Bob CollinsUp until Tuesday evening, 50 Cent held the distinction of throwing the worst first pitch in the history of all ceremony. Read more →
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There’s irony — somewhere — in an announcement from Red Bull.
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It’s hard to buy just the right birthday present for your kids when they become adults. Better just to slip a few bucks in a card and let them shop for themselves. Classic.
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The Fresno Grizzlies put the ‘minor league’ in the minor leagues.
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It’s Memorial Day weekend, the annual tradition in which sports teams and businesses can cash in on the sacrifice of soldiers.
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Shannon McCarthy’s family and friends aren’t too proud to beg.
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Last night’s playoff game in Milwaukee — the Bucks lost to Toronto — provided the quintessential Wisconsin moment: the city’s alpha male sports stars chugging beer. Read more →
It was a short and sweet announcement from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference today. The University of St. Thomas is out. Read more →
The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →
Some sports fans in Wisconsin are complaining some drinks made them too drunk.
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In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it. Read more →
A typical Major League Baseball team is a melting pot of camaraderie — whites, blacks, Asians, Latinos all united in pursuit of a common purpose. We could all take a lesson.
Except that sometimes, a different truth is revealed — a racial and ethnic divide that isn’t much different than the rest of society. Read more →
From what I can tell, Cynthia Marie Thiel was like me. A passionate sports fan who just wanted her team to win a championship before she died. Read more →
The sports marketing world went briefly to DEFCON 1 on Tuesday after it was revealed that the NFL had applied for a trademark on the name Duluth Eskimos, the professional football team that played for a few years in the ’20s when the game was still developing. Read more →
The soccer game at Allianz Field was over by the time Angelo Rodriguez returned to the field after the game to give his kids a little taste of game time on Sunday. Read more →