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States should get a cut of the sports betting action
Los Angeles Times
It has just never been my thing. Probably never will be. But I should be able to bet on a game if I wanted to — and so should you — legally at a sports book in Los Angeles or anywhere in any of the 50 states. Unfortunately if we want to place such a bet and do it on the up-and-up we’ve got to go all the way to Nevada the only state where sports wagering is both widespread and legal. Nevada is the exception. It should be the rule.

MTR SPRTS Briscoe wins by a nose
San Francisco Chronicle
Max Angelelli and Brian Frisselle teamed to win the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. It was the 14th career victory for Angelelli and the team’s second win of the season.

UPI NewsTrack Sports
United Press International
pen titleNEW YRK Aug. 30 (UPI) — World No. 1 Roger Federer opens defense of his U. pen title this week in New York trying to win the event for the sixth straight year. The Swiss star winner of 15 Grand Slam championships will play Devin Britton of the United States in the first round.

Iraqi national baseball team gets big hand from South Bronx sports …
New York Daily News
Until last month the Iraqi national baseball team – no that’s not a typo – was in a sorry state practicing on a soccer field with all of three baseballs and an old softball bat. Thanks in part to a “grand slam” donation from a. I can’t thank them enough” the team’s coach Hamza Madlool said from Baghdad.

Sports digest: USC receiver Johnson breaks collarbone
San Jose Mercury News
Starting receiver Ronald Johnson will be out six to eight weeks after breaking his collarbone during the No. 4 Trojans’ mock football game Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum depriving Barkley of one of his top targets until at least mid-ctober. Johnson was the Trojans’ third-leading receiver last season with 33 catches for 570 yards and eight touchdowns. Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions according to the Detroit Free Press.
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Delaware Sports Betting Law Ruled Illegal
Washington Post
A sports betting law in Delaware is in violation of a federal prohibition against sports gambling a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The Delaware legislation had been challenged by the NFL NBA NHL Major League Baseball and the NCAA in a lawsuit. Delaware was exempted from the federal ban on sports gambling. But the professional leagues and the NCAA had maintained that the Delaware legislation is illegal because the state was planning to offer single-game betting for the first time. A three-judge panel in Philadelphia made the ruling after hearing arguments from attorneys for both sides for nearly two hours Monday the Associated Press reported.

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NBC Sports in deal with US figure skating
Reuters
N) NBC Sports on Thursday announced a deal extending its right to air the biggest U. figure skating events through the 2014 Winter lympics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but a source.

Delaware moves forward on sports betting
Philadelphia Inquirer
Stunned by the decision the state is making the most of what it can offer said a spokesman for Delaware Gov. "Come next month Delaware will have the only sports lottery east of the Mississippi" Joe Rogalsky said yesterday. "The exact form it will take is something that the State Lottery ffice is working on now. "We will know more in the next few days after the state has had time to review the Circuit Court’s written opinion which has not been released yet" he said. "The casinos like the governor and the Legislature are disappointed. But the state is going to work with them to make sure the Sports Lottery is as successful as possible.

Boston Sports Loses a Devoted Fan
ABC News
Ted Kennedy may have loved more than serving the people of Massachussetts was cheering on their sports teams. Ted Kennedy loved the Red Sox and the New England Patriots; Championed Title IX legislation.
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Minnesota sports administrator named Akron AD
Houston Chronicle
Akron President Luis Proenza introduced Tom Wistrcill at a news conference Tuesday. He has been a senior associate athletic director at the University of Minnesota. Proenza said Wistrcill’s Big Ten experience would give Akron a springboard to “even greater excellence in all of our athletic programs. Wistrcill replaces former athletic director Mack Rhoades who left last month to become athletic director at the University of Houston in Texas.

Report: India’s sports ministry against F1 race
The Associated Press
India wishes to join the F1 grand prix circuit in 2011 on a course being built on the outskirts of New Delhi. But the Times of India reported Tuesday that the Sports Ministry has refused to endorse the F1 race as a sports event saying it would not have an impact on Indian sports “in terms of either participation broad-basing or promotion of excellence. “”It would have no impact on the development of sports in the country” The Times quoted an unnamed Sports Ministry official as saying. “F1 is not purely sports.

