Management matters
The Sox fought hard, and they have nothing to be ashamed of, but they couldn't hold, because Tampa Bay is a better team ... capacity - the baseball season is 162 games, so "any given Sunday" randomness is smothered ... of it, along with the corny sports virtues of grit, morale, and teamwork. Putting together a team [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 04:33:50
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Labor Day Weekend Fundamentals
Jerry Crowe of The Los Angeles Times: “Nobody ever double-dipped quite like Gene Conley ... . His team after 48 games last year was not good enough to win a title in 2008. And if Marion ... major U.S. professional sports, Conley was part of a World Series-winning team with Hank Aaron [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 19:41:07
Managing During an Economic Downturn Using a Talent Swapping Strategy
During tough economic times it is essential that every corporate function become more strategic ... corporate recruiting managers and many line recruiters are more reactive and incapable of looking ... sports industry. In sports, winning is everything, and it is a common practice for team management [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 10:11:13
Ignoring Colonialism a Sticky Wicket
Attempting to understand the world without regard to the role of colonialism is like trying to play cricket without a wicket ... tourists. They attacked a cricket team, from all places Sri Lanka, where domestic political violence is a long-running national sport of its own. Hitting a visiting British or Commonwealth cricket team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 12:16:27
Tory reshuffle likely "within days"
With reshuffle speculation getting out of control it is now expected that the much-anticipated Tory reshuffle will happen sooner rather than later, " ... aside from Culture, Media and Sport and be replaced by Ed Vaizey from within that team, so requiring [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:02:03
Lessons Learned: Work
I hope there’s something that can be learned here. After a year, people expect a change for the better . If it gets worse, they’d probably leave. A consistent act of morale boosting is the only thing that can probably influence them to stay; activities such as team-building (where the fuck is the paintball match?!), company funded sports [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 07:06:23
Guest Article: Iraq IV - Back to Baghdad - Part Two
Athens, GA (Feb 17, 2009) - Unlike many other sports properties, and acknowledging that professional wrestling is entertainment and not sport, ... Sunday Pay Per Views spread out through the year. The team also travels to the war zones ... we start unloading pallets of luggage. Poor Team Cinderella... The C-17 Gives Birth [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 13:27:00
Jr. Team Tennis
As summer draws near, many parents begin looking for summer sports that their child(ren) can participate in ... - try signing them up for Jr. Team Tennis . Not only is this a great way to socialize your child, but it is a fun way for them to become more active. Plus, it can be a bonding experience for those [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 13:00:25
The Fundamentals
Johnny Ludden of Yahoo! Sports: “With O’Neal’s salary no longer clogging their salary cap, ... the team another veteran guide. ‘We were all at different places in our careers and it’s very ... to Smith, a part-time Valley resident who nearly knows the Suns as well as the Bulls team [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:31:31
PEPPERDINE vs LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT RE-MATCH
PEPPERDINE vs LMU REMATCH Men's Hoops Visits Rival LMU on Saturday Courtesy: Pepperdine Sports Information Release: ... , and links are provided to the home team’s website when the Waves are on the road. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT — [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 00:06:00
It's Good to Dream
This is one of those "Why not?" moments in Philly sports history ... in college basketball, 88-72. Hmmmm, a Philadelphia team...huge upset....and owls...(owls are birds ... in the game. Back to the dream: in 1966, Jack Concannon finally got his chance to play. The team [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 18:53:24
How to Lose Business With a Coulda, Shoulda Attitude
We can learn a lot from professional and college sports ... of a national or world championship. When I have a favorite team, it makes the games more fun to watch ... who will fill strategic positions. Building a winning team requires years of planning, coaching [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:57:11
The Week That Was
by Cub Buenning With Selection Sunday just four short days away, the start of the greatest three weeks in sports is so close it can be tasted. Over the past week, teams have proven their worth (Texas A&M) while others (Kentucky) are just hoping for a miracle week to somehow plant themselves into the field of 65 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:42:36
