Natural promo here: The Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are offering 1,800 complimentary ticket vouchers to their July 6th game with Colorado Springs if the Broncos win the Super Bowl. Why natural? The last two weeks the national media has been heavily covering Denver QB Peyton Manning‘s use of Omaha as an […]
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Saints’ Snowball Classic set for Midway Stadium
The weekend of February 1-2 will be a big time for outdoor events: besides the Super Bowl, the St. Paul Saints (independent; American Association) are hosting the Summer Shandy Snowball Classic at Midway Stadium on Feb. 1, as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. The event, sponsored by the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, will […]
LA Coliseum teetering on edge of insolvency
Iconic Los Angeles Coliseum, former home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is facing insolvency and could be handed over to the University of Southern California. It’s a tough situation for the facility first built to honor World War I veterans. The state doesn’t have the money to maintain the facility, and the cash reserves for […]
Sheriff Joe calls off chain gang at the All-Star Game
No surprise Sheriff Joe would be elbowing his way into the spotlight during the All-Star Game, but it sounds like cooler heads prevailed over the craziness as Arpaio scrapped plans to have a chain gang picking up trash outside Chase Field Tuesday night. Arpaio, for the uninitiated, is the controversial Maricopa County sheriff whose law-enforcement […]