With baseball and MLB's World Series beginning this week, a major anniversary looms large. In fact, next year's World Series will be the 120th. Yet the sport of baseball, commonly referred to as America's Pasttime, is at a major crossroads, or crisis, depending on your viewpoint. What you need to know: Baseball is…
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The legendary Harlem Globetrotters are finally making a return on television after four decades. What you need to know Baseball is losing fans, and losing them fast Baseball's lockout: Much ado about nothing Baseball's biggest problem: The product just ain't that good Baseball tries to save itself with new rule changes But are there…
America's Game - the NFL - returns this week. This Thursday, September 8th, the National Football League (NFL) will finally return when the Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills to open the 2022 season. What you need to know Baseball is losing fans, and losing them fast Baseball's lockout: Much ado about nothing…
The crazy idea, of a European Super League of soccer, appears to be alive and well. The website is still live for god's sake - see here. What you need to know Baseball is losing fans, and losing them fast Baseball's lockout: Much ado about nothing Baseball's biggest problem: The product just ain't that good…
Brazilian football will implement a new rule curbing the amount of managers who can be sacked each season in a historic ruling Research has found that there are an average of 37 sackings of managers in the men's game in Brazil each season - the most in the world Could it have wider implications for…
Could Belgium and the Netherlands launch a joint league?
Why would both countries be looking at starting a BeNeLiga?
It was the topic of discussion on a recent edition of The Smart Money podcast, with journalist Robert Kidd Could European football soon have its first, major joint domestic league between two European countries? It looked…
A news story reports that the XFL and CFL could host a jount title game to decide who are champions It follows on from the recent announcement that both leagues were in discussions to collaborate - with no clear indication of what this actually means The XFL was bought by a group including Dwayne "The…
And just like that, The Super League project looks dead. Maybe for just a few moments though. It was a topic we discussed once more in detail on The Smart Money podcast, with my guest, once more, Colin Watt. See the full conversation below and also here on YouTube.
It was the second…
The so-called "Swiss Model" will make extensive changes to football's UEFA Champions League competition The reforms are due to be put in place by 2024's competition This was a topic explored on The Smart Money podcast - see below to listen in Big changes are coming for the UEFA Champions League. Start from 2024, these…
The UK government announced its intention to launch a joint bid, with Ireland, to host the 2030 World Cup The Smart Money podcast asked - Do we finally need to have an honest conversation about the worth of World Cups to countries? It was revealed in an exclusive interview given by Prime Minister Boris Johnson…