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Doyle Brunson Gets Lifetime Honor From Epic Poker League

Posted December 15, 2011, 3:15 am by (1 Comment)

Doyle Brunson, a legend in the world of poker with more than 50 years of playing the game, has another honor to add to his collection: the Epic Poker League has awarded him its first Lifetime Card.

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Q&A: ‘Invisible Men’ Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Buck O’Neil, ‘Cool Papa’ Bell To Be Seen On-Screen

Posted December 2, 2011, 9:45 pm by (1 Comment)

An important part of baseball history was the Negro Leagues, which featured some of the greatest athletes ever to play the game, but also represented Major League Baseball’s pre-Jackie Robinson when the game was strictly segregated. The movie, Invisible Men, will seek to capture the stories of that era and put them into the context of baseball’s modern times.

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StatSheet Unveils STAT.US Twitter-Based Sports Network

Posted December 1, 2011, 9:39 am by (No Comments)

StatSheet, which oversees a series of Web sites that offer reams of stats for fans of every sport, has added to the mix with STAT.US, which the company is calling “the world’s largest sports-focused Twitter network.”

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Q&A: MLS Timbers Are Kicking Up A Storm In Portland

Posted November 29, 2011, 1:38 am by (5 Comments)

Major League Soccer concluded its 16th season last week with the Los Angeles Galaxy taking the title. However, this year’s big winner for business success may have been the first-year Portland Timbers.

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World Series MVP Freese Named No. 1 Rising Star

Posted November 1, 2011, 4:21 pm by (3 Comments)

St. Louis Cardinals’ third baseman David Freese has earned the top spot on Brand Affinity Technologies’ monthly ranking of Rising Sports Stars.

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NFL, Sponsors Highlight 100 Days To Super Bowl XLVI

Posted October 29, 2011, 1:03 am by (No Comments)

On Oct. 28, the NFL marked 100 days to go until Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, 2012.

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Q&A: CEO Mark Murphy, Leader Of The Pack(ers)

Posted October 22, 2011, 10:25 pm by (No Comments)

For Packers Nation, the age of championships is alive and kicking in the team that won Super Bowl XLV and going in to Week 7 of the NFL season is still standing strong to defend that title.

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