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March 2, 2005
Steve Seepersaud |
7 Transactions That Backfired The seven worst business transactions in sports history... The worst quarterback ever drafted...   |
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August 21, 2001
Michael Farber |
Taking a Flyer By trading for oft-injured Eric Lindros, the Rangers gambled big time with their future... |
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Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Eye-Popping Contracts Here's a list of 10 sports contracts that involve double-digit length or triple-digit figures. |
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December 27, 2000
Mark Simmons |
A-Rod Hits The Jackpot, Super Mario Returns Texas Rangers announced signing former Seattle Mariners shortstop Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year $252 million contract... Hockey world erupted when it was announced that Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux and current Pittsburgh Penguins owner would be returning and paying himself the league average salary of $1.4 million... |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Allen Barra |
The Alex Rodriguez FAQ Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Helyar & Keehner |
Tom Hicks Says Goodbye to Sports Besieged by creditors, Tom Hicks is selling three major sports teams. |
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Mohit Arora |
Top 10: Worst General Managers Every so often a general manager comes along and fuels our mistaken beliefs with his own spectacularly poor judgment. |
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January 21, 2004
Steve Seepersaud |
The 11 Highest Paid Athletes The top 11 athletes that delivered a low return on investment. |
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Steve Seepersaud |
5 Failed Gretzky Heirs A few players emerged as successors because of their success at a young age, but we mustn't forget that, in addition to a solid skill set, the true heir must have Gretzky's humble personality as well. Here are the 5 players that came closest. |
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Lewis Helfand |
Pro Sports Contract Violations In contracts, as in many things in life, guaranteed does not always mean guaranteed. Players have seen their contracts revoked -- sometimes to their benefit and sometimes to a loss in personal wealth of millions. |
AskMen.com
January 8, 2001
Jimmy Shapiro |
Top 50 Sports Stories Of 2000 Here's one man's opinion of the top 50 stories of 2000, in order of importance. Let's hope this year is as eventful... |
AskMen.com
March 21, 2001
Mark Simmons |
Trade Factor: The Hockey Trades |
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Steve Seepersaud |
Rookie Salaries: Now & Then Sports stars have always enjoyed comfortable lifestyles. But today's stars are making out far better than those of the past. In fact, the highest draft picks today are instant millionaires. |
Sports Central
March 24, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Will Fans Support International Expansion? Give us a reason to care and that will erase any of our apathy for non-U.S. franchises. |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Crapshoot For the Texas rangers, trading Pudge Rodriguez involves too many risks and unknowns... |
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Lewis Helfand |
Overpaid Athletes Who Do Jack Watching your team lose because of players who underperform or miss games due to injury is hard enough. It becomes even harder when you realize they're being paid millions to put up these bad numbers or sit out games. |
Sports Central
February 25, 2008
Jon Gonzales |
Happy 25th, USFL! (Or What Could've Been) Had the United States Football League continued down the path it was blazing, and had a few breaks gone its way, it likely would have survived to today. |
Sports Central
September 11, 2007
Aaron Miller |
Pay-Rod New York actually wants, maybe even needs Alex Rodriguez, and only they can really afford to make him feel the same way. |
Salon.com
April 17, 2001
King Kaufman |
The $252 million man Why does every single story about Alex Rodriguez have to mention the Rangers star's salary? |
Sports Central
May 8, 2006
Jeff DiNunzio |
Time for Flyers to Oust GM Clarke Clarke is renowned for making questionable transactions in the name of building a Cup-worthy Flyers organization. |
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Lewis Helfand |
8 Team Owners Who Spend To Lose The fact is that spending money produces wins -- although there are some exceptions. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Express Buys the Railroad Nolan Ryan's group finally outbid Mark Cuban by $9 million to get the approval of the court-appointed bankruptcy restructuring officer and creditors who thought the Rangers' sale price wasn't high enough. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sidney Crosby, Broadway-Bound? Does Sidney Crosby have the potential to be hockey's next superstar? |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Sports Central
January 13, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
A-Rod Agonistes, the Final Chapter? We could see a 2014 baseball season and maybe more without Alex Rodriguez, after all. |
Salon.com
May 24, 2002
Allen Barra |
