Although baseball is still referred to as “America’s pastime,” the metrics surrounding the game’s star power are reaching crisis levels. Last year, ESPN released its ranking of the 100 most popular athletes in the world, and it did not include a single baseball player. (Russell Westbrook checked in at No. 34.) The proverbial “hot stove” […]
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Concussion misses its mark
Though Concussion touches on a topic that still makes headlines, it leaves out important parts of the story to focus on its lead star.
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Tulsa native hopes to break new ground as NFL agent
Nicole Lynn says she could be the first African-American woman to represent a player on an active NFL roster.
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Chicken-Fried News: Profitable repentance
Coburn’s famous Waste Book might have had something to do with the NFL finally dropping its nonprofit status.
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Uhhhh, might he be right this time?
Worry not! In another striking moment of sanity, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Muskogee) questioned the legitimacy of assigning nonprofit status to several tax-exempt, profit-making professional sports organizations, including the National Football League, National Hockey League and Professional Golf Association. The NFL? It raked in a cool $9.5 billion in 2012. Ho-hum. Like so many big […]