Sponsorship of football rivalry weakens meaning of tradition
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The Big Game has a new name and a fat contract to go with it. And corporate America has tarnished another great college football tradition.
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Americans see sport as entertainment. But the British do not necessarily want to be entertained at a sporting event. We require long-term emotional involvement.
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Manchester United fans have called on the club&#39;s major sponsors to help ring-fence shares to stave off further takeover threats.
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It was not the way Brooks wanted to open its Independent School League football season.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder.
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They are separated now, scattered in various locales across this vast country. That is how life evolves. But so, too, are they together forever. That is how football shapes the spirit.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Six years ago, the current offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots was a salesman in the plastics industry. It was the wrong business, in more ways than one.
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Itâs easy to feel left out this time of year if you donât have a football team. People expect you to have a team. College. NFL.
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Disregarding race and class, a high school football team and community help reinstate their counterpart's team.
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams' success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms race&quot; for athletic supremacy when funds could be better spent elsewhere on campus, according to a study by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
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That noise the crowd made Sunday during the Miami Dolphins' victory at Pro Player Stadium was faintly familiar from seasons past. It's called cheering.
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The New England Patriots like to attribute their winning season to playing as a team. But when it comes to marketing deals, the Super Bowl champions may be victims of their own success.
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With apologies to the World Series, much of the world&#39;s sporting interest in the United States is currently related to soccer, not baseball.
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A dismal week for Spanish football closed with a proper celebration of some of its better virtues. Or, not so much Spainâs but a celebration of Cataloniaâs flagship enterprise.
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In a sports year unlike any other, 2007 too often meant scandal and sadness rather than success.
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Sport: Football: Disgruntled supporters to unveil plans to prise club from American owners