I ran across this article today that says that Sam Zell, who just bought the Tribune Company, is likely to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field. If you know anything about Sam Zell then this comes as no surprise. Such a move by Zell is likely to create lots of...
The Michigan Wolverines haven’t appeared in the NCAA tournament since 1989. Unofficially, the University of Michigan Wolverines Men’s Basketball team have: Won 12 Big Ten regular-season conference titles; Won the 1998 Big Ten Tournament; Appeared in the...
Umair Haque at Harvard gives us this article discussing The Shrinking Advantage of Brands. The genesis of the article is a report that Google has become the top brand in the world even though it intentionally avoids traditional brand advertising. Haque defines a brand...
I hate politics. More accurately, I don’t understand politics or human nature. Today’s Clemens’ hearing was a pointless hearing used to examine which of two people were lying about ten year old sporting events. How can even this hearing end up...
Roger Clemens said. “Let me be clear: I have never taken steroids or HGH.” Brian McNamee: “Make no mistake: I injected steroids into the body of Roger Clemens. I was telling the truth.” Fortunately for you wage donkeys, I was able to spend this...