‘Wii Sports Resort’ tops 1 million in sales
USA Today
Nintendo says citing internal tracking figures. The Wii MotionPlus the motion-control accessory that attaches to the console’s remote is also experiencing a hot start at retail. Nintendo says more than 2 million consumers have purchased the add-on.

bama’s vacation starts with sports
Philadelphia Inquirer
place_ad_here(”half”); Posted on Tue Aug. 25 2009 In the Nation bama’s vacation starts with sportsCHILMARK Mass. – President bama played tennis and golf yesterday starting his first vacation in office on Martha’s Vineyard a picturesque island known as a refuge for the wealthy. bama began the day with a workout then played tennis with his wife Michelle White House spokesman Bill Burton said. bama later played golf with UBS investment bank president Robert Wolf and Chicago physician Eric Whitaker both friends. White House aide Marvin Nicholson was also in the foursome. White House officials have stressed that the president is on a private vacation and that little is planned.

GS sports commission taps former AD The Business Journal of the …
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Strable replaces Marc Bush who served as president for the past seven years. Strable became Greensboro College’s first full-time athletic director in 1989 and is a founding member of the sports commission. He was instrumental in luring the NCAA Division III men’s and women’s soccer tournaments to Greensboro in 2004 2005 and 2008. “Greensboro’s reputation in hosting sporting events in a first-class manner is widely known and is a true source of community pride” Strable said.
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Successful Comic and Rodent Tries Unfamiliar Role: Sports Fan
New York Times
(By his own admission he also knows next to nothing about football. ) But “Big Fan” is a movie in which his firsthand knowledge of cultural fixation was as important as any leading-man experience or actual knowledge of sports. The film (which opens in limited release on Friday) is written and directed by Robert Siegel who wrote the screenplay for.

Rumors and Notes from Around the World of Sports
FXSports.com
Trade bait? For better or worse the Vikings are Brett Favre’s team now. So what do they do with Tarvaris Jackson? Well. Dissed at home Sasha Vujacic was good enough to help the Lakers win a title a couple months ago but when it comes to the Slovenian national team.

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Matrix Sports Rock Cafe file Chapter 11
Bizjournals.com
Both filings were made on August 7 by lawyer Robert Lampl who was not immediately available for comment Monday. Despite filing his own personal Chapter 11 protection from creditors in 2007 Tom Jayson is listed as the president of the corporations that run both clubs. The Chapter 11 is the second for Sports Rock which Jayson opened in 2001 as his TV-fortified game-ready version of a modern sports bar which seeks to give sports fan a broad menu of games to watch along with food and drinks. Matrix lists total debts of $197000 with $100000 due to Allegheny County and the rest due to its landlord Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises. Sports Rock lists debts of more than $165000 with the largest creditors its landlord Walnut Capital Partners and Strategic Energy. Both clubs are listed on Allegheny County’s list of establishments that owe back taxes for the seven percent drink tax. Sports Rock and Matrix both continue to be open for business.
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The Top 5 Sports Stories
Huffington Post
Bonus Birthday: You looking at me? Actor Robert De Niro. Today in Sports: Michael Phelps wins his record 8th gold medal at the same lympics. That was so last year. Bonus Event: Not a bad career move. Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles drummer.

Not so fast on sports betting in Delaware
Newsday
Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia granted a request from the four major sports leagues (NFL MLB NBA NHL) and the NCAA to. A three-judge panel will hear the leagues’ arguments on Aug.

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Not so fast on sports betting in Delaware
Newsday
Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia granted a request from the four major sports leagues (NFL MLB NBA NHL) and the NCAA to. A three-judge panel will hear the leagues’ arguments on Aug.

