Fred on March 8th, 2010

It seems to be in the nature of America’s Cup competition that, every now and then, the race for the world’s oldest active sporting trophy becomes nothing less than a farce. The most recent competition, held this last February, was another instance.
The match amounted to three racing days, two races, and two and a half [...]

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Fred on February 14th, 2010

One of the reasons why TV ratings of the Olympic games were low in recent years is because NBC’s coverage was so poor. When NBC first got the summer games, they introduced their “style” and immediately the ratings dropped. When CBS copied some of it for the Nagano winter games, their ratings also fell.  Since [...]

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Fred on November 28th, 2009

The “world’s most beautiful game” took another big hit last week when, in extra time, France captain Thierry Henry used his left hand twice to guide the ball. Both the referee and the linesman missed it. The resulting goal was enough for France to defeat Ireland and qualify for the World Cup 2010. As expected, [...]

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