Philadelphia Metro Viewpoints NFL a practice in socialism By Evan Weiner For Philadelphia Eagles fans, Saturday marks the time of year when they can come out of hibernation in their [ … ]
Category: Sports
Athletes care about money, not issues
Lack of public stances on Iraq, Augusta is sad but expected COMMENTARY By Evan WeinerNBCSPORTS.COM CONTRIBUTOR March 18 — It seems everyone has an opinion on the events unfolding in [ … ]
OPINION COLUMNS: College sports is broken, not Title IX
By: Evan Weiner Is the Bush Administration waging war against women’s rights? That answer may come this spring after Secretary of Education Rod Paige finishes his review of Title IX [ … ]
Beyond New York, Baseball Season Looks Dim
By: Evan Weiner As I was leaving town the other day, I made sure I brought along my old, battered copy of Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four” to read on the [ … ]
FCC deserves share of labor blame
Deregulated cable feeding baseball’s high-money fire COMMENTARY By Evan Weiner, NBCSPORTS.COM CONTRIBUTOR Aug. 20 — If and when the Major League Baseball Players Association walks out, there will be plenty [ … ]
Bad timing for NY-NJ Olympics bid
By: Evan Weiner Many of the Olympics committee voting members come from countries that have grievances with the Bush administration. THE RACE for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games has started [ … ]
The Washington Examiner
Sports Commentary Lucrative cable deal a must for Nats Washington has its baseball franchise, but will the team have a cable TV deal in the Washington market anytime soon? The [ … ]
Metro Views Cities prefer sports parks to power
By: Evan Weiner The numbers coming from the Bush Administration are staggering. It’s going to cost at least $50 billion to upgrade the country’s aging electrical power grid. The Philadelphia [ … ]
Economic woes hit the Mets like everybody else
By: Evan Weiner If you really want to know which way the economy is going, check out how sports owners actually spend their money. That is a far more reliable [ … ]
NHL owners may ice all its players
By: Evan Wainer Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks didn’t exactly help his friend George W. Bush recently when he laid off 14 employees from his team’s front office. Hicks, who [ … ]