-Mila Kunis has been hacked. Rumors abound that nude photos are out there just like Scarlett Johansson. However…
“No photos have been leaked as of yet. This is simply a report that her phone has been hacked. If and when they disseminate, we’ll of course get pics into your sweaty eyeballs as soon as they surface.” (Buzzfeed)
Here’s more about those ScarJo photos
-There’s always an excuse to post pics of actress hottie Alexis Dziena. And here’s one of her main homes on the web.
-To quote 80s one-hit wonder Calloway, “I want money, lots and lots of money.” Or to be more contemporary, here’s some Biggie “I love the dough, more than you know, gotta get it show, I love the dough.” and the rest of the links although they are about sports, are really about dollars. Get ready it’s business time.
-New York Times “Financial Lessons from Sports Stars Mistakes”
“Your animal brain goes into a panic, because you’ve just gotten thrown out of the tribe,” said Brad Klontz, co-author of the book, “Mind Over Money“ (Crown Business, 2009) and a clinical psychologist. “And your brother who has been there for you wants to borrow money to start a business. So athletes have a tendency to give away money. When you no longer have money, you aren’t put into that situation anymore.”
-The Economist announced today that it has added a new blog called “Game theory” to its website. The blog, which focuses on sports, will analyze and report on both major and minor sports from a distinctly Economist perspective, addressing the politics, economics, science and statistics of the world’s most popular games. The first few blog posts will cover the US Open, screen golf in South Korea and the Rugby World Cup.
“Game theory” is the third blog to be added to The Economist’s website this year. In February The Economist launched “Leviathan”, which covers public policy, and “Clausewitz”, which covers diplomacy and defence. The website, which receives 6.4 million visitors per month, now has 22 different blogs on topics including economics (“Free exchange”), business travel (“Gulliver”), language (“Johnson”) and technology (“Babbage”).
-Once again, the city of Cleveland, and most specifically the Cleveland Indians hold down the #1 spot in a ranking list, no one wants to top
Using records provided by ESPN, 24/7 Wall St. examined changes in attendance for the four major league sports from 2001 to 2010 to identify the twelve teams that decreased more than 20 percent. The majority of these teams have performed poorly in recent years, causing fans to lose interest. The win-lose record and number of championships is included after the jumps to reflect the former and current state of each team.
These are the 12 sports franchises losing the most fans. (Yahoo)
NOTICE HOW THE TOP 5 ARE ALL MLB TEAMS??
Just verifies my idea that baseball is in a severe decline of popularity. Maybe they should re-consider their media policy?
-Before it’s News, The Atlantic’s 19 most hated companies my #1 and #2 most hated Facebook and MySpace are #9 and #10 on the list.
-And get ready for the big finish….an excerpt from the opening of The Atlantic’s “The Shame of College Sports” which all of us will be talking about for a long time..
“You sold your souls, and you’re going to continue selling them. You can be very moral and righteous in asking me that question, sir,” Vaccaro added with irrepressible good cheer, “but there’s not one of you in this room that’s going to turn down any of our money. You’re going to take it. I can only offer it.”
William Friday, a former president of North Carolina’s university system, still winces at the memory. “Boy, the silence that fell in that room,” he recalled recently. “I never will forget it.” Friday, who founded and co-chaired two of the three Knight Foundation sports initiatives over the past 20 years, called Vaccaro “the worst of all” the witnesses ever to come before the panel.
But what Vaccaro said in 2001 was true then, and it’s true now: corporations offer money so they can profit from the glory of college athletes, and the universities grab it. In 2010, despite the faltering economy, a single college athletic league, the football-crazed Southeastern Conference (SEC), became the first to crack the billion-dollar barrier in athletic receipts. The Big Ten pursued closely at $905 million. That money comes from a combination of ticket sales, concession sales, merchandise, licensing fees, and other sources—but the great bulk of it comes from television contracts.
Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net, an official Google News site that generates millions of unique visitors. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports
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