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...real problem has been selling club seats, those special sections that have roomier chairs, waiter service and personal video screens. The NFL's New England Patriots have a posh new stadium, but $3,750 club seats are still available. Boston's FleetCenter, where the NBA's Celtics and the NHL's Bruins play, is converting about 600 of its 2,400 club seats to regular ones because they aren't selling. Given that club seats are priced at about $11,000 each, that's a huge loss...
...Gras of party operatives and national reporters traipsing through the state. "With the outcome of the Senate at stake, a December runoff in Louisiana would be the next best thing to the Saints' being in the Super Bowl," exults Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin. (And more likely, given the Saints' NFL history.) "There would be money and madness everywhere." --By Karen Tumulty
...Owens, star receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. After scoring a touchdown during last week's Monday-night game against Seattle, Owens pulled a Sharpie pen out of his sock, signed the ball and handed it to his financial adviser, who was sitting in the first row. Some, including NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, found the stunt showy, but Owens was not fined for flagrant memorabilia creation. Instead, in a move akin to nabbing Al Capone for tax evasion, Owens was fined $5,000 for having his jersey untucked, an "equipment violation." Owens blamed the problem on opposing players tugging...
...claim to like hockey will stay away from Bright Ice (or stroll in midway through an intense ECAC game), and “diehard” NCAA fans will ignore Harvard opponents until they become fashionable pool picks in March. The fans who watch the late rounds of the NFL Draft won’t recognize Jamil Soriano if and when he’s picked—and football is one of the sports that draws relatively well...
...have all brass and no strings” in your school’s band. Furthermore, student athletes in the Ivy League have demonstrated a commitment to academics simply by choosing an academically top-tier school. A football player who only really wants to play in the NFL doesn’t go to Harvard, he goes to Florida. And the argument that Harvard seeks out athletes and not those who have excelled in other areas is also false—a serious flutist would be just as inclined to go to Juilliard, and may not have had their sights...