Simon Says: Pacers Co-owner Hires Himself to Replace Donnie Walsh

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 Simon Says: Pacers Co-owner Hires Himself to Replace Donnie Walsh
Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon announced on Wednesday that he will step in as CEO of Pacers Sports Entertainment after 25 years of hands-off ownership. The announcement comes three weeks after former president and CEO Donnie Walsh left the team to become president of the New York Knicks. As reported by the AP : “When Donnie left, there was some reason for me to get more involved that ... [link]

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    Simon says this old coot will run the Pacers into the ground faster than Walsh has.    Has anyone checked the Pacers lately?    Why is Walsh considered this mastermind, not having won any NBA Titles?
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Biz of Football's NFL Mock Draft by Nick Kappel
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Tell Your MLB Extra Innings TV Blackout Story
Published 4/19/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball
This weekend, as with every weekend in the baseball season, those that have MLB Extra Innings will find their screens blank. You’ve paid your bill. You purchased the package thinking you’d at least be able to use it every day. Welcome to MLB’s blackout policy. While you can catch a game on FOX, TBS, and ESPN this weekend, those are available to everyone (TBS games means you have to have cable to see). Paying for Extra Innings… well, no such luck during the weekends. There are also the local blackout restrictions to go with weekend blackouts, as well. With that, we’re running this post to allow you to ...

Health Hazard? US Looking At Lead Levels in Artificial-Turf
Published 4/20/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball
Could artificial-turf pose a health hazard? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is examining playing fields with artificial-turf across the country to see if lead levels are at hazardous levels. As reported by The AP ...

Yankee's Monument Park: Ruth, Mantel, Pope Benedict XVI?
Published 4/21/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball
Move over, Joltin’ Joe, Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantel, you’re about to be joined by someone with a lower batting average on Monument Park. The Knights of Columbus are donating a bronze plaque to commemorate Pope Benedict XVI's April 20 Mass. The pontiff was expected to bless the plaque in a private ceremony before the Mass today. The 105-pound papal plaque, which is 39.5 inches tall and 27 inches wide, will be located in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park, along with plaques memorializing Masses celebrated there by Pope Paul VI (Oct. 4, 1965) and Pope John Paul II (Oct. 2, 1979), also gifts of the Knights of Columbus. The Benedict ...

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