The headlines have undoubtedly blown up in the past two weeks and we know why — Linsanity.
We all know who Jeremy Lin is by now. He’s that 23-year-old Chinese American New York Knicks point guard that launched them to a 7-game winning streak, even dunking on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. He’s the Harvard-educated kid no team wanted and came out raging with what he’s worth. All in all, it’s a feel-good story.
Great story for the Knicks, great for Asian Americans, definitely great for selling papers and getting hits. But …
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Read the full story »Any example one can find while searching on the internet to determine if hands or feet can be considered deadly weapons can be tied into state court cases. After enough review, I have found that there is no sure fire way to determine whether or not Joe Schmoe’s black belt in karate is reason enough to charge him extensively by default for attacking with deadly weapons. I could not find anything about people in the U.S. being required to register body parts with local government. I did find, however, that …
Read the full story »Matthew Stafford – 6 years, $41.7 million guaranteed
Jason Smith – 6 years, $33 million guaranteed
Mark Sanchez – 5 years, $26 million guaranteed
Darrius Heyward-Bey – 5 years, $23.5 million guaranteed
Brian Orakpo – 5 years, $12.1 million guaranteed
Although this is only a sample size of the 2009 NFL draft class, one thing ties all of these rookies together: grossly overinflated contracts.
Imagine the following scenario:
You’ve just entered your senior year of college. You’re going to school for some random business major because it was one of the easier majors at your school …
Welcome to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ fire sale! Inventory is going fast, so hurry up and get in on the action! Everything must go!
Don’t be fooled though; what may have looked like a going-out-of-business sale was really just the Pirates front office finally getting down to business. It is very rare when the “selling” team on multiple trades comes out ahead, but that has been the case with almost every trade the Bucs have made.
Here’s a quick rundown of the trades that Pittsburgh has made:
Sent Nate McClouth to the Atlanta Braves …
Read the full story »The Michigan State Spartans lost to the North Carolina Tarheels last night in the NCAA Men’s Division I National Championship game. Although the game was not exactly the most exciting game in the tournament, I felt the game was a closing to yet another fantastic March Madness tournament.
The biggest story stemming from Final Four weekend, however, has to be the significance of hosting arguably the second most important sporting event in the US within the city of Detroit during a time when the city and the state are being continually …