Tuesday, April 03, 2012

US auto sales sizzle in March - Reuters - Auto sales rose about 13 percent in March as consumers energized by an improving job market replaced aging vehicles and took advantage of cheap financing. The strong March sales rounded out the best quarter for U.S. vehicle sales since 2008 and raised the prospect that major automakers would have to scramble to boost production and lift cautious full-year sales forecasts.


http://www.source.ly/10Nor#.T3uX_O2BDUQ


Players moving, teams being sold, big TV money part of a new era - Tom Verducci - SI.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/tom_verducci/04/03/preview.essay.2012/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a0


Schwartzel serves up tasty Masters’ menu - Sports News from USA Today -What are you having for dinner tonight? Well, Masters champions Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and many others will be dining on an assortment of delicious treats including Jumbo lump crabmeat, marinated and grilled filet mignon, lamb chops, Dauphinoise potatoes and crispy meringues.



http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-sports/2012/04/03/schwartzel-serves-up-tasty-masters-menu/


The Fray’s dreadful national anthem performance at the NCAA championship (video) | The Dagger: Yahoo! Sports - Chris Chase - The Denver rock band tried to rework the 198-year-old song into a modern hipster version and failed in every respect. Finger-picking mood guitar, emo vocals and a guy doing his best impersonation of a Civil War dummer boy make not for a fine anthem. If you weren't listening to the lyrics, you'd have never known the band was singing our national anthem.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/04/frays-dreadful-national-anthem.html


First Look: Nike unveils new NFL uniforms - USATODAY


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2012/04/photos-nike-unveils-new-nfl-uniforms/1#.T3s0H-2BDUQ


Tim Tebow, special teams player? - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/tim_tebow_could_be_used_on_special_teams_with_the_jets/10467451?linksrc=foxrg_home


Irsay says Griffin's agent said 'no' to private workout - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/irsay_says_griffins_agent_said_no_to_private_workout/10472704?linksrc=home_rg_head_10472704


Final Four scoreboard misspells Atlanta (photo) | The Dagger: Chris Chase - Yahoo! Sports


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger-college-basketball-blog/final-four-scoreboard-misspells-atlanta-photo-034645077.html


Sticker shock: Joey Votto, Matt Cain deals alter landscape - Bob Nightengale - USATODAY


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/04/joey-votto-matt-cain-cole-hamels-mlb-contracts/1#.T3qmgu2BDUQ


CBS Sports Jim Nantz from the Madness to the Masters in the Same Week | Bleacher Report - James Williams - As for Nantz this will be his 27th year as part of the Masters broadcast team. But it will be his 25th year as the host making this his Silver Anniversary broadcast. So talking to Nantz the other day via phone he was more than happy to talk about his favorite week of the year. JW: What is this week like for you? Nantz: "This is the best week of my year. Really to have the honor to broadcast the Final Four on Saturday then to do the Final on Monday night is amazing. After the broadcast we head to hotel get a good night’s sleep and off we go to Augusta where we get ready for all the history that is the Masters. I am truly a very lucky man.”


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1128299-cbs-sports-jim-nantz-from-the-madness-to-the-masters-in-the-same-week


Jim Nantz made his first connections with college basketball and pro football in New Orleans | NOLA.com - Dave Walker - Within hours of “One Shining Moment’s” concluding notes tonight, he’ll be in Augusta, Ga., to begin work on CBS’ coverage of the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament. His first assignment will be to tape an interview with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player for replay during the network’s late-night coverage to air at 10:35 p.m. Thursday and Friday (April 5 and 6). “You talk about a mental switch,” Nantz said. “You can go from being right there at midcourt in the Superdome, electric, crowning the national champion, tears flowing and ‘One Shining Moment’ playing, and then the next morning I’ll be sitting in Butler Cabin with three of the greats in the history of golf talking about Augusta. “That’s my life. I feel very fortunate to have all those things going on.”


http://www.nola.com/ncaa/index.ssf/2012/04/jim_nantz_made_his_first_conne.html