Money Walks: In Hard Times Sports Is Bad for Business
New York Times
“The seats behind home plate no one wants to be seen there” said John Lieberman the former chairman of the entertainment and sports committee of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. “There’s a perception that you’re throwing your money away. Politically it’s like car company executives taking private jets from Michigan to Washington. ”Baseball was the first major sport to begin a full season in this more spartan environment. Yet with new seasons approaching basketball and hockey teams are trying to find takers for suites that were not renewed by financial firms.

Madden 10: A Sports Pros(e) welcome
Chicago Sun-Times
nce they do this is going to be one of the more popular features in the game. EA Sports has taken its slogan — “If it’s in the game it’s in the game” — to another level this season. Shots of tailgaters defensive players keeping loose on stationary bikes kickers getting ready on the sidelines for a last-second chance — these are just a few of the additions EA has added to the game presentation. What’s more the stadiums seem crisper and the presentation smoother. The tagline for the 21st edition of the game is “Fight for every yard” and when you play the game you see why. Ball carriers aren’t automatically down on contact forcing defenses to be more diligent.
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Shanoff’s WUC: Why John Hughes’ “Bueller” Had Best Sports Fan …
SportingNews.com
John Hughes died yesterday and though his films were more about Midwestern suburban teen angst than anything Hughes left his mark on memorable sports movie moments. I would argue that the Cubs scene in "Ferris Bueller" is the most memorable sports scene in a non-sports movie in film history. Because unlike most sports movies about players or coaches the "Ferris" scene was about being a sports fan. Consider that given a day to play hooky from school Ferris Bueller makes sure that at least one of his activities is a baseball game. What a testament to sports fandom.

Len Berman’s Top 5 Sports Stories
Huffington Post
While the Red Sox are in New York future brides can check out Fenway Park as a wedding catering hall. When I was a sportscaster in Boston we wanted to stage a wedding in the bleachers between games of a doubleheader. It was a “Sports Fantasy” request from a viewer. We would have the couple “walking down the aisle” of the bleachers while fans threw peanuts. We ultimately didn’t do it. We feared theirwedding might get rained out.

Speed at press of button here to stay IndyCar’s Briscoe says
USA Today
5-mile oval such as Kentucky. “We will be able to pull each gear to 10500 rpm and there’ll be a significant performance gain from the engine” Briscoe said. Shifting gears:After dominating the GTS and GT1 classes with eight consecutive titles Corvette will return to the American. R whose dimensions are virtually identical to its ZR1 production counterpart will compete vs.
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Roundup: Wii Sports Resort sells Xbox 360 lists titles for Games …
San Jose Mercury News
I had a slight inkling that Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort would be selling like hotcakes and the recent figure of more than 500000 sold proves that to be true. That’s a lot of Wii MotionPlus accessories and discs. It also could be good for fans of Zelda. A while back at E3 Shigeru Miyamoto hinted that a new Legend of Zelda may support the peripheral if enough people bought it. Right now it sounds as if that’s going to be very likely.

Sales down for EA but Sims 3 and EA Sports Active sell big
Ars Technica
verall net revenue was down to $644 million for EA compared to the $804 million it earned during the same period in 2009. But while sales were down for the company CE John Riccitiello says that the results were still “better than expected. ” This is due in large part to the performance of both.

To collect or not to collect? Bill heads to the National Sports …
ESPN
“I hadn’t enjoyed a full-fledged unencumbered convention experience until last week. Like always I didn’t plan it. Two weeks ago a buddy casually mentioned that he was heading to the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. I collect sports-related things from time to time. Loved it through 10th grade in high school.

