QUICK HITS The Athletic ($) -- two stories this week caught our eye: Online Gambling: An excellent story about the addictiveness of online gambling. With apps so readily available, it’s worth a read. Hoop Dreams turns 30: If you’re of a certain age, you...
The Tropicana Las Vegas was demolished this week, theoretically to make room for the new home of the potential Las Vegas Athletics (or whatever else they might be called). But now that the land is officially available, does that mean the A's will actually end up...
Banana Ball released its 2025 schedule today, and if you didn’t know better, you might think it was a professional baseball schedule – especially with stops including Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Starting on February 1, 2025,...
As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, here’s the potential impact on sports. Teams not affected by Milton: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: at New Orleans on Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars: vs Bears in London on Sunday Miami Dolphins: on bye University of Miami: on...
Are you interested in finally making it to Wimbledon next year? Well if so, your planning needs to begin right now! The public ballot for tickets opened today, and the registration window is only open until Monday, September 16th at 6:59pm ET (why the odd time?...
For those of you who love schedule release days – and planning sports travel – this was just about the biggest schedule release week we’ve ever seen. Within 24 hours, the PGA Tour announced its 2025 schedule, the NBA released its...
It’s the neverending debate amongst sports fans: keep the historic stadium, or replace it with something new? Usually the answer is pretty clear – the new stadium often wins out. For every historic Wrigley, or Fenway, or Dodger, or Lambeau, there’s five Oakland...
If you’ve been to the United Center in Chicago, home of the Blackhawks and Bulls, then you may have noticed a giant arena… and parking lots. Lots and lots and lots of parking lots. And you’ve probably walked through those parking lots right into the UC because,...
The tentative 2025 MLB schedule was released today, and amongst the many highlights was one that had been predicted by many for months: the Dodgers will play the Cubs in Tokyo to start the season. The selection of these two clubs is hardly a surprise, as they have a...
After what seems like several lifetimes of the Tampa Bay Rays trying to get a new stadium, the St. Pete City Council signed off on a new stadium deal this week, ensuring that the Rays will be staying in the Tampa/St. Pete area for the next 30 years. The details: ...
