Happy Tuesday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame we wrap up the Summer Olympics for another four years & discuss Usain Bolt’s track dominance, we delve into labor talks between the NHL and the NHLPA & the latest Phoenix Coyotes news and we look another solid night for the Edmonton Eskimos.
In the GABBYs: Usain Bolt, Manny Machado, Dwight Howard, Antonio Conte, Belgium & the NBC. The Punchline this week is Carolina Panthers defensive end Thomas Keiser!
According to the Associated Press, Italian Premier Mario Monti is suggesting that Italian soccer should be suspended two to three years after its latest match-fixing scandal.
Since last year, fifty people have been arrested. The most high profile player involved to date is defender Domenico Criscito, who currently plays professionally in Russia. Criscito won’t be on the Italian squad at next month’s European Championship in Ukraine and Poland because he is currently being investigated.
Another high profile name that is being investigated is Juventus coach Antonio Conte, while he was coaching Siena from 2010-11.
It’s been a while since we’ve delved into the world of fantastic sports videos on the internet, but don’t worry – When Sports Go Viral is back!
This time around we’ve got some hilarious stuff from the NBA, a pretty funny blooper from some NCAA track and field action, and an instructional video about how to get fired from your post as the manager of a professional soccer club!
Let’s start out with the NBA, where model Kate Upton has teamed up with the Oklahoma City Thunder for “Take a Supermodel to Work” day.
(MORE GREAT VIDEOS AFTER THE JUMP!) (more…)
Happy Monday!
It’s another jam-packed week on 15 Minutes of Fame, as we hit our 50th episode!
This week: Will Sidney Crosby miss time this season? Will the SJ Sharks finally get that Stanley Cup this year and is Drew Doughty going to be a holdout for the Kings? Are the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the “real deal” in the CFL? Also: Is this the Year of the Work Stoppage in pro sports?
In this week’s GABBYs: The NY Yankees, the BBC and Sir Alex, BYU, IndyCar and North Korea’s women’s World Cup team!
Now that the NFL has wrapped up a long-winded work stoppage, it looks like it’s time for the other football to get in on the action!
Players in both Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A are threatening strike action over two very different issues, with the regular season set to open in both leagues over the next two weekends. In Spain, the dispute is over money, while Italy’s impending work stoppage is an old fight that has to do with player rights.
Let’s start out in La Liga, where the start of the season is being threatened by an issue that really speaks to the financial climate of the last few years, and what’s projected for the near future: ESPN reports the players want something in place so that they still get paid if a club goes into administration.
I’m not sure how often clubs in Spain are going under these days, but reports say over $5.6-million worth of player wages went unpaid in the Segunda Division last year until another strike threat led to an agreement being reached. A Different League writer David Redshaw says there’s a big meeting on Wednesday where the two sides will try to hash out a deal, though there isn’t a whole lot of optimism that it’ll get done… (more…)
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