The News Review:
- Sports of The Times No Football Team but What a Stadium!
- i9 Sports plans new leagues in Birmingham
- Sports Digest
- Presidents and sports: How does bama stack up?
- Sports Digest
Sports of The Times No Football Team but What a Stadium!
New York Times United States
“Probably the major response is ‘We thought you people were an online university’ ” he said by phone on Thursday. “ ‘If you’re an online university you can’t possibly have a football team so what are you doing here?’ ” University of Phoenix Stadium which seats 63400 but is expandable to 73000 would be the envy of any college football team in America: Florida Southern California klahoma. What high school recruit wouldn’t want to play there? But the University of Phoenix has no sports program and no traditional campus to speak of. Yet it has achieved extraordinary exposure for its online degree programs because of a decision in 2006 to buy the naming rights for the Arizona Cardinals’ new stadium for about $154 million over 20 years.
i9 Sports plans new leagues in Birmingham
Bizjournals.com NC
us Digg This Franchise company i9 Sports said it plans to add three new youth sports leagues in the Birmingham area in the next year. The company franchises youth sports leagues and offers games and activities in sports such as flag football basketball soccer and cheerleading for ages four to 14 said a news release. The Florida-based company said the decision to move into the Birmingham area was based on studies showing large numbers of families with children between their target age group and a need for youth sports programs. “We’ve done extensive market research and found that parents in Birmingham are looking for new ways to keep their kids active without exposing them to the win-at-all-costs atmosphere that has given youth sports a negative reputation” said Christy Atlas director of marketing for i9 Sports. “The i9 Sports franchise opportunity allows local entrepreneurs to thrive in a challenging economic climate while providing children throughout the area a positive youth sports experience.
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Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun United States
digest160jan1605163671. Joseph graduate and former Ravens defensive assistant to be their head coach. Schwartz will attempt to lead a turnaround for the NFL’s first 0-16 team. The Lions fired Rod Marinelli two weeks ago. Schwartz just finished his eighth season as the Titans’ defensive coordinator and his 10th on their staff.
Presidents and sports: How does bama stack up?
Christian Science Monitor MA
It also heralds the arrival of a new First Athlete not to mention First Fan. In a sports-obsessed nation filled with baby boomers striving to stave off excess calories it?s little surprise that the men we?ve sent to the White House often embody those same traits. Presidents routinely joke about their golf handicaps host star athletes as they celebrate Super Bowl titles and World Series wins toss out ceremonial first pitches and revel in the nonpartisan glories of sports. It all started as so many things in modern America did with Theodore Roosevelt. ur 26th president brought a vigorous lifestyle to Washington including a love of hunting hiking boxing wrestling and almost anything else represented in the Sweaty Arts. ?Theodore Roosevelt believed we needed to keep physically fit as a nation and made it part of the crusade of his presidency? says Douglas Brinkley a historian at Rice University in Houston.
Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun United States
Sanchez a fourth-year junior announced his plans at a news conference in Los Angeles yesterday the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft. The past three stars who played quarterback at USC under Carroll stayed for their senior seasons and the former NFL coach thought Sanchez should do the same. Sanchez led the Trojans to a 12-1 record and No. 3 ranking this past season.
