Posted by Zach Bigalke on August 29, 2011 · 2 Comments
I’ve already laid out the situation in Spain versus other European leagues, and how the disparity in revenue has led to many clubs simply not paying their players when the accounting dips into the red. With over a hundred of their kinsmen awaiting salary payments from last season, the players in Spain’s top two soccer divisions have gone on strike, postponing the start of the new season and leaving the schedule in flux.
The San Siro... Read More
Filed under Columns, Soccer · Tagged with AC Milan, Barcelona, collective bargaining agreement, inter milan, Juventus, La Liga, lockout, Real Madrid, Serie A, strike, TV
Posted by Zach Bigalke on August 18, 2011 · 2 Comments
For sports fans in the United States — who endured the NFL work stoppage over the summer, and are currently watching and waiting as the NBA and its players work toward a stalemate that could look suspiciously like the NHL’s season-long shutdown in 2004-05 — labor situations have taken on a curious pattern in recent years. It isn’t the players, the labor of this situation, which initiates a strike; instead, it is management,... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
Before there was Global Turnstile, there was A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America. The column, formerly a staple of weekly coverage of international sports, is being revived at the new website as a depository for thoughts on various issues confronting sports fans. Be sure to tune in every Thursday as we take a look at sports in America from a different perspective…
Welcome back to the rebirth of the column that started it all. This week... Read More
Filed under Baseball, Columns, Football, Soccer · Tagged with allegiance, American League, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Davor Suker, fanhood, Football, Green Bay Packers, Houston Astros, Houston Oilers, inter milan, Joe Carter, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitch Williams, National League, new york giants, New York Mets, Newcastle United, Oil Can Boyd, Paul Molitor, Real Madrid, Roberto Baggio, San Francisco 49ers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Redskins, Wyoming Cowboys
Posted by Zach Bigalke on April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We’re into the rum rations now, and I’ve got this nagging feeling that I’m coming down with Stanley Cup fever. I’m fiending for yet another crack at the Bruins after Montreal played their cardiac role to perfection in getting all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Flyers. But there’s more to it than just the rivalry at stake.
Every year we get the joy of watching underdogs rise up and hold their own... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on April 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Boy, do I really need a new pair of glasses. Constructed as much out of electrical tape and Gorilla Glue as they are the original frames these days, my literal worldview just keeps getting more and more askew as they warp and wind around. Yet despite the fact that I seem to be harder on spectacles than Djokovic on his rackets, I keep on persevering. Perhaps that’s why I always see things a little differently… and that’s not necessarily... Read More
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