Courtside Post

By Brittni Michaelis

Ben Roethlisberger, star quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been suspended for up to six games by the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

By Carson Tigges

When someone says the word “broken down,” what springs to mind?

Your 1982 Buick? That thing in your basement that keeps ticking? Maybe even your grandparents?

In a bit of a contrast, NFL general managers will seemingly all return the same answer: 30-year old running backs.

by Leon Walker

SPORTS BIZ Speaking as an Englishman, to hear someone telling you that they dislike a sport, but watch its biggest game “for the commercials” is a tricky concept to get your head around.

The only sporting events in the UK that come even close to the national TV audience pull of the Super Bowl is when the England national team reaches the knockout stages of the World Cup. And when a game of this nature is on, for even the non-sports fans, the draw is definitely the meat of the game rather than its corporate side dishes.

by Kevin Cushing
During the Super Bowl Sunday millions of viewers saw a humorous Hyundai commercial featuring a futuristic 50 year-old white haired Brett Favre unsure about retiring after his 2020 season.
If Favre were to play through 2020 at 50 years old, he would be the oldest NFL player ever. The oldest to ever play in [...]

by Ross Buran
What comes to mind when you think of the name Nnamdi Asomugha? Probably the fact that it is a peculiar name and the difficulty involved in pronouncing it. But after that, one might think All-Pro Cornerback, first round draft choice, or college football standout. Those are the obvious things, but when he takes [...]

by Spencer Loomis

No wonder Brett Favre said immediately following this year’s dramatic NFC Championship that his return for the 2010 was “highly unlikely”. He’s since weakened his stance to just “unlikely”. That is if the photographs that Favre’s agent Bus Cook provided of the legendary quarterback’s ankle and hamstring the day following the game are legitimate. Rick Cleveland of Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger was talking to Cook about his client Antonio Johnson, starting defensive tackle for the Super Bowl bound Colts, when Cleveland inquired as to the health of Favre.

by James Robles

In 2004 Erin Andrews ushered in a new era of sideline sports casting, presenting game day updates in a manner both professional and alluring. Andrew’s reign atop America’s sexiest journalists may be wavering under the increased presence of Jenn Brown.

by Emmet Jones

The recession, if nothing else, changed the way money flowed in the sports business industry. Sports entities themselves were less willing to spend money, even laying off workers and cutting costs to keep their heads above water, and others were less than willing to invest money in sports markets because they were unsure of a positive investment on their return.

Right wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is rumored to be back in on the deal to buy the St Louis Rams. The team could go for $700 million, and three potential buyers have
been lined up.
A group led by St. Louis Blues hockey team chairman Dave Checketts has been named as one of the [...]

by Andres Romay
Herschel Walker has always been an athlete and a person who does things a little differently than most.  Whether it was setting the SEC touchdown record with only 3 seasons at the University of Georgia (a record that was broken this season by Florida’s Tim Tebow), participating in the 1992 Winter Olympics as [...]