July 2011

Mandel’s Musings: Plaxico Has Leverage with Giants

Published on: 29th July, 2011

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East Rutherford – In this crazy quilt, labor relations-driven world of the National Football League, circa 2011, instead of teams being firmly entrenched in their pre-season practice rhythms and tight schedules with a total focus on football, we are seeing instead, a series of breaking news stories driven by free-agent frenzy, player movement, and holdouts.  It has made these early days of [...]

Mandel’s Musings – Summer of Discontent, Baseball Trading Deadline Approaches

Published on: 24th July, 2011

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New York — You have to give the commissioners of such multi-billion dollar sports leagues as the NFL and the NBA a lot of credit. David Stern and Roger Goodell, effectively the CEOs of their respective businesses, are screaming about how mismanaged their businesses really are. How they are losing millions of dollars, how they can’t seem [...]

Mets Lineup Could Be a Juggernaut (Don’t Laugh)

Published on: 6th July, 2011

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New York — Terry Collins, the New York Mets manager already has my vote for National League manager of the year. With all due respect to the Pirates’ Cliff Hurdle, Fredi Gonzalez of the Braves, and Kirk Gibson of the Diamondbacks, Collins has taken a roster of career minor leaguers com-bined with major league veterans thought to be either [...]