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U2 Concert Moves Marlins-Mariners Series From Miami to Seattle

It's no secret the Marlins are in quite a hurry to get out of the edifice currently known as Sun Life Stadium and into their new digs in Little Havana in 2012. Now they'll have three fewer games to play at the facility better known as the home of the Dolphins. A conflict with a U2 concert at the stadium has prompted MLB...

HBO's 'Real Sports' Provides Good Television, if Not Great Journalism

There are those who, for the purpose of making a quick categorization, analogize HBO's monthly magazine, "Real Sports," as the athletic version of CBS' venerable "60 Minutes." The description doesn't quite fit, because "60 Minutes" at this stage is more theater or television show than pure journalistic endeavor, where...

Miami Could Reopen Marlins Stadium Deal After Financial Details Emerge

We know that Marlins president David Samson was already furious that Deadspin published the team's financial records, but it's a good bet that his anger level is even higher now that their publication is creating some issues with their stadium contract. Miami mayor Tomas Regalado asked the city attorney to look into...

The Dugout: Marlins FanFest

Last year I attended the infamous "Wrestle FanFest" in San Francisco and somehow found a way to enjoy a warehouse full of crippled old men (and Nick Bockwinkel) peddling poorly stitched Mexican wrestling masks and printed out 8 x 10s of their glory days for ten dollars a pop. Even having done that, I could not stomach...

From the Windup: Is It Time for a Salary Cap?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Salary Cap. There's not a more controversial phrase in baseball economics. The prospect of one hung over the strike of 1994 and 1995 before the owners and players managed to settle without implementing a true cap. Since then, baseball...

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06/02/12 Samson's 9/11 squeeze Source: New York Daily News - New York NY New York will soon welcome President Obama to inspect the rebirth of Ground Zero and to leave his signature on a steel beam in a ceremony that should present the city's can-do spirit to the world.
05/23/12 NYC Airports To Test 'Ava', The Holographic Customer... Source: TMCnet People from other parts of the country often complain that New Yorkers are rude and abrupt.
05/23/12 Swastikas Found Etched Into Cars In Bay Ridge Source: 1010 Wins Police are looking for a suspect who they said carved swastikas into several cars in Brooklyn.
05/17/12 Marlins remain hopeful for 2015 All-Star Game Source: MLB With Major League Baseball announcing on Thursday that Citi Field will be the site of the 2013 All-Star Game, Marlins Park could be moving closer to landing the Midsummer Classic as early as 2015.
05/15/12 Unusually slow start lands Miami Marlins' Gaby Sanchez... Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL Compared with all other major-league first basemen, Gaby Sanchez has driven in more runs than the Dodgers' James Loney â but only Loney.