Icahn Reports Chesapeake Energy Stake Equal to 7.56% Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios Strikes Out in Rhode Island By Michael McDonald - 2012-05-25T19:34:05Z Enlarge image 38 Studios LLC CEO Curt Schilling Curt Schilling, chief executive officer of 38 Studios LLC and a former Boston Red Sox pitcher. Curt Schilling, chief executive officer of 38 Studios LLC and a former Boston Red Sox pitcher. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg Former Boston Red Sox pitching star Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC game-making company is “disintegrating” despite state efforts to save it, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said. “We are doing our best to salvage this, but the situation is very dire,” Chafee said today in a Bloomberg Television interview. The company dismissed workers yesterday, according to Nicole Romeo, a Labor ... Continue reading →

James F. Goldstein at an NBA game June 12 (Bloomberg) -- So you think you're a die-hard sports fan? A real insider. Well, just because you're a regular on the sports-talk radio scene, capable of reciting statistics from memory, doesn't make you a member of the club. Having season tickets, a vanity license plate -- something like GNTZFAN1 -- or a Fathead on the wall doesn't qualify, either. There are casual fans. There are fanatics. And then there's James F. Goldstein, better known as Jimmy, who spends more than $300,000 a year to feed his hoops habit. ``I've taken it to a level no fan ever has,'' Goldstein said the other day while we were watching the Boston Celtics practice. He was there, strolling the ... Continue reading →

Scott Soshnick (@soshnick) Posted Wednesday 23rd May 2012 from Twitlonger NFL Players file collusion claim: Washington, D.C. – The Class Counsel under the Reggie White settlement agreement and the NFL Players Association today filed a complaint, on behalf of the NFL players, charging the NFL, its clubs and their owners of collusion during the 2010 NFL season. The complaint details a conspiracy to violate the anti-collusion and anti-circumvention provisions in the White Settlement Agreement (SSA) by “imposing a secret $123 million per-Club salary cap for that uncapped 2010 season.” The written claim is filed with the United States District Court of Minnesota, which oversees the SSA and alleges that the league and owners acted illegally and “solely by self-interest, unconstrained by their clear and unambiguous ... Continue reading →

Scott Soshnick (@soshnick) Posted Tuesday 22nd May 2012 from Twitlonger NFLPA statement on safety: "Any change in working conditions is a collectively-bargained issue. While the NFL is focused on one element of health and safety today, the NFLPA believes that health and safety requires a comprehensive approach and commitment. We are engaged in and monitor many different issues, such as players' access to medical records, prescription usage and the situation with professional football's first responders, NFL referees. We always look forward to meeting with the NFL to discuss any and all matters related to player health and safety." http://tl.gd/hh6cki · ReplyReport post (?) Continue reading →

Golden State Warriors Returning to San Francisco After 41 Years By Scott Soshnick - 2012-05-22T17:00:01Z The Golden State Warriors are returning to San Francisco, where the team’s owners are planning a privately financed arena to house the National Basketball Association franchise. The Warriors in a statement said the new waterfront arena, which will be built on Piers 30-32 near the foot of the Bay Bridge, should be ready in time for the 2017-18 NBA season. The team currently plays at Oracle (ORCL) Arena in Oakland, the club’s home for the past 41 years. Under terms of the agreement, the City will provide the land. The Warriors, owned by Joe Lacob, managing partner at the Bay area-based venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and ... Continue reading →