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Recent Scandals Demonstrate the Need for College Athletes to be Paid

Recent Scandals Demonstrate the Need for College Athletes to be Paid

Sports and Society Administrator January 24, 2013 0

Dan Wetzel | Yahoo News January 23, 2013 Recent investigations regarding inappropriate donations to the University of Miami football team serve to demonstrate the hypocrisy of college athletes not getting paid. While the NCAA

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Uncertainty About the Hall of Fame Ballot has Cooperstown’s Economy Eagerly Awaiting the Results

Uncertainty About the Hall of Fame Ballot has Cooperstown’s Economy Eagerly Awaiting the Results

Wayne McDonnell January 9, 2013 0

At last month’s Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, the first three members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2013 were announced by Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark and the Pre-Integration Era

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Healing the Wounds of Hurricane Sandy through the Generosity of Sports

Healing the Wounds of Hurricane Sandy through the Generosity of Sports

Wayne McDonnell November 12, 2012 0

The evening of October 28, 2012 will forever be remembered for two distinct memories that many will never forget. As the San Francisco Giants were celebrating their four game World Series sweep of the

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Sports Bites: The Directors on NYUSSP

Sports Bites: The Directors on NYUSSP

Sports and Society Administrator October 15, 2012 0

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NHL Lockout Shows Signs Of The Times

NHL Lockout Shows Signs Of The Times

Lee Igel October 15, 2012 0

Last week, Vice President Joe Biden and challenger Rep. Paul Ryan spent some of the time they shared on a Kentucky stage exchanging shots at the other’s view on the United States economy. They

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Nike–Not Apple–Is A Bellwether of China’s Economy

Nike-Not Apple-Is A Bellwether of China’s Economy

Lee Igel September 28, 2012 0

Apple’s iPhone 5 is not yet officially on sale in China. But within five hours of it becoming available in Hong Kong, the Chinese “grey market” was heating-up with sales of the handsets that were supposedly

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NFL Replacement Refs Are Cautionary Tales

NFL Replacement Refs Are Cautionary Tales

Lee Igel September 19, 2012 0

The National Football League lockout of its referees has been going on for more than nine months. Four weeks of preseason and two weeks of the regular season have been officiated by replacement referees

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