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CrowdSeats Opens to New York City Market

Crowd Seats, the first Daily Deals site for Sports Tickets, has launched its first deal in New York City.  The launch represents the second market for the sports-centered daily deals site.  To kickoff the NYC Market, Crowd Seats is offering discounted tickets to the Rutgers vs Army Football Game at Yankee Stadium. Crowd Seats initially […]

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U.S. Rep Bobby L. Rush Compares NCAA To The Mafia

Yesterday, a group of individuals who are tied to college sports in a variety of ways converged in Washington D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion titled, Hypocrisy or Hype?  The Impacts of Back-Room Deals, Payoffs, and Scandals in American Collegiate Student Athletics.  The list of participants may be found here. U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) put together […]

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On To The Next One: Carlos Beltran

Baseball agent Dan Lozano of Icon Sports Group has recently found himself on the right side of our On To The Next One segment.  In the beginning of 2011, New York Yankees right fielder and first baseman Nick Swisher left Ohio based agent, Joe Bick of Pro Star Management, Inc for Danny Lozano.  Then, it was reported that young stud Yonder Alonso of the Cincinnati Reds […]