Monday, May 14, 2012
The Listener: Why Finebaum is Finebaum | Weld for Birmingham - Mark Kelly - But what, exactly, is “it”? What is the essence of the Finebaum show? What sets it apart from the glut of sports talk available 24 hours a day on the nation’s airwaves? What has propelled this bald, slightly-built, acerbic-but-unprepossessing man to widely recognized status as the South’s foremost authority on sports, presiding over an eponymous radio empire that includes 36 stations in seven states, as well as the nationwide scope afforded by its affiliation with satellite radio giant Sirius XM?
Texas athletics outspends college athletics competitors – USATODAY.com - The Longhorns took in a little more than $150 million in 2010-11, the most recent year for which public schools' filings with the NCAA are available. - And the Longhorns underscore a long and growing criticism of major-college athletics, that it's more big business than ancillary educational activity. Ten programs, all anchored by football, made or spent better than $100 million a year ago, USA TODAY Sports' findings show. Nearly two dozen topped $80 million on one side of the ledger or both.
Bourn-again Braves: The leadoff man is now the leading man | Mark Bradley - AJC - “Show me a good offense,” Chipper Jones said Monday, “and I’ll show you a good leadoff hitter.”
Gov. Dayton signs Vikings stadium bill - FoxSportsNorth.com -In a ceremony Monday at the state Capitol rotunda, Dayton signed the $975 million bill for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
Ranking Head Coaches of the SEC - Yardbarker - The SEC is the undisputed best football conference in America and can thank great coaches such as LSU's Les Miles and Alabama's Nick Saban for the six straight BCS titles the conference has owned.
Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com - David Frum - Last month, two political scientists published one of those rare op-eds that gets the political community talking. The thesis of the piece was contained in the title: "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem." In case that was not clear enough, the authors elaborated: "We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
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