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States Rush to Legalize Sports Betting & Expand Gambling for Revenue

How taxpayers can be expected to trust their state governments to invest in struggling enterprises, already in the red, in order to prop up their cash-strapped states, many nearing junk-bond status due to irresponsible governing, remains the $64,000.00 question.

3/11 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Special Guest Gregg Doyel

This week, we welcome National Columnist Gregg Doyel from CBSSports.com to talk a little March Madness. This episode, as always, is rated R so potentially NSFW.
You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 120 mins) or subscribe to the feed.
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3/4/10 episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Recapping the Olympics

Poor Man’s PTI is back!  After a brief mid-winter hiatus, Ryan and Vin are back running down the biggest and dumbest stories for the week in sports. This week we’re also launching the Stat Boy half-hour where Burton aka Stat Boy is all growns up and is doing his own show with Tony Kornheiser [...]

Dual Albatrosses doom Sixers future

It was right there for the taking. Or the shaking, if you will. The Sixers, the fans, the organization — so close to shedding the dead weight of Samuel Dalembert and Andre Iguodala’s contracts — and Ed Stefanski let it get away.
There is no guarantee the deal was in place and that [...]

MLB, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade: Postscript

Much like the way corporate takeovers can surface rapidly and on a global scale, with what appears as little hands-on management, corporations’ goods are then subject to manufacture in far-off lands with little oversight, too.

Modern Sports Records – A Mirage of Technicality

Nothing speaks to us sports fans like accomplishments that go into the record books. When a running back breaks his school’s rushing records or a basketball guard sets the mark for the number of assists in a season we sit up and take notice, but how often are these new records based on an uneven playing field?

This issue was brought back to my attention while watching the Pittsburgh – Cincinnati Big East Game which is the 12th game of their season. The announcers were going on about Dion Lewis, whose 1,640 yards are 46 shy of Dorsett’s freshman season total of 1,686 yards in 1973. However, Tony Dorsett had 1 less game to get those yards.

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2009 NFL Season Wrap Up Show

We break down Super Bowl XLIV, talk commercials, and wrap up the 2009/2010 NFL Season.
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2nd Annual All You Need To Know About National Signing Day Rankings

Here’s the Second Annual “All You Need to Know About National Signing Day” recruiting analysis. I have rated the 25 best-named recruits in the country plus the five classes with the coolest names.
While there were no Shavodrick Beavers this year to pick from, there were a lot of solid names, some of which sadly missed [...]

Super Bowl Party Rules for the Hardcore Fan

If you are a hardcore football fan, Super Bowl Sunday creates a dilemma: do you watch the game per your usual routine (either alone or with a small group of knowledgeable football fans) or do you join the hoi polloi for a Super Bowl Party?
If your team is playing in the Super Bowl, you [...]

2009 NFL Playoffs Conference Championship Games Picks and Podcast

The Conference Championship Games are always the best Sunday in the entire football season. This week we discuss whether the Jets can continue their run and whether the Saints can make their first Super Bowl.
You can download the podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.
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