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QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) I disagree. I love the shootout in the regular season. As many OT as it takes for the playoffs, of course, but a 5-minute OT and shootout in the regular season is just right by me. If the Rangers are pissed that their season came down to a shootout, they had 81 other games to do something about it. Boo-hoo. Ditto. You can't have teams playing 3OT games in the regular season, so that just one can affect their next two or three. I think how the NHL does it makes complete sense, and you're right, if you barely miss the 8th seed and blame a procedural rule, you got some real nerves.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) Has D2 made an out any way other than a strikeout? I don't care how many extra-base hits he he has or his average, if he continually Ks at the current rate (1.5 per game) he will never be a solid major leaguer. And even if he cuts that to just one per game unless he hits for power like Howard or Reynolds, it still isn't going to cut it. Jordan brings a lot to the table athletically and other ways, but I just can't be excited over him til his K rate comes down significantly.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 12:20 AM) NIU has a sports management program, though they do require the GRE and aren't nearly as prestigious as NU. Mizzou is excellent for journalism and probably would allow you to bypass the rural areas and land you a great job. But who knows. I had some great clips, was good at editing, good internships, but I didn't want to do the journalism thing. So I never applied for any journalism jobs, but I figured the skills I have from being in journalism school: great verbal/written communication, editing, creativity will help me in sports marketing. However, most of my friends who are from Mizzou either got out of journalism or are starting in small places. The good thing about the NU masters is that they have an option for sports marketing, which is what I would like to do.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) How did you network with these people? What was your undergraduate degree in? I'll assume English because you need that qualification to teach high school English. What does it take to get accepted? I know that it is NU, and I'm not looking to go there. And I agree with you on working in something you aren't passionate about for long hours (and with journalism, it's low pay). Good luck with your Master's degree. It's one of those long connections: dad's best friend's brother-in-law is the agent/lawyer (he works full-time as an attorney with the sports agent stuff on the side). So once my dad told his friend that I was going to U. Illinois for law school, his friend told his brother-in-law and said I should send me resume because I wanted to use my law degree to work in sports. My undergrad was in journalism ironically from U. of Missouri, but I was thinking about a Master's in education somewhere. Northwestern said that the two biggest keys for acceptance are academic record (undergrad grades) and previous work experience in sports, whether that be full-time or internship. All in all, the application wasn't that bad, but I am kinda putting my eggs in one basket here with Northwestern b/c they don't require the GRE, so I haven't tried applying anywhere else where they might need the GRE.

It's also bad that the slow start likely will mean less walk-up crowds, which gives the Sox less money to add a player. With any other offense we are probably 4-1 right now.

Hawk with the premature stretch, just look at Rios and he knew he didn't get it out.

Well at least Freddy pitched well. Our offense is awful right now, but I think everyone knew that would be the weakness of the team.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 07:00 PM) Maggsmaggs, how did you get into working with the sports marketing firm? What is it called? Are you going to get a Master's in sport management or even a certificate from somewhere in sport management for your job? It's called Kaufmann Sports Management Group and it was because of Illinois law connection at first because both agents went there. I am applying to Northwestern for the Sports Admin program with an emphasis on sports marketing/public relations, so I am hopeful that I will get accepted. I realized I couldn't be happy as a lawyer since I am big into working out and working crappy hours for something I wasn't passionate about was not going to work, so I had to switch career goals pretty quick. It's been a whirldwind past two months going from graduating college, planning on law school, then not knowing what I wanted to do, thinking maybe high school English teacher, then settling on sports marketing, and now trying for the Masters.

QUOTE (G&T @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 12:55 PM) Well, then I say thank you for not being one of the many who go to law school only to complain about lawyers. Unlike most, I actually enjoy legal work, and the money is secondary. That's how it should be. There would a heck of a lot more lawyers who are pleasant to be around then. haha.

