Icecats only black player mentored by pioneer (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Icecats only black player mentored by pioneer (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Since the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington in 1946 and Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, America’s two major sports have seen a fairly swift integration of black athletes.
Sports pension system one of checks and imbalances (Los Angeles Times)
Retirement benefits in baseball, NBA far outstrip those in NFL, whose program has ignited heavy criticism. But none is immune to controversy.
Financial gap widening between NFL’s haves and have-nots (USA Today)
At the NFL’s scouting combine this week, the world of professional football is churning smoothly. But the management of the Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars and several other small-market NFL teams are warning that the league’s competitive balance is being threatened by tremendous growth in revenues that have resulted in large part from that level playing field.
OSU falls in one baseball poll, drops out of second (NewsChannel 10 Amarillo)
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma State Cowboys have dropped in one college baseball poll and fallen out of a second after losing two of three during the weekend at Cal-State…
Sports pension system one of checks and imbalances (Los Angeles Times)
Retirement benefits in baseball, NBA far outstrip those in NFL, whose program has ignited heavy criticism. But none is immune to controversy. Baseball has been very good to Larry Dierker.
Florida pharmacy raid opens new internet steroid scandal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A federal task force raided a Florida pharmacy on Tuesday to expose an internet steroid distribution ring with links to American football and baseball players, the Albany Times-Union reported.