Baseball And Hot Dogs: The Origins Of Both American Institutions Are Shrouded In Mystery
Baseball is the most studied and dissected and written about of all our sports ... have been at home with some of today’s blustery team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 16:05:34
Fantasy Baseball: Using Stats Effectively - Pitchers
It is pretty obvious that the entire premise of fantasy sports is predicated on the use of statistics by fans to build teams of their own creation. But fantasy players who limit their base [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 15:00:00
Teixeira has your bases covered
Hi, it’s Mark Teixeira here. That’s right – Tuh-sher-rah. If you don’t know my name by now, don’t worry because you will. I’ve got a few things on deck to make this season more exciting than ever: a new team, the new ... , because spring training is just around the corner and Yahoo! Sports has all of the stats you need [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 23:16:27
We don’t need to spend more money on education
I am very concerned that calls for increasing education spending will do to the future economy what increased health care expenditure has done in the ... an inordinate amount of money and time on activities that promote team spirit at the expense of “ ... governments are building community and fitness centers, public sport complexes and aquatic parks [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:28:52
Ballin’ In The ROK
I got to check out my first Korean professional basketball game today — SK Knights vs. the Samsung Thunders (both based in Seoul) ... s for enthusiasm: Like baseball games, one of the great things about professional sports ... came from behind to beat Seoul rivals SK. (You typically refer to Korean teams by their corporate [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 11:58:55
15 Resources for Finding Jobs in Sports
For sports fans and athletes, the prospect of working for or playing professionally on a favorite team is a fantasy that can become a ... . Whether you’re a high school athlete trying to make a college team or a seasoned professional looking ... for you. Team Recruitment AthletesAdvance.com - A site to help high school athletes get recruited [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 21:52:05
The Yankees Had A Better Winter Than The Red Sox
In recent months, I’ve taken a much more even-tempered approach to the decaying state of sports analysis ... the Red Sox. I’m arguing that it’s lunacy to suggest that a team improves more by adding the current ... in the first place. Here we go, Fire Joe Morgan -style: One team tried to solve its problems [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 03:53:09
Where are they now?
Former RMC hockey coach Jacques Tremblay was honoured as a builder at the 29th annual Kiwanis Sports Awards on March 6, 2009 ... as Kingston Canadians, the Queen’s Golden Gaels women’s team and several minor hockey teams in Kingston. Tremblay took over the Napanee juniorC hockey team with six weeks remaining in the 2007- 08 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 15:22:53
Olympic marketing: How did sportswear brands do?
For sports apparel brands, the Olympics are arguably the most important stage for marketing ... football team had an embarrassing performance and Sui Feifei was only sixth in scoring on Team China ... also had its name on the uniforms of China's diving and table tennis teams, who delivered dominant [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 01:45:45
Of Sewing and Sports
I love playing soccer. It’s really the only exercise I have: my women’s team plays on Monday and my coed team (with hubby) on Friday. But this aging body sometimes needs some caring for after [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 05:31:02
10 Point Plan for (Re)Building a Sports Franchise
My friend KevinE, Manager at Hogs Haven, (the SBN Washington Redskins blog) ... team like the Dbacks -- in need of a serious process of building or rebuilding. A few of these aren't exactly ground-breaking; for example, building through the draft, but others are not so obvious [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 16:56:45
Crawford’s Beach Lodge & Camp Cabins - Accommodation - Chintsa – Wild Coast - Self Catering - Conference Facility - Wedding Venue - Team Building - Guest House Accommodation
Searching for Guest House accommodation, self catering cottages, conference facilities, ... of facilities available in such unique surroundings. They can also arrange “Team Building” events ... of the lovely local chapel, Chintsa Chapel for your wedding ceremony. Sport activities Bowl’s: Bowling Green [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 14:49:03
Interview: Major League Gaming CEO Bromberg: Is Pro Gaming Really A Sport?
