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The Wash Up

The Wash Up 1st October-7th October

– With the Australian Federal Election fast approaching, both parties have made their pledges for the minimum they’ll spend when it comes to sport. The current Federal Government has promised a minimum of $129 million into sports funding, while the opposition has promised only $32 million. The majority of the Federal Govermenment’s funding is to […]

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Sports Agents Sports Business

Melchionni Joins WMG

When Lee Melchionni was not busy getting some man love from former teammate, Sheldon Williams, Melchionni played the power forward position for the Duke Blue Devils. Then came the day that he was not looking forward to: graduation. After leaving Duke, Melchionni was left with the option of playing for Cimberio Novara in the Italian […]

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Performance Analysis

And The Oscar Goes To…

…Marion Jones! For years now Marion Jones has been denying allegations that she had some chemical assistance in her 5 medal Olympic campaign 7 years ago in Sydney and boy did she have people fooled; excluding myself of course. I was a huge fan of hers, but the facts spoke for themselves. Going all the […]

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MLB Teams

Rocky Mountain High

As of late, the only big news in the sports world has been nothing but bad news. From Vick to the MSG fiasco and now to Olympic superstar Marion Jones admitting using steroids. Finally, though, there is something to cheer about. The Colorado Rockies just announced that they will be giving a full share of […]

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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of September 30th-October 7th

1. The NFL has suspended free agent quarterback Tim Couch for six games because Couch violated the league’s steroid policy, an NFL spokesman said Wednesday [Couch banned]. Couch told Yahoo! Sports in a story about his recent comeback attempt that while recovering from shoulder surgery he briefly used human growth hormone, which is banned by […]

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Golf

The Comeback

IMG’s Mark Steinberg, who manages number-one ranked Tiger Woods and former number-one Annika Sorenstam, might want to consider getting his Ari Gold on and shopping around the movie rights (Matt Damon, anyone?) for the story of another one of his clients, Steve Stricker (interestingly, Steinberg and Stricker are former college roommates from their days at […]

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Dad’s Corner: New York, New York

Big week in sports! The Mets blew a 7 game lead in Sept. But no worries NY fans, you still have the Knicks, Jets, Rangers, and Giants to complain about. At least the NY Yankees may be a saving grace. The media would love to see the Yankees play The Cubbies. It would be the […]

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NBA Teams

NBA: Atlantic Division Previews

I am participating in a big collaborative effort by some of the top bloggers across the web to provide previews to the 2008 NBA season. As always, I have been designated as a representative for the Miami Heat. The assigned date for my post is October 23rd. Until then (and after Oct 23), make sure […]

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Adam Taxin Show #3

I am becoming sort of a regular in Philadelphia (I hope you brutal Philly fans don’t mind my voice). I just had my 3rd appearance on the Adam Taxin Show this past Tuesday, which airs during the week on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics discussed include: The Gators loss to Auburn. The true […]

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The Door Has Been Shut On Andruw Jones

Contributor Paul Schackman predicted it. On August 1st, he wrote that Andruw Jones would have the door closed on him this off season after the Braves acquired Mark Teixeira [Thumbs up or down for Boras ?]. Jones made $13.5 million this past year, and the Braves were just not interested in Boras’ demand for approximately […]