Rick we hardly knew you

Rick Majerus has accepted another coaching job. This time at Saint Louis instead of USC. We all remember when he accepted the job at USC only to resign after supposedly failing a medical test. He doesn't look much healthier know. Most schools would love to have in on the sidelines, but come on Saint Louis what a step down, come on Rick.

Big H

New Discovery for ESPN

It would seem from ESPN's coverage that The Arena Football League and NASCAR were just founded. For years ESPN only gave a crawl of the five top place finishers each Sunday Night on Sportscenter, and unless someone died in a race, NASCAR did not exist until ESPN became a broadcast sponsor and now they have a daily show called NASCAR NOW.

Arena Football didn't even get crawl status until games started being broadcast on ESPN. Now we get Monday Night Arena Action and a 24/7 crawl of the scores and highlights. My prediction is that Cricket will be the next discovery ESPN makes.

Big H

Cubs Update

I am going to up my estimate on Cubs purchase price to 1.25 Billion. There are just too many internet billionaires and Chicago Fund managers putting groups together. Should be a fun process to watch.

Big H

The Grave Dancer

Sam Zell has struck again, this time taking over Tribune Corp with a measly 310 million dollars. He is funding the rest through debt, spin offs and an elaborate esop. You heard it hear first folks, the Cubs will set the mark for the highest amount paid for a professional sports franchise at 1 billion dollars. The number being floated around is 600 million, but I predict a bidding war will break out and the price will rise.

The Cubs sell out almost every game and they lose. Their merchandising alone will garner big bucks. My next prediction is that the new owners win a world series in the first 4 years of ownership.

Big H