Sports Blog

How To Create A Successful Business

One of the steps to having lots of business success is to start by doing what you enjoy doing. Set up a business model that inspires you and does not fill you with stress and anxiety. Its better to build a business doing what you love, than struggling every day building a business because you ave to and not because you want to!

Want to start having fun everyday? It’s easy! Just start sharing what you have. How easy is that? Share you knowledge with others who could use the information to empower themselves and their business. They will love you for it of course and the buzz about you will begin to grow. New clients will hear about how smart you are, how nice you are and how much you care about your community and when they are ready to do business, they will call you. Just think, you get all these new clients just by sharing what you already have. Wow!  Read more...

Secrets Of Being A Great TV And Radio Guest

Want To Be A SMASH HIT Success On TV & Radio? Want to avoid media mistakes with your publicity & book promotion? Learn the publicity, TV, radio & media skills you need to be the media’s dream guest! The publicity special report includes a set of tried and true publicity tips to use while working with the media. You’ll learn the top pre-interview tips, on-camera or on-air tips, book promotion and publicity tips, media etiquette tips & lots more PR publicity pro tips to help position you as the media’s dream guest!

Tips! When the producer or journalist is contacting you the segment or story idea is already positioned within the format of the media outlet. You have no power to influence the media because they looking for this specific idea or slant. If what they want for the story or segment fits with your point of view, that’s terrific and the media opportunity will work out for you. If you are not a good fit for the particular point of view they are looking, its best to just say no than to try to change the segment or story idea to be a better fit for you. Don’t worry, if you are professional, the media will be back to use you the next time. If you are easy to work with, even better, as the media will surely be back with lots more.  Read more...

Vikings Move To 4-0 With Win Over Packers

Brett Favre has been a large component of the Minnesota Vikings undefeated start the NFL regular season, and on Monday night he finally beat his old team, the Green Bay Packers. Favre passed for 271 yards and three touchdowns as the Vikings prevailed by a 30-23 final score. The Vikings improved to 4-0, while the Packers dropped to 2-2.

The Vikings rewarded NFL betting enthusiasts by covering the spread as -4 home favorites. Minnesota is now 3-1 against the number, while the Packers loss evened their ATS record on the season at 2-2. The 53 points scored went OVER the posted total of 46.

Afterwards , Favre said that he didnt have any unusual emotions playing against his old team:

“I don’t know how to explain it. I felt right, but I guess I never thought I’d be in that situation.”

He had gone out of his way to downplay the significance of the matchup:

“My statement has been what I’ve done over my career. One game does not define my career good or bad. I know what I’ve done. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I know I can play. I wanted to do what it takes to win.”  Read more...

The Number One Means To Handle Your Employees

It is a given that most people who worked in an office or other business have had to deal with a boss who was not too pleasant, pretty negative and really demanding. That situation can make the workday awful and you would not even want to be there.

Let’s say you were in a similar situation before; you are definitely not alone. So many folks do not like their boss because of the treatment they get from them while at work.

If you happen to actually be a boss, treating the employees who work under you nicely and fairly goes a long way towards getting the results you want. Treat them like you would want to be treated.

Let’s talk about some of the strategies that can be implemented by you with regards to giving your employees the correct treatment. You will find that doing this right will work wonders.

First, empathize with the human side of any of your employees. Learn about them and the things that matter most to them.

A lot of supervisors just do not achieve that personal connection with all their subordinates, and this is what leads to an unpleasant employee/boss relationship that is seen all the time. You can set the firm rules and still have a nice, friendly relationship with your employees.  Read more...

Blazers Add Canby For Stretch Run

The Portland Trailblazers have needed a big inside presence ever since starting center Greg Oden and backup Joel Pryzbilla went down with season ending injuries. They finally found one on Tuesday as they acquired veteran Marcus Canby from the Los Angeles Clippers. Canby is expected to make his debut in a Blazers’ uniform on Friday when Portland hosts the Boston Celtics.

The transaction also served to answer the nagging question about Portland’s point guard situation. Steve Blake and Andre Miller have shared time running the offense, but Blazers’ management apparently felt that Miller was a better fit with superstar shooting guard Brandon Roy.

All three players involved are in the final year of their current contract, meaning that barring anything unforeseen Canby’s career in Portland will probably last only 23 games plus the playoffs. Outlaw and Blake may or may not fit into the Clippers longterm plans-assuming that one of the NBA’s most consistently underachieving teams actually has ‘longterm plans’ in the first place.

Canby was introduced to the Rose Garden crowd during Portland’s rout of his old team, the LA Clippers receiving a standing ovation. Earlier, he’d indicated that he was excited to be going to the Blazers:  Read more...

