cnbc.com - 8/26/2008
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With the Olympics now over, sports marketers are now going to start figuring out what athletes they should attach their brands to. So here's my top 25 Beijing Olympians in terms of their marketability, in order of how they'll be coveted by the corporate world. To be eligible for this list, you can't participate in an everyday professional sports league. Therefore, athletes such as Yao Ming, ...
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AwfulAnnouncing —
... been saving this one for just the right day and I think this is that day. Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of A-Rod hanging with (the new) Menudo in NYC? (Via SI's Did You See That?) Daily Links: Don King On The "Grapple" (YBB) Charles Barkley Heckling Jordan On The Golf Course (NESW Sports) This Jericho Scott Nonsense Is Just Ridiculous (Rumors and Rants) The Top 25 Marketable Athletes From The Olympics (CNBC) Matt Ryan Is Officially Thrown To The Wolves (5 ...
Michael Phelps Most Marketable Athlete of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games [Blog Patrol]
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The top 25 most marketable Olympic athletes. I'm guessing you know who #1 is. [Sports Biz]
Charles Barkley, who has the worst golf swing in human history, mocks Michael Jordan's swing. How ironic. [NESW Sports]
Kimbo Slice is set to fight another tomato can in October. [Cage Potato]
10 reasons why we love college football. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante]
Five of the weirdest soccer goals you will ever see. [Soccer News]
Lindsay Lohan thinks Kyle Orton is hot. Yikes. [Sports Crackle Pop]
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