Soccer may be the world's sport, but it will never be America's Every four years soccer officials assure us that if the U.S. men's team makes a run for the World Cup, their sport will finally break through in America. Dream on. |
Sports Illustrated
September 4, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Collision Ahead? Things are looking up for Texas, but maybe not at catcher... |
Fast Company
July 2008
Jeff Pearlman |
The Texas Rangers' Young GM Jon Daniels is a geek who last played organized ball in Little League. Just 30, he's MLB's youngest GM, leading the Texas Rangers -- and a new breed of baseball execs. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2004
Esther Oh |
The A-Rod Saga Ends, For Now Alex Rodriguez can boast to having what his good pal Derek Jeter has at last. Like Jeter, Rodriguez now wears the symbolic "C" on his jersey after being named team captain of the Texas Rangers and subsequently extinguishing all trade talks. Finally. |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Daniel G. Habib |
Not Like Old Times In his return to Philadelphia, an ice-cold and tentative Eric Lindros avoided the fray... |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Winners and (vaguely related) losers As it comes into focus, we survey the NHL free agent landscape... |
Sports Central
May 22, 2004
Pete Sweigard |
NHL Ushers in a New Era The NHL has been slow to embrace the youth movement, continuing to market the marquee names, the proven entities. |
Sports Illustrated
August 2, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Philadelphia's story Eric Lindros is still a hot topic, with many people wondering whether he'll play in the NHL again... |
AskMen.com
November 6, 2013 |
Is George W. Bush Going To Take Over Professional Baseball? Regardless of your positioning on the right or left side of the aisle, there is no denying the former Texas Rangers owner's qualifications for that job. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Are You Ready for Some More Football? The country isn't ready for another football league. If there's a way to out-NFL the NFL at its own game, don't you think someone would have come up with the better mousetrap by now? |
Sports Central
July 22, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's ... 30? With or without a birthday, Alex Rodriquez always draws a lot of controversy. Why do opinions on him vary so widely? |
Sports Central
May 3, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Boycotting the NFL Draft For now, the league is locking out the players with one hand and promoting its annual draft with the other. It's hypocrisy. It's not football, and it's not fun. Call me in September, Commissioner Goodell. |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000
Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
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Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Sports Mama's Boys They whine, cry and run away from all responsibility. These are the big babies playing professional sports today. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it. |
Sports Central
May 20, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
When Your Worst Enemy is Your Best Player So long, Vince Carter. Time to find a new babysitter. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
2011: Dickens Flummoxed Baseball's 2011 season was the best of times and it was the worst of times. |
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Anyone's award Mateo's injury leaves no clear-cut leader for AL ROY |
CFO
June 1, 2007
John Goff |
Pitch Fever American investors spend it like Beckham -- and borrow heavily, too -- to buy UK soccer teams. The big lure: global branding. |
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Schrager & Weinberg |
Sports Gossip: The Monday Morning Couch Potatoes These are the six stories that sparked our interest the most during the past week of sports, pop culture and entertainment |
Sports Illustrated
June 6, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
High on Lowe The hurler's emergence could put Boston over the top. |
Sports Illustrated
May 24, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Flyers are talk of the town Hockey Q&A: Bobby Clarke... What should the Flyers do with Lindros next season?... What is the No. 5 on the back of the Flyers' helmets for?... Why doesn't the NHL require teams to have four skaters on a side when there are matching penalties... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
November 13, 2002
Peter King |
Secondary Concern Already playoff contenders, the Saints got a lift with the addition of Dale Carter to a suspect pass defense |
Sports Central
July 20, 2010
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Gaming the Sale of Texas Rangers Continues The sale of the Rangers still awaits finalization and most importantly, the investment group to be awarded the final sale of the club has yet to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and ultimately to be approved by MLB and its respective owners. |
Sports Central
February 17, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
Reaction to A-Rod to Yankees It will not really surprise you that some of the usual suspects in New England are ready to jump out the window over Alex Rodriguez in Yankees' fatigues, will it? |
