The News Review:
- Sports Briefing | Pro Basketball Celtics Win Their Fifth Straight
- New Suspect in Sports Doping Is, No Joke, Viagra
- Ahead of the Bell: Sports betting may help Dover
- JJB Sports Receives Approach for Fitness Clubs; Shares Jump
- JJB Sports says it’s received bid for gyms
- Jerry Brewer: Go ahead with your sports gossip ‘” it’s all the fun …
Sports Briefing | Pro Basketball Celtics Win Their Fifth Straight
New York Times, United States
McDyess, who was traded to Denver on Nov. 3 and then waived by the Nuggets, is expected to re-sign with the Pistons next month.
New Suspect in Sports Doping Is, No Joke, Viagra
New York Times, United States
Wadler, the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s committee on prohibited substances. The agency, based in Montreal, is financing two studies related to Viagra and performance enhancement in sports.
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Ahead of the Bell: Sports betting may help Dover
Forbes, NY
faces now that Maryland has legalized gambling, an analyst said Monday. Lawrence Klatzkin of Jefferies & Co. boosted his Dover rating to “Hold” from Underperform,” saying the threat from Maryland’s action has already been priced into the stock. Legalized sports betting could provide an additional $26.
JJB Sports Receives Approach for Fitness Clubs; Shares Jump
Bloomberg
24 (Bloomberg) — JJB Sports Plc, a sporting-goodsretailer, received an approach for its Fitness Clubs business. There is no certainty a transaction will occur, the Wigan,England-based company said in a statement distributed byRegulatory News Service today. No further details weredisclosed. 25 pence, or 14 percent, to 34.
JJB Sports says it’s received bid for gyms
MarketWatch
sporting-goods retailer, said it’s received a bid for its fitness clubs. It didn’t identify the suitor or say how much was offered.
Jerry Brewer: Go ahead with your sports gossip ‘” it’s all the fun …
Seattle Times, United States
Willingham couldn’t make it to Qwest on Sunday, perhaps because it was an event for coaches with an upside, but he was certainly in the region, creating a superfecta of what ifs. What if Holmgren hadn’t announced his plan to leave the Seahawks? What if Zorn had been promised an offensive coordinator job in the future? What if Mora hadn’t been a candidate for the Redskins job that spurred the Seahawks to define his future? What if Willingham had spontaneously combusted last December?Maybe the puzzle pieces would fit instead of looking like they were jammed into place. Maybe our sports diet would consist of more than junk-food innuendo between raw servings of losing. Or maybe everything would still be in disarray, and coulda, shoulda, woulda would remain the unofficial new state slogan. What’s certain is that, in this year of repetitive misery, it’s only appropriate that our CD keeps skipping at the same point on the coaching carousel, too. For Mora, that means he cannot avoid rumors that he’s about to pull the coaching pump fake of the century. The speculation just won’t go away.
