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[3 Aug 2008 | | ]

Like it or not, fantasy football is important. According to the New York Times, 15.5 million people play fantasy football each year - about 86% of which are are male and 63% are under age 40. It’s also become a $2 billion industry.
So when …

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[13 Jul 2008 | | ]

There are 123 professional sports teams across the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. The Dallas Cowboys are worth an estimated 1.5 billion dollars - ranking #1 - and the Nashville Predators are the least valuable team at $143 million. Some very interesting takeaways came from …

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[15 Jun 2008 | | ]

Tonight, the Boston Celtics have an opportunity to win the 2007-2008 NBA Championship against the Los Angeles Lakers. The game will likely draw huge ratings and put an exclamation point on a terrific, renaissance season for the NBA.
But not all news is good for commissioner …

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[29 May 2008 | | ]

This is the first of two brief follow up posts (I was going to label them “Part II’s” but they really aren’t thorough enough to qualify…).
I wrote about the shifting economy in Major League Baseball and how deals are shifting towards younger players with …

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[26 May 2008 | | ]

In the last few weeks, the economics of Major League Baseball (MLB) has been rewritten in a way that would make Money Ball’s Billy Beane proud. MLB has seen an influx of very talented, very young players (under 27) - and general managers are forced …