CURT SCHILLING’S RHODE ISLAND HOODWINK
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Diane M. Grassi
Curt Montague Schilling, has never been one to duck controversy nor a good game of old-fashioned hard ball.
U.S. Ban on Online Gambling On the Way Out?
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Diane M. Grassi
When it comes to gambling there has never been a shortage of opinion amongst the masses. Either people favor it or they feel strongly that it accompanies some of society's more depraved behaviors, along with attracting crime, and is but a negative temptation for our youth.
A Glove of Their Own: A Grand Slam On and Off the Field
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Diane M. Grassi
The recession of 2008, long documented as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, has impacted not only Wall Street and the American pocketbook, but the American psyche.
HORSE RACING INDUSTRY SADDLED WITH FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
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Diane M. Grassi
The 2010 thoroughbred horse racing season has seen its Triple Crown races pass, yet thoroughbred racing fans can still look ahead to some key summer races such as the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Track in upstate NY this August, and of course the Breeder’s Cup World Championships in the first weekend of November, to be held for the first time at Churchill Downs. So, we will now see the end of the 2010 thoroughbred racing season in the same venue in which it began, for a historic first.
MLB GAMING SALE OF TEXAS RANGERS
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Diane M. Grassi
Back in 1989, it was but a no-brainer for George W. Bush to inject himself into the proposed purchase of the then flailing Major League Baseball (MLB) Texas Rangers. His goals in mind were to propel himself into the governor’s mansion in Austin, TX and eventually to the presidency of the United States, while even making a little bit of cash along the way. And he succeeded on all fronts.
STATES RUSH TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING & EXPAND GAMBLING FOR REVENUE
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Diane M. Grassi
With the melt down of the global economy over the past 2 years, multi-national brokerage firms and trusted financial institutions bore the brunt of accusations of gambling away the financial health and futures of investors, primarily through the sale of toxic mortgages with credit default swaps as the vehicle in doing so.
Baseball, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade: PostScript
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Diane M. Grassi
In 2006, this reporter shed light on the seemingly unfair labor practices taking place in the Central American country of Costa Rica, in a factory operated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc., and now a subsidiary of the multi-national corporation, Jarden Corp. As we embark upon the 2010 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, let us take another look back on this important issue regarding free trade and on that which has transpired since.
ROGUE COMMISSIONER: NBA'S DAVID STERN
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Diane M. Grassi
“Considering the fact that so many state governments – probably between 40 and 50 – don’t consider it immoral, I don’t think that anyone should. It may be a little immoral because in reality it is a tax on the poor; the lotteries. But having said that, it’s now a matter of national policy. Gambling is good.”
UMPIRE WOES WILL REST WITH MLB OPERATIONS
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Diane M. Grassi
As we spectators take in the initial games of the 2009 Fall Classic, otherwise known as the World Series, brought to you by Major League Baseball (MLB). Historically, it will be the latest start ever for a World Series, commencing October 28, 2009 and to possibly conclude as late as November 5, 2009, should a Game 7 be necessary.
WILL MLB’S LATEST TECH DISSERVE GAME?
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Diane M. Grassi
As the end of the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) season approaches, technological advances, still in their infancy, were instituted in 2009, intended for the game’s future progress; that according to MLB.