on McLaughlin: Keauna McLaughlin,...
Skate Canada Tries to Dispel "Rumors" about Macho Campaign
Or should I say "rumours?" Skate Canada is trying to let everyone know that it never embarked upon a campaign to make skating more macho or to appeal to a different demographic. Last week's statement by Skate Canada CEO William Thompson states: As a bit of history, there is no and never has been...
Skating Hurts
Here is a Wall Street Journal article about how Skate Canada is encouraging its skaters to promote the rougher side of skating. "We have to find ways to show the masculinity," says Mr. Chipeur, who came in 12th place at the World Figure Skating Championships here last month after losing points for...
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