LA City College suspends most sports programs amid budget cuts
Los Angeles Times
City College suspends most sports programs amid budget cuts 9:17 AM | August 6 2009Los Angeles City College has suspended most of its sports programs for at least a year to deal with a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. College President Jamillah Moore told trustees Wednesday that the movewould save $700000 and prevent academic programs from being cut. Women's volleyball was spared because its season is about to start butsix other programs including men's and women's basketball are off. Several former basketball players said the program was a long andstoried one that offered a path out of poverty for many inner-cityyouths. "I just came back from Croatia where I spoke to 15 players who told meLos Angeles City changed my life" said Joseph Taylor 23.
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Mid-hio hosts IndyCar and ALMS this weekend
Newsday
Here are some notes. First from the Indy folks:Foyt Racing’s Ryan Hunter-Reay on the track: “Mid-hio is a really special place to me because I grew up racing Skip Barber there when I was 16 17 18 years old. I had my first pro-race series race there–the Barber Dodge Pro Series race. I love that place – it’s like the heart of road racing in America.

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Sports of The Times Positive or Negative There’s No Changing History
New York Times
I believe journalists should reveal details like this when they can be verified but the rtiz and Ramirez tests from 2003 do not count. Three things I know about sports and drugs. ne is that anabolic steroids and EP are banned from almost all sports for good reason.

Sports Digest: Phelps captures relay gold
San Jose Mercury News
400-meter medley relay team set the 43rd world record of the fastest meet in history Sunday. Swimming the butterfly leg Phelps helped the United States pull away from Germany and Australia to win in 3 minutes 27.
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sports DIGEST X Games rookie wins one for aged
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –> Brack a CART and IRL driver from Sweden who retired from racing after the 2003 season leaped onto the roof of his car to celebrate his win in the final official event of the action sports showcase. “It was fantastic to come back to the States this way” said Brack who won the title when defending champ Travis Pastrana crashed on the first lap and wasn’t able to finish. TENNISQuerrey finally comes up winnerSam Querrey a San Francisco native who attended high school in Thousand aks (Ventura County) played his fourth final of the season but earned his first title beating Carsten Bell 6-4 3-6 6-1 to claim the L.

City’s sports reputation isn’t so funny anymore
Philadelphia Inquirer
When my double-decker bus leaves the corner of Fifth and Market Streets I start the tour with the same patter: "Welcome to Philadelphia the City of Brotherly Love. That’s the literal translation of that word from the Greek. Though if you were to visit our sports complex in South Philly and start rooting for anyone other than the Phillies don’t expect to be treated to too much brotherly love. ther than that we’re a pretty friendly bunch. "This gets a nice laugh from our visitors and sets the pace for the hour-and-a-half tour – history with a joke or two along the way. However after the July 25 disgrace outside McFadden’s the sports bar at Citizens Bank Park and the death of David Sale there is nothing to chuckle about when discussing Philadelphia sports fans. h sure August is here the Eagles will be playing football and perhaps I’ll bring back the joke.

Sports funding: Scotts Valley is a community success story
San Jose Mercury News
This is the second story in a Sunday Sentinel series about the impact of those cuts on local sports teams and their athletes. The latest and most brutal wave of state-wide budget cuts has slashed into funding for many high school sports programs. But at Scotts Valley High it’s business as usual. The school has not received athletics funding from Scotts Valley Unified School District since it opened its doors in 1999. Instead it has left the Falcons to fend for themselves with player donations mass fundraising efforts by individual teams and an assertive and successful booster club.

Update on the latest news sports business and entertainment …
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MTR SPRTS: Pennsylvania 500 postponed; racers will try again today
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Americans look to casual sports in rough times
The Associated Press
The number of pick-up basketball players increased by 13 percent since 2006 soccer by 14 percent tackle football by 11 percent. Even pick-up baseball — not the easiest sport to whip up a game quickly — saw a 17 percent increase with slow-pitch softball at 9 percent. Mike May director of communications for the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association that conducted the survey said the increased number of casual players ages 6 and up has a direct connection with the sluggish economy of the past two years. “I think people are being more creative with their time and their athletic pursuits” May said. “They see they can still play the game but don’t have to make financial or time commitment to be at a certain place at a certain time for two practices and a game every week. “SGMA conducted an internet survey of between 30000 and 40000 households May said and found that while organized team sports and leagues are still popular — 11 of 18 sports mentioned in the survey had majorities playing organized ball — the number of pick-up players is increasing on almost a sport-by-sport basis.

