Bluhalo is reporting that sports websites got the most Web traffic in June 08. Read more here. How cool is that?
Author Archives: Marc
It pays to play
July 1, 2008 – 6:44 pm
From the Wall Street Journal Blog:
Using survey data that followed the lives of thousands of Germans from 1984 to 2006, the German Socio-Economic Panel study, Mr. [Michael] Lechner [of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland] found that sports-playing adults saw a boost in income of about 1,200 euros per year over 16 years when [...]
Luca Toni’s Goal Celebration: Had enough of it?
February 18, 2008 – 9:57 pm
Luca Toni, who plays soccer for Bayern Munich and the Italian National Team, is a great striker – one of the world’s best. He was a leading goal scorer in Serie A for the past few years and is now top of the scorer’s table in the Bundesliga. Now even though he’s a great player [...]
New Nike shoe – for Native Americans only
September 26, 2007 – 8:53 am
Nike, for the first time, has designed a shoe for a specific race or ethnicity. The Air Native N7 is designed with a larger fit for the distinct foot shape of American Indians, and has a culturally specific look.
Nike designers and researchers looked at the feet of more than 200 people from more than 70 tribes [...]
iLovetoPlay.com™ on VC-TV (part 1 of 3)
August 13, 2007 – 1:56 pm
I did a video interview with VC-TV. It’s being featured in 3 parts. Check out part 1.
It pays to play…
August 5, 2007 – 10:11 pm
…if you’re Canadian, and only under very specific conditions. The Canadian government, starting this year, is offering a tax deduction to “players on sports teams or members of recreation programs”. Check it out: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/business/topics/payroll/whatsnew-e.html. Let us know if you qualify!
Facebook is dead…
July 31, 2007 – 12:46 pm
…for a little while because they’re doing a system upgrade. I don’t know how long it’s going to be down for (it’s been about 10 minutes now), or how often they go down for maintenance, but I can’t help but ask myself: how much money are they losing every minute they go down for maintenance? Oh, [...]
