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The Wage Gap in Pro Sports

Will equal pay for women arrive in the sports world? by John Gettings With solid television deals, big-time sponsors, and marketable players like two-time league MVP Cynthia Cooper, the WNBA…

The Wage Gap in Pro Sports: Cashing In On Fame

by John Gettings Eighteen-year-old Martina Hingis, who earned $10.1 million in 1998, was the only female athlete to crack Forbes magazine's list of the top 40 highest-paid athletes. Related…

San Francisco

(Encyclopedia) San Francisco San Francisco săn frănsĭsˈkō [key], city (2020 pop. 873,965), coextensive with San…

Sports Teams with the Same Names

The Question: I need to know the seven professional sports teams that have the same names, i.e. the Cardinals (NFL Arizona, MLB St. Louis), Rangers (NHL New…

Eddie Elias 1998 Deaths

Eddie EliasAge: 69 sports television pioneer and later a celebrity agent who established the Professional Bowlers Tour in 1958; helped turn bowling from a recreational sport to television's…

Jeanie Buss Biography

Jeanie Busssports management executiveBorn: 1961? Buss grew up in Hollywood, the third of six children of sports tycoon Jerry Buss. She studied business at the University of Southern…

The Name Game

The origins of professional sports team names by Mike Morrison and John Gettings Do you know why the Los Angeles NBA team is known as the Lakers, despite the lack of lakes in the Los Angeles area…

Child Birth and Full Moons

The Question: Is there any correlation between full moons and child birth? The Answer: For years people have tried to blame the full moon for increasing just…

Erin Andrews

Erin Andrews is a popular reporter for American college and professional sports. Erin Andrews graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with a degree in telecommunications. She put her degree…

Leon Hess Biography

Leon HessAge: 85 owner of the New York Jets whose oil fortune made him one of the wealthiest owners in professional sports; his wish to see his team return to the Super Bowl for the first…