MLB Network Rolls Out Bait And Switch

by Diane M. Grassi
However, in order for a fan to get the MLBN, it requires a new expensive digital tier package and rental of a set-top box which costs an additional $7.00 - $10.00 per month.
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BASN's Wildcard Weekend Review
by Lloyd Vance -- Jan 8, 2009 - 9:57:00 PM
On a weekend where all four wildcard road teams were considered to be favorites by Vegas, the action on the field showed that sometimes prognosticators’ crystal balls are not always correct.

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Bucking The Same Old Trends
by Teddy Feinberg -- Jan 8, 2009 - 9:56:00 PM
Of the seven schools with minority football coaches, only four have a black men's basketball coach too. Just three have black coaches in both football and men's basketball along with a black athletics director. NMSU is one of those three, with Walker, hoops coach Marvin Menzies and Athletics Director McKinley Boston.

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Rice, Houston capture bowl victories
by Yolande Lezine -- Jan 7, 2009 - 9:57:00 PM
The Rice Owls and the Houston Cougars went bowling last week and after outstanding performances by both teams, their futures are shining brightly, not just in Conference USA, but among the top programs in the state and beyond.

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To many bowls, too little black coaches
by George E. Curry -- Jan 7, 2009 - 9:57:00 PM
Basketball’s “March Madness” has nothing on the college football bowl frenzy -- 34 games over a 19-day period spanning the last month of the old year and the first month of the new one. Let’s face it, not all 68 teams deserve to be in a bowl.

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A leader, a mentor, and a friend
by James Miller -- Jan 7, 2009 - 9:56:00 PM
Collins, who was one of the first two black teachers at Mainland High School, is known for his positive influence on generations of young people as a football and baseball coach and educator at Mainland, as well as at the segregated Campbell High School beforehand and later at Spruce Creek High School. In 1985, he was inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

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