Major League Gaming (MLG) rides a fine line between technology, entertainment, and sports—if you consider teams of players duking it out over games like Halo 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas a sport. It holds its Pro Circuit tournaments in spaces like the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 13:44:25
Citizen fandom
ESPN recently launched a site devoted to sports fans’ travels to sporting events, and it’s pretty slick ... Training attendance is down this year for the Arizona team. Despite the obvious challenges, ESPN’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 02:37:29
The wrong guy won the Heisman Trophy
Shooting from the Lip Looking back at a weekend of televised sports ... ... for nearly 4,500 yards and 48 touchdowns. He directed the highest scoring team in major college football history and has his team in the national championship game. So let's not take anything away [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 04:29:34
You Are What Is Unique About Your Blog
There are countless blogs on the internet and many of them compete for the same traffic. Companies run corporate blogs and many also encourage or require some of their employees to run ... . Do you love sports and also write poetry? Put up a weekly or monthly poems about your favorite team [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 13:43:48
UNLEASHED! v2.0
ContactSports Ministries was set up a year ago to service the community as well as to train people in sports and leadership ... light and easy to help the participants warm up to one another. Light team building activities were ... to complete a task”; a very common phrase throughout the teambuilding session. Indeed there are no fix ways [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 02:28:00
The Top Ten Unibrows in Sports
Fri 16 Jan 2009Blue Menu's rumination Did you know that Baltimore has an NFL team? It’s true. Cleveland didn’t want it’s team anymore, so it traded it to Baltimore in return for a municipal ... of a rookie quarterback, Joe Flacco.I say “inspiring” not because a quarterback has never won 2 playoff games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:00:53
The Wisdom of Fans and the Uniquely Qualified Athlete
In the age of Wikinomics, one of the things that frustrates me most about being an avid sports fan is that it is still very difficult for fans to ... on the actual team remains unclear (presumably minimal). One potential participatory experiment [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 13:38:45
Jonas Brothers To Appear On Extreme Makeover Home Edition
On this week’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Ty Pennington and his team come to the aid of a family with two daughters suffering from Spinal ... five sports, and Brooke cheerleads at his games. Because of large medical bills, the Akers family [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 17:00:08
My at-bat in the “Blog Bat Around”
November 21, 2008 at 12:55 am | In Blogs, Personal | I’d like to thank Gellman from Sports Cards Uncensored for contributing yet another great ... we are. Whether you’re a player collector, team collector, set collector, first world, or second [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 05:55:33
Support Your Child’s Team…Tips for Athleticly Challenged Moms
by Jennifer Dumas You can be your child’s biggest fan whether you understand the game or not! Below are the top 10 ways to show your support ... with team activites such as fundraising, team parties, or uniform orders. This sends your child ... , I will always be proud of you” attitude. Sports are about building self esteem, learning to work as [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 00:47:48
Good morning from farm
Good morning from farm country! We are typical farmers for this area - 1000 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat ... was chosen in part to accomodate sports and extracurricular activities. The schedule of games/meets doesn't appear any different than usual. If the team needs travel time, I imagine they are dismissed [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 13:50:18
Good morning from farm
Good morning from farm country! We are typical farmers for this area - 1000 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat ... was chosen in part to accomodate sports and extracurricular activities. The schedule of games/meets doesn't appear any different than usual. If the team needs travel time, I imagine they are dismissed [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 13:50:18
Baseball Superstars 2009 in a League of its Own
Baseball Superstars 2009 - I am not the world’s biggest sports game fan ... , there is also a “Season Mode” where you have options of trading players, viewing team and player stats ... accomplishments are based on popularity points and team morale. My shameful .209 batting average yielded [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 18:00:56
Interview with Jonah Keri - Biff Pocoroba, Bip Roberts, Pat the Bat and You
Jonah Keri has covered baseball, college basketball and other sports for a number of publications, including ESPN ... Bay Rays. They appear to be a unique team in baseball history given their current ownership [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 16:00:12
THE EU-BIG ILLUSION-ONE NATION-ONE FUERER-ONE BIG HAPPY MULTICULTURAL FAMILY…
Tue 16 Sep 2008 The EU-Big Illusion: “One Nation, One Fuehrer, One Big Happy Multicultural Family” Posted by Anders under English, ... to promote social values, such as team spirit, fair competition, cooperation, tolerance and solidarity ... up to and including the elite;5. Emphasise that sports projects can be a cross-cutting means of building [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 10:26:35
(blank) Heads
For those of you who were around for last night's game, it was probably most notable for the number of Blazers' fans who took the time to stop by and opine about their favorite team. It was, to say the least, interesting. We here in Minnesota are experts in the field of sports psychology [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 15:08:34
February 2 - 10,000 cuts at GlaxoSmithKline this week? 3000 less at Atlas Copco - Macy’s to cut 7000 - Morgan Stanley to cut 2000? - IBM moving jobs to India/China while taking $1.5 billion in US taxpayer funded contracts
Mike: It was an exciting Super Bowl for us sport fans. A game of inches that ended in disappointment for a very respectable and talented AZ team ... , corporate lawyers, junior investment analysts and human resources specialists. The average annual salary [more...]
