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July 2, 2006

I came across an interesting thread at Football Outsiders the other day discussing a column at SI.com by Mike Silver ranking the team owners in the NFL. (Yes, it is definitely the dog days of summer when making a list of billionaires passes as journalism.) To cut to the meat of the article, Patriots owner […]

June 19, 2006

The Green Bay Packers reported over the weekend that the team’s revenue rose to $208 million, the seventh-best in the NFL. That might seem like little consolation for fans still smarting from the dismal 4-12 season last year, but it is great news that the league’s smallest-market team can compete so well financially. Like it […]

June 4, 2006

Matt Millen strikes another blow for effective management in the NFL. The Lions on Wednesday signed Ross Verba to a deal that will pay the former Packer defensive lineman $4 million to play this season. According to ESPN, the contract gives Verba a $2.2 million signing bonus and a base salary of $1.8 million, but […]