King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Site nukes Cubbies Baseball page, casting 3,000 "friends" into the void. Baseball fans are ... (Salon.com) There it goes again? Cubbies Baseball, which describes itself as a "sportal" -- a sports portal -- for Cubs fans, had its MySpace page shut down at the request of Major League Baseball last week. More than 3,000 "friends" of the site went down the drain with the MySpace page, according to Cubbies Baseball proprietor Bryan McGraw in a blog post. Is this yet another case of MLB stomping ......more...The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily (Arab News) DAMMAM, 22 August 2007 ? Filipinos in the Eastern Province who have business to transact with the Philippine Embassy are advised to meet with a consular team in Alkhobar on Aug. 30-31....more... Group aims to attract national sports, entertainment (O'Fallon Journal) Community leaders in St. Charles County have established the first-ever Local Organizing Committee to attract national sports and entertainment events to the region....more... Tasler joins sports staff (Cleburne Times-Review) The Times-Review has a new face in the sports department. Matt Tasler began working Monday as the newspaper?s newest sports writer....more... Major player (The Patriot-News) We're No. 2! On the strength and tradition of Bears hockey and Senators baseball, Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal has ranked Hershey-Harrisburg as the second-best minor league sports market in the country....more... Group aims to attract national sports, entertainment (Warrenton Journal) Community leaders have established the first-ever Local Organizing Committee to attract national sports and entertainment events to the region....more... Jackson Mitchell (Wellington Daily News) I remember the first time I met Jackson Mitchell. My soon-to-be wife and I were moving to central Kansas in 1992. I was looking for a newspaper job in the area, and there was an opening for a sports editor job at the Wellington Daily News....more... Stocks May Have Another Lackluster Session Amid Uncertainty Over Credit Crisis - RTTNews Daily Market Analysis (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a mixed opening on Friday. Although the better than expected durable goods orders report gave a momentary lift to the futures, they have pared some of the gains subsequently....more... Bob Hunter commentary: Like it or not, Cooper belongs in hall of fame (The Columbus Dispatch) As soon as one of our editors heard a certain unnamed sports columnist was going to write that John Cooper belonged in the College Football Hall of Fame, he couldn't hold back a laugh. ...more... |