Growing up in the northeast, hockey was a major part of Bill Everett’s life. Now a TV executive for a well known company, when he was younger he had expected to play it professionally reports The Denver Post. A slap shot shattered Everett’s dreams in 1970 and left a plate in his skull. But the […]
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Last year, New Orleanians rose up with one voice and beat back the mighty National Football League when it tried to assert ownership of their beloved Saints’ signature slogan. Turns out, maybe “Who Dat” belonged to a couple of guys in San Antonio all along. According to the Times-Picayune brothers Steve and Sal Monistere make
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According to Wired, the Concept 1, a $300 basketball shoe that features a proprietary springlike device under the balls of the feet, has been banned by the NBA since it may, in the words of a league spokesperson, give players an “undue competitive advantage.” Called Load ‘N Launch, the feature was developed by Athletic Propulsion
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In today’s episode, Rich Whittle talks with Brett Warner, inventor of the Better Exercise Experience Runner and how he used an MBA class to help him start his own business. Listen Now: Or download: Inventor’s Journal: BEX Runner Website: BetterExerciseExperience.com Facebook: BEXrunner If you would like to keep up with Bex Runner, join up as
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Super Bowl XLV is providing some small businesses the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to the NFL’s Emerging Business Program reports the Dallas Business Journal. And while those businesses say obtaining Super Bowl-related work has been fair and straightforward, some businesses from Super Bowls past say the program is oversold and hard to navigate. Bob
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With the second week of the NFL season just days away, The Cleveland Plain Dealer takes a look at some of the products available for the 21st century tailgater. Drill Blender You normally don’t have a blender in your truck, but you might have a cordless drill. That’s all you need to enter margarita and
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According to PR Newsire, a Long Island special education teacher has revolutionized big-league play-calling with BoomGuard, a brilliantly simple device that shields coaches’ mouths from potential lip-readers. Inventor Ramone Ward remembers the autumn Sunday in 2005 when it came to him: for all those NFL coaches holding laminated play cards over their mouths and running
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One entrepreneur has gotten really niche recently with his up and coming business, Hockey-Mama, reports StarTribune.com. Minneapolis ad man Doug deGrood has developed an Internet retail site devoted to hockey moms called, not surprisingly, Hockey Mama (hockey-mama.com). The apparel includes stocking hats, beanies, baseball caps, jackets and fleece vests bearing the Hockey Mama logo. According
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Aware of just how crazy his town was about Tim Tebow, Seth Finley launched a website dedicated to selling parody t-shirts reports the Denver Post. Although Finley isn’t getting rich yet, he figures the American Dream could come true. “I started a couple of months ago,” said Finley, whose real job is as the vice
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Today, Rich Whittle interviews Jennifer Letscher about her sport bottle wash, SKWEET.
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