QUOTE (G&T @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:06 AM) Ya know, there are plenty of legal job that don't require those hours. Specifically for the government. I know, but then you don't make a ton of money. If that is the case, I would rather do something I truly have a passion for a career.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 03:47 PM) Weren't you talking about going to law school? If you go that route and do fine, you'll get a job starting at one of the big companies at double that (if it is out of a top law school). Albeit, right now it is really really hard to get a job in law unless you are coming from one of the big schools and are graduating near the tops of your class. Yeah no more law school. I would have gone to U. of Illinois, but I am working in a sports agency that is housed in a law firm right now and have realized that I don't want the life of lawyer no matter how good the paycheck. I would have never been able to work from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday thru Friday, then still go to work on many weekends. I realized that money would never be that important to me, so now trying to get into sports marketing. I can always marry rich!

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) Prostate and frosted mixed together? Haha. Oops.

Well crap, the job career I am choosing will not get me to that pay scale for quite awhile, even with a Masters degree. That's so disheartening in a way.

Life, Frostrated Flakes, Honey nut cheerios, frosted cheerios and frosted mini-wheats. I like the sugary kinds!

Mark T.

Honestly for me, there is nothing I love more than on a nice, sunny Sunday morning just running from my house to the beach and back. About 8 miles. I love just being one of the few people out that early on the morning, running on the sand near the water while listening to music. For me, it's just the definition of relaxation. Not to mention I eat whatever the hell I want after. Yesterday, ran 15 miles and 5 more this morning and just ate myself into oblivion and didn't feel bad about it. And congrats Greasy, 100 minutes for the first half marathon is awesome, especially on a tough course. No doubt you can break 100 minutes next time out.

Whoever said high scoring affair, I agree with. I just hope Mark doesn't give up 5 in the first inning. Cleveland hits him pretty well. He has a 4.97 ERA against them the last three years, although not having V-Mart will be big.

Kotsay

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 4, 2010 -> 01:11 PM) KW's evil laugh when Bernstein asked him about Ordonez using PEDs is all you have to know about the situation. Yeah I also think a certain "horse" might have been using something...However, as my screenname indicates, I still love maggs and he is still my third favorite White Sox of all-time after Frank and Mark.

Opening Day...The only day where players are on pace for 648 hits, 324 homeruns, 486 RBIs and 324 SBs

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 3, 2010 -> 06:36 PM) Hmm, businesses can't afford to pay someone so they could just do without which is cutting off everyone from gaining any experience. Instead, they will offer for free mentorship, supervision, and references to someone willing to put in some effort. Students are willing to pay huge sums of money for theoritical knowledge, but want to be paid for gaining practical experience? yeah but these internships should at least give students some financial support like travel reimbursement, lunch stipend and possibly other similar pays. I have been lucky in all my internships to actually do real work and have great learning experiences, but that's not the case everywhere. Even in my internships, I lose money because of the travel, but am lucky enough to be able to afford these real-life opportunities. But the fact is like others have mentioned, people who are aren't as advantaged economically get shunned out of these real-world experiences and instead have to work jobs completely unrelated to their futures to help their family and school bills. That system just isn't fair.

I completely agree with this. I have worked in only one internship for pay (at Pro Football Weekly) and the rest have been unpaid. My employers were literally getting away with murder for the amount of work I was doing and not having to pay anything, not even minimum wage. I couldn't agree more with making unpaid internships illegal. Opinions? More in the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business...wanted=1&hp

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 3, 2010 -> 02:42 AM) ND recruit dies in spring break accident Kind of sad. Seventeen years old and 4 years of college and a possible NFL career ahead of him and something like this has to happen. I hope and pray that alcohol wasn't involved. Same here very sad. But my first reaction when I heard he was on Spring Break was...Alcohol.

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I love 24, but it's easy to see they have run the gambit on different types of terrorists attacks. Excited for the movie however. Being a Seinfeld fan, I would put Kramer in the top ten. Although Seinfeld was so great b/c of writing and character cohesion, Kramer to me still made that show.