You might assume baseball players get all the free tickets they want, and that life as a Major Leaguer is pretty much puppydogs and daffodils and giant stacks of front-row tickets for all your family and friends. But alas.
Do professional athletes get free tickets? Players do often give away their home tickets, but their away tickets aren't always claimed. Interestingly, players do have to pay taxes on these tickets, since they're considered a fringe benefit in addition to salary. Read More...
Sher-Wood is one of the last ice hockey manufacturing companies to produce their own wooden sticks in Canada, the other companies having all offshored production to developing countries. As of 2020, Sher-Wood still produces the classic 5030 Feather-Lite stick in Canada.
Who bought Sherwood hockey? Canadian Tire buys Sher-Wood Athletics Group's global hockey trademarks. Canadian Tire Corp. says it has acquired Sher-Wood Athletics Group Inc.'s global hockey trademarks. The retailer says that INA International Ltd. Read More...
There were probably a few sighs of relief, too, after Pazienza won a one-sided 10-round decision over Luis Santana in his first fight since Pazienza broke his neck in an auto accident Nov. 12, 1991. "This is what I do best," said Pazienza. "I'm a fighter.
What boxer broke his neck? It tells the story of former world boxing champion Vinny Pazienza. The 53-year-old made a comeback in 1992, just over a year after he sustained a broken neck suffered in a car accident that had seemingly ended his career. Read More...
