News and Notes from the past few months

May 11, 2011:

For many college hoop and sports fans the unthinkable happened as CBS did not renew Gus Johnson's contract.  Gus Johnson will be making the move to FOX.  He will be calling PAC12 College Football games this fall and it looks like he will be also announcing some NCAA games after the football season and continuing his duties with the BIG TEN network.  We can only hope that they can reach an agreement for him to announce NCAA tourney games next March otherwise it just won't be the same.

NY TIMES: Gus Johnson leaving CBS to move to FOX

June 30th 2011:

The NBA can't reach a deal with players and has caused another major lockout for US professional sports.  This one expects to be ugly and there is a real chance the NBA season may not happen in 2011-12.  The NBA is looking to re-vamp the economic framework for the game, which probably means more focus on hockey once Football and College Hoops is done in March.

NBA Goes into Lockout Mode

July 21, 2011:

After the US Department of Justice shut down some very popular online gambling domains (PokerStar, Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet), two more major players in the online gambling world pulled out the USA.  BetJamica.com and thegreek.com who are trust sport books are no longer serving US customers.  Very disappointing turn of events for online gamblers.