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.
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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 March 24, 2011 · 2 Comments
So I finally followed through on a promise I’ve been making for some time. After several years of watching my hair slowly grow out from buzzed beginnings, blossoming outward like one of those Chia Heads before flopping earthward in a mane around my shoulders and down my back, I’ve done something altruistic for a change. For years my wife has suggested, given my ability to grow one prodigious head of hair, that I should donate the tresses... Read More
Filed under Baseball, Columns, Cycling, Formula 1, More, Soccer, Tennis · Tagged with adjustable rear wing, Adrian Newey, Adrian Sutil, Aldo Costa, Australian Grand Prix, Australian Open, Barcelona, Baseball, Bridgestone, Bundesliga, cancer, Chelsea, Cipressa, classics, Corso Raimondo, Cycling, doping, drug testing, Dubai, Emmanuel Garcia, EPL, F-duct, F1, Fabian Cancellara, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, FIA, Filippo Pozzato, Force India, Formula 1, Giro di Lombardia, Grand Slam, hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin, Indian Wells, inter milan, Jensen Button, La Liga, Lewis Hamilton, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Major League Baseball, Manchester United, Maranello, Mark Cavendish, Mark Webber, Matthew Goss, McLaren, Mercedes, Michael Schumacher, Milano-Sanremo, mlb, monuments, Nico Rosberg, Novak Djokovic, Paris-Roubaix, PED, Philippe Gilbert, Pirelli, Poggio, Quick Step, radio, Rafael Nadal, RB7, Real Madrid, Red Bull, Renault, Robert Kubica, roger federer, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Ross Brawn, Sauber, Schalke, Sebastian Vettel, Serie A, Shakhtar Donetsk, Soccer, Stuart O'Grady, tennis, Tom Boonen, Tottenham Hotspur, UCI, UEFA Champions League, winning streak
Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 3, 2011 · 2 Comments
I’ve been thinking the past few days about just how blessed I am as a sports fan. Perhaps it is just the glow after finishing the first draft of my first book, achieving the New Year’s resolution I set on the first of January 2010 of having this thing completed and ready to edit by the 31st of January 2011, that has me all aglow. If — nay, when – everything goes right, one way or another, the book is going to be in print before the... Read More
Filed under Football, Hockey, More, NCAA, NFL, Soccer · Tagged with Celtic, Champions League, EPL, Football, Green Bay Packers, hockey, inter milan, La Liga, Lombardi Trophy, Milwaukee Brewers, mlb, Montreal Canadiens, ncaa, Newcastle United, NFL, nhl, Oregon Ducks, Pittsburgh Steelers, Real Madrid, Rose Bowl, Serie A, Soccer, SPL, Stanley Cup, Super Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers, World Series, Wyoming Cowboys
Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 28, 2010 · 3 Comments
The sports world is in another one of those moments in the year where everything begins to crunch together at once for fans in the United States. The NBA joined the NHL this week in starting its regular season. College football enters its stretch drive, while the NFL prepares for its second half of the season. Oh, and there’s that matter of a few more baseball games to be played in San Francisco and Arlington…
But that is just the tip... Read More
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