recession - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Bowl-Bound Schools Save Money By Spending Less MoneyIs the brunt of the recession over? Not for college football programs, some of which are being forced to take tinier charter planes to their bowl games. This is truly upsetting....

Heat Staff Find Their Paychecks In A Miami ViseWant to trim the budget during a recession, but can't get around that little matter of guaranteed contracts? Take a page from Heat, and cut the pay of the entire front office staff, including Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley....
Seeking Soccer Aficionados With $140 Million To Spare
"The Board of Newcastle United can today confirm that the Club is for sale at the price of £100m. Interested parties should contact Newcastle United at [email protected] (or Keith Harris at Seymour Pierce) for further details." [The Sun]...
The Wintry Economic Climate Finally Catches Up To The WWL
"ESPN began making a round of previously announced job cuts Wednesday, informing about 100 Connecticut employees that they would be laid off this week.The Bristol-based sports news network said in February that it would eliminate 200 vacant and occupied positions worldwide following a 60- to 90-day ...
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