Target Sighted endures rain to win Finney Stakes Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
Finney Stakes contested through pouring rain and over the good turf on opening day of the summer meeting at Laurel Park on Saturday. Winthrop House the overwhelming 1-5 favorite led to the turn before suddenly yielding and finishing last. Jonathan Joyce gave Target Sighted a patient ride on their way to victory in 1 minute 45.

Sports’ 50 Greatest Coaches
SportingNews.com
I put Don Shula at 15 and Noll at 5. Even though Pat Summitt is a great coach at her sport how she ranks 11 on this list in a field is beyonds me. Maybe have a secondary list of great coaches in secondary sports like soccer women’s sports and all the other irrelevant sports out there. Everybody here knows my opinion on #41 Tony “Juice” LaRussa. The biggest * in the game.
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Americans look to casual sports in rough times
The Associated Press
The number of pick-up basketball players increased by 13 percent since 2006 soccer by 14 percent tackle football by 11 percent. Even pick-up baseball — not the easiest sport to whip up a game quickly — saw a 17 percent increase with slow-pitch softball at 9 percent. Mike May director of communications for the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association that conducted the survey said the increased number of casual players ages 6 and up has a direct connection with the sluggish economy of the past two years. “I think people are being more creative with their time and their athletic pursuits” May said. “They see they can still play the game but don’t have to make financial or time commitment to be at a certain place at a certain time for two practices and a game every week. “SGMA conducted an internet survey of between 30000 and 40000 households May said and found that while organized team sports and leagues are still popular — 11 of 18 sports mentioned in the survey had majorities playing organized ball — the number of pick-up players is increasing on almost a sport-by-sport basis.

Guess who’s growing? Sport Supply Group
Bizjournals.com
Blumenfeld said Har-Bell will continue to run as a unit under the Sport Supply Group company allowing Har-Bell’s employees to leverage Sport Supply’s operational backbone while Har-Bell moves forward with “what they do best which is selling to the customer” Blumenfeld told the Dallas Business Journal in a phone interview. Blumenfeld added “Right now is an interesting time for these transactions. ” With financing hard to come by in the marketplace Blumenfeld said Sport Supply Group has found that companies in the team sports business are finding “it’s easier to play with you than against you. "He confirmed that Sport Supply Group is finding attractive purchasing opportunities in the economy but said these businesses are not all distressed sellers. In fact he said the latest acquisition had nothing to do with a company in distress. In the current tough economy Blumenfeld said the vertical approach to reaching consumers that Sport Supply Group uses through direct catalog sales is attractive to companies that want to continue to sell by coupling their efforts with Sport Supply’s operations. Sport Supply Group said earlier in the month that its preliminary 2009 fiscal year data indicates that the company’s 2009 income will be at its highest level in the business’ 37-year history.

Sports buzz: Mizzou adds new basketball signee
Kansas City Star
5 season-opener against Northern Colorado is the fourth and final non-league game to find a spot on TV schedules. It will be shown on Fox College Sports at 6 p.

Positive or Negative There’s No Changing History
New York Times
I believe journalists should reveal details like this when they can be verified but the rtiz and Ramirez tests from 2003 do not count. Three things I know about sports and drugs. ne is that anabolic steroids and EP are banned from almost all sports for good reason.

Caution in the heat: Ease student athletes into summer sports …
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Nobody it seems can recall the last time a New Jersey high school athlete collapsed and died on the field because of the heat. It could be more than 30 years ago the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association says although its records don’t reach back that far. The National Federation of High School Athletic Associations compiles statistics on athletic deaths caused by heat and trauma but it doesn’t sort the numbers by state. Neither does the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research.

Del. Hires Lawyers For Sports Betting Fight
WJZ
Hires Lawyers For Sports Betting Fight – wjz. The leagues want to stop Delaware from allowing sports gambling. The Wilmington firm of Bouchard Margules and Friedlander will argue the state’s position that full-scale sports betting doesn’t violate the Delaware Constitution.
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