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Kay Yow: Successful Coach, Positive Person

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. 1) Become an optimist.  2) Face your fears and act.  3) Surround yourself ...READ»

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“Businessology” - What executives can learn from their NCAA bracket

- Three things to consider when making strategic decisions -READ»

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Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

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Can Livestrong Survive Lance Armstrong and a Doping Scandal?

The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.READ»

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Settlement reached in Bush civil case

A source has told Yahoo! Sports that former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush has reached a cheap Nike shoes settlement in a civil case brought by Lloyd Lake, one of the financiers of failed marketing ...READ»

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Sports Business: College Football Fans Vote With Their Eyes

College football is dead to me. And, apparently, if TV ratings are any type of accurate gauge, more and more sports fans share that sentiment. The average ratings for Fox's four Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games fell 13 percent ...READ»

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Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?

If you knew who Marcus Katz was, you would probably think he's crazy. Katz is a San Diego entrepreneur who made his money in private school loans. And now he's committed $75 million to start a new professional football ...READ»

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The Flutie Effect

20 years ago today, an undersized quarterback named Doug Flutie improbably threw a 48-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds to beat Miami in what is arguably the best play in college football history. (A BC grad myself, that play ...READ»

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The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor

James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports -- rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams -- by mending the world's best athletes (like the 62 pros on the previous pages) and driving medical innovation.READ»

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Leadership: When to Say Good-Bye

Tens of millions of Baby Boomers will be retiring over the next decade. Organizations are working diligently to plan for their replacements as leaders as well as hiring new recruits to fill new positions that open up due to ...READ»

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Alexandria Hyundai Dealer Launches March Sales Event

The Alexandria Hyundai March sales event features new lease options and special APR finance rates on Hyundai’s 2011 Sonata, Tucson and Elantra.READ»

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Go Shockers!

I've emerged, bleary-eyed but happy, from last weekend's NCAA men's basketball marathon with a new favorite team. Wichita State. I really, really want the Shockers to go to the Final Four. Really. I'm fired up because Saturday ...READ»

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That's Why They Call It March Madness

Here's a stat to mull over as the deadline for NCAA tourney pools fast approaches: $3.8 billion. That may sound like first prize in the office pool at profit-happy Exxon Mobil this year. But it's actually an estimate of the cost in ...READ»

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Innovation: Engaging "Raging" Consumers

A Sea of Red and Green Not having gone to a big football college, I was excited to get a ticket to this year's 96th Rose Bowl game, a classic match-up between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Oregon Ducks. Almost 100,000 college ...READ»

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The Evil of Madness

March Madness officially commenced Sunday, with the selection of this year’s 65-team draw for the college basketball championship. Let the insanity begin! This is, of course, not all fun and games. Oh, wait—it is all fun and ...READ»

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Are You on the Right Track?

It's exciting to rewrite the rules of business and build high-performance companies in record time. But when do you start to calculate the human toll associated with the pursuit of your personal success?READ»

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Leadership Lesson: David Brandon at Michigan

Leaders do not always get to choose the issues they will face. Sometimes they need to put out the fire before they can move forward.  Case in point is David Brandon, newly appointed athletic director for the ...READ»

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Kevin Plank - Fast 50 2003

DON'T SWEAT THE COMPETITIONREAD»

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March Madness, Self Confidence and Success

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  1) Become an optimist.  2) Face your fears and act.  3) Surround ...READ»

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Do You Love Sports? Web Got Game!

Whether you're the commissioner of a fantasy league or a Lakers fan exiled in Seattle, the best sports page is a Web page. Here's a guide to the digital wide world of sports.READ»

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She Leads a Championship Team

Abby Conklin discusses her slow start and fast finish as cocaptain of the Lady Vols -- and what she learned about leading.READ»

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The Red Sox Secret Lineup

How a marketing offshoot in Boston is playing the pro-sports business differently. READ»

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Oldest NFL Team Still Going Strong

Active players compose Michael Adams, J.J. Arrington, Monty Beisel, Bertrand Berry, Anquan Boldin, Alan Branch, Steve Breaston, Elton Brown, Levi Brown, Ralph Brown, Calais Campbell, Tim Castille, Karlos Dansby, Darnell Dockett, Early ...READ»

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From Super Bowl to Super Sales

What a salesperson can learn on a football field.READ»

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The NCAA is not a Fan of the Blogosphere

Or at least the ones who don't have express written consent to reproduce or retransmit any accounts of the game or descriptions thereof...For those of you who don't know, Brian Bennett, a writer for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, ...READ»