The defending World Cup champions have named their 23 man roster for the 2014 Tournament in Rio. Spain's squad includes Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata and goalkeeper David De Gea. United supporters will be doubly pleased, make that quadruply pleased by the announcement of the final roster for the Spanish side because Manchester City pair Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas … [Read more...] about United’s Juan Mata, David De Gea make Spain World Cup final cut
Archives for May 2014
Donald Sterling gets $2.2 Billion rise in total net worth. CONSPIRACY!
So Donald Sterling sees his net worth increase by $2.2 BILLION when all the dust has settled on the sale of the L.A. Clippers. Maybe V. Stiviano and Donald Sterling are a real life Max Bialystock and Leo Bmoom from Mel Brooks' "The Producers." Just try to be as distasteful and offensive as possible, and you'll find a back-door way to making way more money … [Read more...] about Donald Sterling gets $2.2 Billion rise in total net worth. CONSPIRACY!
Frank Vogel: “Lebron, Heat the Michael Jordan, Bulls of our era”
Indiana Pacers Coach Frank Vogel, or mini Tom Thibodeau as he's often called had very high praise for Lebron James and the Miami Heat. Here's a tweet of his quote from Larry Hawley Fox 59 Indianapolis: … [Read more...] about Frank Vogel: “Lebron, Heat the Michael Jordan, Bulls of our era”
Five reasons the L.A. Clippers, like Washington, need a name change now
The L.A. Clippers may have the most uninteresting and unoriginal logo in all of professional sports. They certainly have the most unoriginal color scheme. The L.A. Clippers are literally red, white and blue like the American flag. Like many other sports franchises, it's an obvious pandering to your patriotism through their brand. Only the Clippers are actually the shame, not … [Read more...] about Five reasons the L.A. Clippers, like Washington, need a name change now
2014 Cubs: top 7 publicity stunts distracting you from the team’s record
The Chicago Cubs have been brilliantly marketed. You can thank current Chicago Blackhawks President John McDonough for that. Obviously, it takes a village of marketing experts (yes, intentional Hillary Clinton reference there, as she sometimes pretends to be a Cubs fan, when she's not pretending to be a Yankees fan) to successfully sell "Margaritaville" here, but McDonough … [Read more...] about 2014 Cubs: top 7 publicity stunts distracting you from the team’s record
Illini football vs Washington Huskies will be a FOX NATIONAL game
Tim Beckman will be on the big stage! Illini football vs Washington on September 13th was just announced as a nationally televised game on Fox. Not Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2, or FSN Regional networks, but regular old non-cable Fox. Yes, Illini football is now going to be a marquee, signature game on that specific college football Saturday. Is Becks ready for this? … [Read more...] about Illini football vs Washington Huskies will be a FOX NATIONAL game
How Twitter is indirectly driving up Sports franchise valuations
The Milwaukee Bucks and L.A. Clippers both sold for an OBSCENE amount of money. This despite both franchises being a complete joke within the NBA. The Bucks and Clippers are synonymous with losing, and being irrelevant most of the time. Yet, the Clips went for $2 billion, and the Bucks half a billion? Even though both teams are pretty awful brands when stacked up versus other … [Read more...] about How Twitter is indirectly driving up Sports franchise valuations
Wisconsin Badgers basketball: naming/building the all time team
Who's on your Wisconsin Badgers basketball all time team? What kind of lineup would you put out there. Friends of The Sports Bank program Ranker.com will have a list for us soon ranking the top Wisconsin Badgers basketball players of all time. We'll update this post again when that list arrives and you can vote up or down all the Wisconsin Badgers basketball players. In the … [Read more...] about Wisconsin Badgers basketball: naming/building the all time team