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Fortune Profiles LeBron James

His corporate aspirations are fascinating, but are they really going to work?

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 29, 2007 - 2:50pm.

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MLB and NFL Salary Comparisons

Freakonomics assembles a panel of sports business stars to discuss economics. And I determine if salary drives a players career path.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 28, 2007 - 4:42pm.

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Tennis as Marketing

Why finance and orchestrate a match between tennis' two greatest players when people don't like the sport any more? A big marketing ploy.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 26, 2007 - 4:55pm.

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The Bowl Champions

Who wins and who loses when college football has an unpredictable season?

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 24, 2007 - 9:54pm.

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Bonds Makes It Easier For Rodriguez

Another twofer blog post--If Bonds is guilty, then Rodriguez benefits, but why are we not thinking about how big that if is?

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 16, 2007 - 9:39pm.

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Two Football Stories

Super Bowl Adverts almost gone and Verizon streaming

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 16, 2007 - 12:10am.

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Major League Baseball on The Internet

MLB got busted by the Boing Boing blog when it switched it's online game providers.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 9, 2007 - 9:20pm.

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The Economics of Losing

My idea has been scooped by the New York Times. Again.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 8, 2007 - 1:47pm.

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Football Robot Toy

Fox is making an action figure out of its unpopular robot and people are totally stoked. Except for one thing--psyche!

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 4, 2007 - 9:21pm.

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More A-Rod Chatter

$350 million is the price tag. And I say, this story is more than just sports, or business.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on November 2, 2007 - 2:18pm.

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More On Messed Up College Athletics

Joe Nocera writes in Play magazine about Sky Boxes permeating the NCAA landscape.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on October 28, 2007 - 12:54pm.

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Tony Romo's $30 Million Insurance Policy

What are you worth? Probably not as much as Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback who took out a $30 million dollar insurance policy on himself.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on October 28, 2007 - 11:51am.

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CNN says A-Rod a $300 Million Bargain

Chris Isadore at CNN makes a pro A-ROD argument and I take a light jab at the Marlins.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on October 20, 2007 - 10:18am.

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Ohio State University Spends $100 million on Football

I hate just about everything except march madness when it comes to college sports and this is why.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on October 19, 2007 - 8:59am.

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NFL Expands Without Expanding

Football goes international.

Submitted by Jay Yarow on October 19, 2007 - 12:06am.

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