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This week during the general manager's meetings, they will try to decide what is
a legal and illegal hit
, and if it is illegal what the punishment should be. Althoughbig hits in the NHL is one big way in which the sport separates itself from the other
mainstream sports, it has recently been getting out of hand. For example on October
24th, 2009 Mike Richards of the Philadelphia Flyers went head hunting on David Booth of
the Florida Panthers. Booth was not able to get up on his own power and was taken off
of the ice on a stretcher. He suffered a concussion and had to be monitored by medical
staff for days after. While the speed of the game continues to increase, so do the number
of head injuries. Right now at this moment, there are three NHL players out with a concussion, with one of those three, Marc Savard maybe missing the rest of the season with a grade 2 concussion. While Marc lay momentarily unconscious on the ice, the Boston Bruins realized that they may have lost their top scorer for the rest of the season. At the end of these next few days, hopefully the NHL will have a more clear interpretation of legal and illegal hits, but only time will tell.
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The bat is made by a company named Mizuno USA. The company began in 1980 when they began selling athletic footwear. Mizuno USA is located in Norcross, GA and they manufacture and distribute golf, baseball, softball, running, track & field and volleyball equipment, apparel, and footwear for international markets.
This new bat is becoming the standard for softball players. It uses Mizuno's Techfire Technology for increased sweet spot utilizing three different levels of materials. It also utilizes 100% of Mizuno's Black Onyx Carbon for improved durability and feel.
These carbon fiber bats have been in production for a couple years now. They can be used in slow or fast pitch softball. Team USA used them in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Carbon fiber bats are being used because of the flexibility and the potential to create a bigger sweet spot when hitting a ball. It allows players to drive the ball further without changing their swings.
Carbon fiber bats can give you a distinct advantage over your opponent. If they don't have them or can't afford them then it could be a problem within the leagues. The solution could be to make a rule that if every team in the league doesn't have them or can't afford them, then no one can use them. So either every team can have them, or none. There should be no middle ground.
This YouTube clip shows how the bats are actually made. Check it out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRhbYnNTdkg.
The Approach G5 from Garmin is the newest high-tech golf range-finder from Garmin, a worldwide leader in GPS technology. Garmin has been successful in many areas dealing with GPS technology, including marine, aviation, automobiles, sports and fitness. The Approach G5 is placed in the sports category of this very well-established name in the industry.
The first range-finder from Garmin, the GolfLogix, was a success itself. It was endorsed by such golf personalities as Gary McCord and Peter Kostis. It was a touchscreen model, one of the first of its kind, and seems to be very well-liked. The new Apporach G5 is a revolutionary breakthrough in this type of technology. It full color, touchscreen, and has features that are the first of its kind.
The Approach G5's touch screen feature allows you to point to exact points on the golf course that you need distances from or to. For example, simply touch a bunker, and it will give you the distance to the front of the bunker or the distance needed to carry it. Once you approach the green, you will receive distances to the front middle and back if desired. Also, there is a feature that allows you to point to and drag the pin to the exact position that it is in on that specific day.
The digital scorecard is another revolutionary feature that is included in the Approach G5. During your round, this allows you to keep score for up to four players. When your round has concluded, it is compatable with your computer and allows you to enter you score into your computer for personal reference.
Garmin is continually updating the Approach G5 by both adding new courses to its database and improving current course maps that are available for download. The Approach G5 just recently came onto the market in March of 2009. Therefore, since it is a brand new product, there have not been significant reviews, but judging by the reputation of Garmin, you can count on quality.
Baseball back to the Olympics for the 2016 games? A group led by Harvey Schiller, who is the international Baseball Federation president will go to Lausanne, Switzerland to appeal to the IOC. In the group there will also be the Bob Dupuy MLB president and the Detroit Tigers outfielder Curtis Granderson.
I am all for getting baseball back into the Olympics. The concensus argument seems to be that no big name MLB players play in the games. But I don't think that it should matter because the Olympics shouldn't be about revenue it should be about countries team's getting together to see which country has the best team. It seems as though baseball was taken out of the Olympics because no big name MLB players were on any teams, which would create a lot of revenue from people coming to watch them play. The World Baseball classic has managed to make it so that major players can play, why can't the Olympics?
After about four years of wheeling and dealing, national sales manager for Feld Entertainment Motor Sports, David Thompson has come to an agreement with Jägermeister. For a one year deal Jägermeister will be the official spirit of Monster Energy AMA Supercross. Jägermeister plans on bringing in a mobile musical stage, and promoting local artists before a featured race.
Along with Jägermeister's produced being sold at racing, Jägermeister's logo and name will be displays in the pits, and other places races will be, as well as on bikes, jerseys and ramps. Although the financial agreement isn't enclosed, estimates show Jägermeister will spend seven figures.
The Sports Business Journal is reporting that the BCS is searching for a 60 percent increase in price for the rights to its four bowl games. BCS officials have entered into negotiations with Fox who currently has rights to the four championship games. According to the journal, Fox would have to pay $800 million dollars over a six year contract, or approximately $132 million dollars a year. This is a huge amount of money for Fox to pay especially during this economic time. Fox executives were not expecting such a dramatic increase in the price for the rights to the games, so there is going to be a lot of negotiation going on.
The BCS is supposedly doing this in order to open up the rights for the championship games to other networks such as ABC/ESPN. If ABC/ESPN were to outbid fox and obtain the television rights to the games, they would have a stronghold on all of college football. This will also give them the chance to move the games to their cable network ESPN which could in fact limit the number of viewers. That is something that the BCS executives are going to have to look at carefully because after all they want everyone to be able to view the game. At any rate, this story will be interesting to see how it all turns out and see if Fox is willing to drop a huge amount of money for four college football games. And if not, then see who is willing to match the asking price from the BCS. Just another reason in my opinion to move to a playoff style in college football.
