Using the results from the Economic Report of President, LinkedIn published their calculations of ”fast-growing” and “fastest-shrinking” industries over the last five-years. You’ll never guess (snarky) which industry ranked No. 1 as the “fastest-shrinking?” Newspaper. No surprise, right?
You can’t be shocked by the NFL report released Friday. If you are, see a doctor. Submit to gullibility testing. Certainly, the news that former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams spearheaded a “bounty” to cripple opponents is barbaric, but it’s no surprise. Athletes are competitive by nature; fueling that passion with such primitive tactics is as old as Chuck Bednarik, Dick Butkus, Jack Tatum, Jack Lambert and Lawrence Taylor.
Bobby Valentine has not managed a major league game in a decade, but one thing is for sure, he hasn’t missed a beat. The new Red Sox manager has been busy filling the Fort Myers, Florida air with vim, vigor and vitriol.
I don’t know if Ryan Braun took performance-enhancing drugs, neither do you. The only person that knows the truth is Ryan Braun, a Rookie of the Year, a four-time All-Star and Silver Slugger Award winner and now, officially, the reigning National League Most Valuable Player.
If you question Jeremy Lin’s value to the NBA, consider this: Since Lin’s breakout game as a New York Knick three weeks ago the nation followed the deaths of Don Cornelius, Whitney Houston and Gary Carter, Josh Hamilton’s drug relapse, Super Bowl XLVI, Madonna’s halftime show, Hines Ward and Ricky Williams retirement, Kate Upton’s SI Swimsuit cover release, Adele’s Grammy sweep, Roland Martin’s suspension, Stephen Colbert’s disappearing act and Elizabeth Smart’s wedding. In every tragedy and triumph of every media cycle in recent weeks only one storyline consistently captured the world: Jeremy Lin.
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