Saints Shock Colts To Win Superbowl

The New Orleans Saints used a 14 point fourth quarter to defeat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 on Sunday to win their first Superbowl in franchise history. Drew Brees broke open a tight game midway through the final quarter with his touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey, and Tracy Porter scored on a 74 yard interception return as the Colts were driving on the next series to secure the victory. Brees was named Superbowl MVP on the basis of his 288 yard, 2 touchdown, 0 interception performance. He completed 32 passes in the game, tying New England’s Tom Brady for the all time record in that category.

After enthusiasts had come in early on the favored Colts, a good deal of buyback on the Saints had pushed the line to -4′ and the New Orleans backers were enriched by their team’s outright victory. The underdog has now covered three straight Superbowls and taken the money in five of the last seven games. The 48 points scored stayed well under the posted total of 57.

In his postgame interview, a jubilant Brees gave much of the credit to the city of New Orleans:  Read more...

How To Create National Expert Status And Promote Your Book Using Radio Media

Enjoy a big competitive edge in your area of expertise by starting with writing a book and getting booked on radio media as the guest exert. Appearing on any media enhanced your value to your clients as you create thought leader status for yourself. Once you have your book written, you can self publish or use print on demand, radio interview let you experience the power of branding and creating buzz. You can reach tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands with your message. Plus you can experience your goals and dreams of success by getting booked on radio inteviews

Radio is excellent for the expansion of your message. With radio you have to the time and opportunity to showcase your knowledge, wisdom and experience on various issues because you have time for discussion. You can also reach your target markets quickly as radio is one of the fastest way to your audience. For those who like instant gratification, radio is for you. It is an immediate booking so you can get going fast plus you can get excellent branding, publicity and marketing results not to mention creating of buzz. Radio avoids the longer lead time you have for print.  Read more...

Mexico Tops The United States In World Cup Soccer Qualifying

An early goal gave the United States soccer team hope, but in the end the result of their World Cup Qualifier against Mexico at Azteca Stadium was a familiar loss. Mexico rallied for a 2-1 triumph in front of their home fans, sending the US to defeat for the 23rd time in 24 games at the venue.

The United States silenced the raucous crowd with a goal just eight minutes into the game. Landon Donovan threaded a perfect pass to a Charlie Davies who converted his four career goal in international play to give the Americans a 1-0 lead.

Mexico would pull even just ten minutes later when Cuauhtemoc Blanco set up Israel Castro, who beat US goaltender Tim Howard to tie the game at 1-1. That set the stage for Miguel Sabah’s goal in the 82nd minute which gave Mexico the come-from-behind victory. Mexico coach Javier Aguirre sounded elated and relived with his post match comments:

“Today is a day to celebrate, drink a few tequilas, and then get back to work. Everybody will go to bed tonight a bit more relaxed.”

His American counterpart, Bob Bradley noted:  Read more...

LA Clippers Relieve Mike Dunleavy Of Coaching Duties

In one of the stranger front office shakeups in recent NBA history, the Los Angeles Clippers have ‘relieved’ Mike Dunleavy of his head coaching duties effective immediately. He’ll remain on board as the Clippers’ general manager, and both he and the team cited the demands of the forthcoming trade deadline and free agent market as a catalyst for the change.

Not surprisingly, there is much speculation as to the back story behind the move. Some with knowledge of the situation suggest that Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling wanted to fire Dunleavy altogether, but relented due to the $5 million the team will owe him in the final year of his contract next year. More recently, a bizarre rumor has been circulating that Sterling has approached Isiah Thomas about taking over Dunleavy’s coaching position and becoming team president. While Isiah would bring a level of fabulousness never before seen on the Clippers’ sidelines, he hasn’t had much success either as a coach or executive in the NBA.

Dunleavy issued this statement, playing along with the team’s insistence that the decision to give up coaching was ‘mutual’:  Read more...

Kobe, Iverson Miss NBA All Star Game

The NBA All Star game was played without a couple of high profile participants this year as the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and Philadelphia 76ers’ Allen Iverson would not play due to injury. Kobe and ‘AI’ were the latest in a string of injuries to All Star players that also claimed Portland’s Brandon Roy and New Orleans’ Chris Paul. The NBA has been much more strict about attendance at the All Star game since a number of players skipped out with dubious injuries.

Kobe Bryant has been plagued with minor injuries all year, but missed the Lakers’ last three games prior to the All Star contest due to an ankle sprain. Los Angeles is hopeful that by not playing in the game that Kobe will be able to return to action immediately after play resumes following the All Star break. Bryant did travel to Dallas to participate in All Star game festivities.  Read more...