New TV contract for MLB with Fox and TBS

Major League Baseball owner have agreed to a new contract with Fox and TBS that will run through 2013. The deal is reported to be worth $3 billion. TBS will show all of the first round games. They will share the NL and AL championship series, alternating leagues each year. Fox will get the ALCS next year, while TBS will have the NLCS. The World Series, All-Star games and Saturday afternoon regular-season telecasts will all remain on Fox. The owners voted unanimously to approve this deal on Thursday.

In possible replay new, General Manager meeting this week in Naples, Fla., asked a committee that deals with umpires to come up with recommendations on instant replay. Many GMs favor instant replay on fair and foul calls as well as disputed home runs.

NBA Stats on New Ball

Stats from 82games.com show the new ball may have improved not hurt the NBA game offensively. The stats show that turnovers are down from last year and points per game, field goal percentage, and free throw percentage are up. This comes after you have had a series of complaints about how the ball handles from NBA superstars like Lebron James and Steve Nash.

Lebron and New ball

Well, you can add another NBA superstar to the growing list of players who hate the new ball. James was quote as saying, “Sometimes you can grip it, and sometimes during the game it sticks to your hand. It won’t bounce, it will just roll on you. I don’t know why we can’t get used to this ball. But it’s just not good.” He also said that, “You can shorten our shorts, tell us how to wear wristbands, things like that. Change the dress code. But the one thing we care about is the basketball. When you start changing the thing we play with every single day, it doesn’t make sense to me — at all.” Commissioner David Stern is already on record as saying the ball will stay the same but I wonder if more and more of his league’s stars keep complaining will that change his mind. I think the players should have had more of a voice in the decision to change the ball, since they are the ones who will be using it. You already have Shaq and Steve Nash voicing their displeasure with the ball, now you have Lebron James, who to many is going to be the face of the NBA for some time to come.

Lebron James DVD

I’ve been reading Slam Magazine since I was in middle school. I have a subscription. I just got the most recent issue about a week ago. Inside the cover of the magazine was a DVD promoting Lebron James new sneakers. It shows how apparel companies are finding new ways to promo their products. The DVD has features on how they made the shoes, the commercial, and fans in Cleveland reaction to the new sneaker.

Bill Walker and Kansas State

Ohio prep star Bill Walker has sign scholarship aid agreement and will play this year. And the great news is his first game will be against our Kennesaw State Fighting Owls. Walker was teammates with prep superstar OJ Mayo. The Ohio High School Association ruled him ineligible for this high school season because he had already played eight semesters of high school basketball. Lets hope his twists his ankle during practice and can’t play that first game.