Date: 2009-02-02 12:50:43
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Thursday, March 5, 2009
Michael and Teresa Jacobs of Bellevue, OH are suing Hamot Medical Center for $5 million saying that the hospital intentionally killed their son ... holds their first soccer tournament this weekend. GaREAT is a 110 acre indoor and outdoor sports ... the people of Erie and return to a line of Fiscal Responsibility. Dan has coordinated his election team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 12:06:00
A Passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Our fifth TV On Your PC Sports Club teammate, Frank Della Femina, is the go-to for all things Pittsbugh Penguins. His team-dedicated site, Pensburgh.com, is a community for passionate Penguin fans to talk ... with a few simple questions. Following a team, voicing an opinion and backing it up with facts is something [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 18:20:02
Women’s Judo is more than Just a sport
I found an article interesting by JudoForum. A group of women to WATER began their own national team of judo and Sambo. Why is it so special? ... the team of judo of WATER well, and I hope that they help to support the judo in their country ... towards America that Obama is really serious about building HSR: LaHood indicated that for Obama [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 17:43:08
Presbyterian High emerge victorious against Maris Stella High in B Division North Zone basketball semi-final
Story by REDintern Alan Chiang. Photos by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports. Steven (Presbyterian High, #13) goes for a layup. (Photo 1 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports) ... . Moreover, both Russel (#5) and Yao Ming (#5) are of national calibre, so we are building a team around ... in the qualifying group stages which Presbyterian High won 50-36. Maris Stella kept the first [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 13:13:36
6 Athletes (and a Coach) Who Lied About Their Age
Age fabrication is prevalent in sports, whether the motive is to make an athlete old enough to sign a contract, ... a year earlier. Almonte’s team – the Rolando Paulino All-Stars – was forced to forfeit ... signing bonus, the largest in team history. Nationals fans envisioned the slick-fielding switch [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 23:40:53
Changes Coming to City Bank Stadium
Changes Coming to City Bank Stadium At the Forney ISD Board of Trustees Meeting Monday night, ... up at the FISD Admin Building Sports Members of the FHS Band students were recognized ... and Ensemble Contest. Read more • FHS Lady Jackrabbit Power Lifting Team Captures 2nd at UIL Region III [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 12:40:07
Majesco Entertainment Announces ‘Go Play City Sports’ for Wii(TM)
–Family Friendly Title Transforms City Streets into Competitive Urban Playgrounds This FallEDISON, N.J ... supports up to four players in both head-to-head or team-based games, while single player mode allows ... of video games for the mass market, announces Go Play City Sports for Wii(TM). The latest title [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 20:34:00
NBA team lets fired ticket-holders off the hook
Filed under: ExtracurricularsBack in January, Aaron Crowe speculated that being a sports fan could get a lot cheaper in 2009 and at least one NBA ... slashed by 44% compared with a drop of just 11% for less-expensive tickets. Could it be that corporate ... be shrinking demand because of the Timberwolves' inability to win basketball games. The team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 18:00:00
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