The News Review:
- America’s addiction to sports
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- Boston sports fans | Salon Life
- Hibbett Sports 3Q earnings top expectations sales fall shy
America’s addiction to sports
Christian Science Monitor – Nov 20, 2007
addParam(”play” “false”); myFlashObject. New York – Last week when a federal grand jury indicted baseball star Barry Bonds for perjury it confirmed an ugly truth: America’s got a big drug problem. I’m not talking about steroids Mr. Bonds’ alleged performance-enhancer of choice. Instead I’m talking about athletics themselves. Americans are addicted to competitive sports in ways that are profoundly unhealthy to our schools our bodies and ourselves.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Nov 20, 2007
48 Chevrolet team and all of Hendrick Motorsports had a year that very few of us will ever equal in whatever our line of work might be. In a sport designed to have a level playing field so that fans can root for their favorite driver knowing they have a fair chance to win a race Hendrick Motorsports and Johnson apparently didn’t get the notice. Johnson along with teammates Jeff Gordon Kyle Busch and Casey Mears dominated the 2007 Nextel Cup racing season. As a group the four drivers won 18 of 36 races collected 84 top-10s and earned a not-so-paltry $24420344.
Boston sports fans | Salon Life
salon.com – Nov 20, 2007
The Patriots managed two Super Bowl appearances during the ’80s and ’90s — and got stomped on both occasions. And the Bruins well as any angry puckhead will tell you they haven’t won a Stanley Cup since the sainted Bobby Orr skated for them in 1972. But these days Boston fans are suffering a profound crisis of identity. They are winning in a manner that is historically unprecedented. Last month the Sox swept the Colorado Rockies to claim their second World Series in four years. The Patriots have become the NFL’s 900-pound gorilla. They are 10-0 this season and being lauded as one of the greatest teams ever.
Hibbett Sports 3Q earnings top expectations sales fall shy
Forbes – Nov 20, 2007
reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $7. 8 million or 25 cents a share exceeding the mean estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial of 24 cents a share. Revenue declined to $129. 6 million from $129.
