Where should a school draw the line between fund raising and commercial enterprise? What place do corporate sponsors have on public and private campuses? And what role should our government take in setting limits in these areas? These and similar questions are the subject on an ongoing series of surveys being conducted at Scoreboards Company.
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Top 5 MLB Stars Who Lost Everything
Major League Baseball is all about strategy: knowing when to run, when to hit big, and being able to read the signals. But outside of the baseball stadium the strategy of these players left something to be desired. Even though they made gads of money in their time playing ball, all of these famous players went bankrupt after their career was over or while they still were playing ball.
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Flag Football Positions
- The flag football positions used by a team depend on the number of players and on the team’s flag football strategy
- The offensive team must have a center and a quarterback
- Flag football tips for defensive positions begin with the offensive formation used by the opponent
- Flag football drills can help players learn their positions
Biography of Lisa Leslie
Before the Lisa Leslie WNBA years began, Leslie had remarkable high school and college careers in Los Angeles. Once she became pro, she was the first person to dunk in the WNBA. The Lisa Leslie dunk crystalized her place as the face of the new league and one of its most successful players. Her WNBA years will end after the 2009 season, Leslie recently announced.
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Are You a Baseball Fan? Find Out More About Rare Baseball Cards
- Mistakes in production cause rare baseball cards to increase in price
- Baseball cards were originally distributed with tobacco products
- A Honus Wagner baseball card was auctioned off for over $1 million
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North American Football League: The Future of Amateur Football?
- The North American Football League (NAFL) is an amateur football league that was founded in 1999 by Robert Licopoli
- The league is intended to create some unity among the previously fragmented world of amateur football in the United States
- About 100 teams are members of the NAFL, which operates through a franchise model
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Outrageous History: Age of Steroids
- The “age of steroids” sees another all-star fall from grace and a 50-game suspension to boot
- Jose Conseco’s bestseller “Juiced” brings baseball and steroids into the open
- The Mitchell Report names baseball players on steroids
Best Dribbling Exercises for Your Fingers
- Basketball dribbling exercises are a great way for young players to develop into great ball handlers
- Learning how to become a great ball handler takes hours of practicing the most basic of dribbling exercises
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Flag Football Strategy: Play It Smart
- Good sources for flag football tactics on the Internet include Dr. G’s flag football blog at flagfootballplays.blogspot.com, (2) footballbabble.com, and (3) usaflagfootball.com
- Dr. G points out that documenting plays can help get all of the players on the same page
- Fumbles are a low risk proposition, while interceptions are high risk
Basketball Players on Popular Twitter
Rather than just dishing assists or dunks, NBA players are dishing basketball rumors these days thanks to the new technology of the Twitter website. The players and other NBA insiders that use the service to pump out texting size blurbs known as tweets have many Twitter friends, fans and others who follow their daily exploits. It has become so popular with some players that they have had to crack down on players’ use of it.
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Best World Series Baseball Games
- The 1991 World Series was an all-out war between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves
- The heroics of the Twins Kirby Puckett in Game 6 became one of the best World Series baseball games of all time
- The pitchers duel between John Smoltz and Jack Morris in Game 7 is one for the ages
The Best NFL Players Who Never Won a Super Bowl
- The top offensive players are Dan Marino, John Hannah, Anthony Munoz, and Barry Sanders
- The top defensive players are Bruce Smith and Ken Houston
- Players whose careers began before the first Super Bowl are not included
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Basketball Proper Shooting Form
The shooting form for successful players is uniform for basketball at all levels. Regardless of the basketball uniform design you are wearing or the level of the competition, the basics of the shooting touch are always the same. Once a player has mastered scoring from jump shots, he is an invaluable part of any basketball team, commanding more defense from the opponents and putting points on the scoreboard for his team.
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Baseball Diamond Field: The Most Important Part After a Bat
- Remember the excitement you felt when you first walked onto a baseball diamond field for your first game?
- The importance of baseball home base is not just to score a run
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Best Basketball Games Reviews
- The 1992 Regional Final between Duke and Kentucky will go down as one of the best basketball games ever
- One of the best basketball teams were the Chicago Bulls of the 1990’s and their classic matchups with the New York Knicks