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5 Companies Glad the NBA Lockout Is Finally Over
3:00PM 11/30/2011
After months of bitter negotiations, NBA owners and players finally agreed to terms, and a pro basketball season will start on Christmas Day. So who besides players, owners and fans will benefit? Let's start with stockholders in these companies.
When it comes to the profit side of the pro basketball lockout, nobody wins -- except maybe basketball fans' savings accounts. Those fans and the money that the now-shuttered NBA stands to lose will not migrate to another sport.
We learned last week that former NFL star Chris McAlister, a three-time Pro Bowler, is broke and living with his parents after just a year out of the league. But he's hardly the first sports icon to blow through the cash in a flash. In his honor, here are our 10 favorite professional asset-annihilating athletes.
NCAA Rules Trap Many College Athletes in Poverty
4:00PM 9/13/2011
College football and basketball players are getting played instead of getting paid: Though they bring in the big bucks for their institutions of higher learning, more than 8 out of 10 of those FBS student-athletes are living below the poverty line, according to a new study.
The Best Deal in Football? Score Some Major College Tickets
11:30AM 8/26/2011
Maybe the labor fight between the NFL's billionaire owners and millionaire players left a bad taste in your mouth. Maybe the league's average ticket price of $76 is just too much. But whatever the reason, you feel you deserve a deal on football. How about major college tickets?
Your Ticket to Part-Time Scalping: 10 Tips from the Experts
10:00AM 8/11/2011
In a shaky economy, you might be tempted to moonlight as a scalper for extra cash. Brittany Menard, author of "The Ticket Broker Guide," offers advice on how to do it right. Here's what you need to know to conquer the ticket trade part time.
The owners of Boston's Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins recently held a panel to discuss ways to cut ticket prices for the average fan -- and came up with virtually nothing. So DailyFinance asked experts and fans for creative ways to push ticket prices down. Here are the 10 best we heard.
Steer Income Your Way By Renting Driveways and Garages
8:15AM 4/18/2011
Americans love their cars. After all, this is the country that gave the world the Model T -- and the Corvette. And thanks to our automotively affectionate culture, some homeowners have the potential to generate income from renting out their garages or driveways.
What Will the Networks Show If There's No Football?
7:00AM 3/16/2011
As the NFL lockout continues, television networks -- which spent billions of dollars to secure broadcasting rights to National Football League games -- are scrambling to fill what could become a gaping hole in their programming schedules.
StubHub Hits Sweet Spot With Dirt-Priced Baseball Tickets
2:00PM 2/20/2011
Repeat after me: Spring training is only practice. That's why you have to jump on the cheap Major League Baseball regular-season tickets already popping up on StubHub.
StubHub, the MLB-sanctioned ticket reseller for private parties, is offering single-game bargains hotter than a pennant race in...
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