Why the UFL Can Work

Why the UFL has a better shot at success then prior attempts at Professional Football Leagues.
Welcome to another session of Dr. Football’s class called “Viewing Pro Football 421″, a 4th year undergraduate class. Today’s topic: Will the UFL be successful in todays market?
Sure it’s been done before. Another Pro Football League, you laugh. No one [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 8/27/09

Column reader/contributor Abe Knaster of New York chimes in once again on his hometown team: “After much debate, Michael Jackson’s final resting place was finally revealed. He was buried alongside the 2009 New York Mets.” Abe also pointed out that Jose Guillen of the K.C. Royals recently sustained a torn knee ligament while putting on [...]

Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary Also Recalls Momentous Sports Events in 1969

New York –Woodstock’s 40th anniversary brings to mind a uniquely American event that spoke to an entire generation of young music fans who are now in their fifties and sixties. Just imagine, close to half a million baby-boomers gathered in upstate New York on Max Yasgur’s farm, listening to music, getting stoned, sleeping in mud, [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 8/20/09

Lazzari’s “Cheap Win of the Week” (and it doesn’t get much cheaper!): Undoubtedly goes to the Yankees’ Joba Chamberlain, who labored through the minimum 5 innings last week vs. Boston–giving up a pair of homers, walking SEVEN, and allowing four earned runs. However, like many of his New York predecessors, he benefits from the team’s [...]

A Cap For Newly Signed Amateurs To Try On

The amateur draft signing deadline was Monday night and top pick Stephen Strasberg signed with the Nationals for over $15 million.  Good for Stephen.
But…
I don’t like it.  I am in total, unequivocal favor of a salary cap for draftees.  Isn’t that ironic?  The players have been fighting against a salary cap for years, like in 1994 [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 8/11/09

Paul Ferrante–a local baseball stadium historian–recently chimed in on the new Yankee Stadium: “Surely, it’s a shrine to the Yankees–but it’s also a shrine to EXCESS”……….TRIVIA QUESTION: The 1983 Kansas City Royals had three players on the team who stole more than 25 bases apiece. Can you name these three individuals? Answer to follow……….Newly-acquired N.Y. [...]

Head Games

One of the easiest things to do in the world is quit.  Not doing well in school?  Just quit.  Having a tough go in your marriage?  Quit.  You’ve thrown a thousand curveballs that never curve?  So quit.  Giving up today is easy if you don’t think about what you could have done if you’d kept [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 8/5/09

Another gem submitted by column reader Abe Knaster of New York: If famed socialite Ivana Trump married pop singer Neil Diamond, divorced, then married legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, she’d be attending cocktail parties worldwide reeking of “high maintenance” with the name of Ivana Diamond Nicklaus. Keep ‘em coming, Abe………TRIVIA QUESTION: The lowly 1989 Detroit Tigers, [...]

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