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By AP
“The NCAA Board of Governors has voted in favor of allowing athletes to cash in on their names and likenesses. The proposed rule would not go into effect until January 2021 at the earliest, but an AP columnist says one of the biggest beneficiaries of the proposal would be women.”
Posted on October 30, 2019
By Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliot/ProPublica
Billionaire Dan Gilbert has spent the last decade buying up buildings in downtown Detroit, amassing nearly 100 properties and so completely dominating the area that it’s known as Gilbertville.
In the last few years, Gilbert, the 57-year-old founder of Quicken Loans and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has also grown close to the Trump family. Quicken gave $750,000 to Trump’s inaugural fund. Gilbert has built a relationship with Ivanka Trump, who appeared at one of his Detroit buildings in 2017 for a panel discussion with him. And, last year, he watched the midterm election returns at the White House with President Donald Trump himself, who has called Gilbert “a great friend.”
Gilbert’s cultivation of the Trump family appears to have paid off: Three swaths of downtown Detroit were selected as “opportunity zones” under the Trump tax law, extending a valuable tax break to Gilbert’s real estate empire. Gilbert’s relationship with the White House helped him win his desired tax break, an e-mail obtained by ProPublica suggests.
Posted on October 29, 2019
By Julie Stevens, Michele K. Donnelly and Simon Black/The Conversation
The Dream Gap Tour of elite hockey players put the women’s game back in the news this fall. Some of the world’s best players – including more than 35 Olympians – played in the four-team exhibition tournament that traveled to Toronto, Chicago and Hudson, N.H.
A few months earlier, professional women’s hockey seemed to be in crisis. The six-team Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) had folded in May due in part to financial issues, leaving one professional women’s hockey league in North America – the U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). Later that month, more than 200 players launched a boycott of that league over demands for better pay and working conditions.
Posted on October 29, 2019
By Jim Coffman
Upon further review, Matt Nagy has to know, doesn’t he?
The Bears coach has to know that when he immediately defends a play-calling decision by citing the worst-case potential aftermath, he is headed down the exact wrong road? That he was clearly coaching not to lose as opposed to coaching to win?
Posted on October 28, 2019
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
And like the road, it goes on forever. Plus: Bears’ Doom Spiral; David Ross Chosen To Open Next Wrigleyville Restaurant; Kris Bryant’s Last Laugh As A Cub?; Bring It Home, Red Stars!; Jim Boylen’s Fred Hoiberg Bulls; Saadaissance; and Rehire Lovie Smith!
Posted on October 25, 2019
By The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Whoever wins the 2019 World Series, the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals each benefit from working with registered dietitian nutritionists who are experts in sports nutrition.
Houston’s Roberta Anding and Washington’s Sue Saunders Bouvier – both of whom are members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academy’s Sports, Cardiovascular Wellness and Nutrition dietetic practice group – provide their teams with a competitive edge that begins with healthful eating.
Posted on October 25, 2019
By Matthew Guariglia and Jason Kelley/Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF is asking Ring spokesman Shaquille O’Neal to cancel his appearance at a party hosted by the company at the upcoming International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago on October 27.
Instead, we’re challenging Shaq to a one-on-one: not on the basketball court, but across the table, so we can discuss with him how the ubiquitous surveillance facilitated by Ring and its privacy-invasive partnerships with police can harm communities.
Posted on October 23, 2019
By Minor League Baseball
Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) has announced a partnership extension with ECHO Incorporated, making it the “Official/Exclusive Outdoor Power Equipment of Minor League Baseball®” and the “Official Outdoor Power Equipment of Copa de la Diversión™” (“Equipos Portatiles Motorizados – Equipos Oficiales de la Copa de la Diversión”).
Key components of the partnership include official and exclusive designations, ballpark activations, in-park ECHO product demonstrations and integration, and a sweepstakes.
MiLB and ECHO will also continue their highly successful field refurbishment campaign, “MiLB Project: Refresh,” teaming up to restore youth baseball and softball fields, bringing the total number of refurbishments to 30.
Posted on October 22, 2019
By Jim Coffman
You can’t overreact to that one, and by that I mean it wasn’t just a crushing defeat, it was worse.
The Bears suffered a 36-25 loss to the Saints Sunday that defies “Overreaction Monday.” The biggest meatball fan in the world can’t say anything about the game that qualifies as overwrought or that shouldn’t be a consideration as the 3-3 Bears ponder next moves this morning.
Posted on October 21, 2019
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Trubisky’s legs are the only competitive advantage he has. Plus: The Only News In Football That Really Matters; The Bears Have More Tight Ends Than The Pence Family; Where Is Your Offensive Line Coach God Now; Letter Of The Week; Saints Marching Line; Boss Ross Or New Joe; The Blackhawks’ Weird Goalie Sitch; Thank You, Luol Deng; Fire Lovie Smith Watch; and The Red Stars Semifinal vs. the Portland Thorns.
Posted on October 18, 2019
