There’s an iconic photo of Tony Hawk in 1983, sitting on his skateboard inside a drainage pipe. The pipe is located within a network of ditches and irrigation canals in Cardiff, near San Diego—nicknamed “Sanoland” for the sanitation plant at San Elijo Lagoon. In the photo, taken when Hawk was Read more…
Many professional athletes can struggle financially once they retire. One big exception is former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal. It’s no secret that former athletes often experience post-career money problems. In the NBA, for instance, a staggering 60% of players go broke within five years of leaving the sport. Click here to read Read more…
The NCAA announced on Wednesday the support of a proposal for college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. The day marked an important step in the NIL legislation, which should be formally passed in January and put in place in time to start the 2021 football season. Read more…
If an NFL draft prospect is drinking out of a soda can while being shown on the April 23-25 broadcast, it can’t be Coca-Cola. And if he’s eating candy, it can’t be a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Those are only two of the rules on a long list of corporate do’s Read more…
Like many Americans around the country, Gwen Berry is weighing her financial options. She is thinking about filing for unemployment, or seeing if she can get a day job, like the one she once held at Dick’s Sporting Goods, to help stem the financial tide left behind by the coronavirus. Read more…