Ken Belson

Ratings, Sponsors, Rule Innovations, Maybe The Pro Bowl Does Work?

January 25, 2015 by eastwin5

This week the usual lament when on that has flowed the Pro Bowl almost since its existence; after all Vince Lombardi once called it “The Toilet Bowl” because of its lack of insignificance, and Bill Parcells often found ways around coaching in the game because the losers of the NFC and AFC title games are …

Newark Becomes A Sports Mecca?

May 25, 2011 by eastwin5

The idea of sports being an avenue for social change is pretty widely accepted, but the idea that sports brands and facilities being a motivator for economic change in a municipality has certainly been the cause of much more scrutiny, especially in recent years. A piece in the New York Times by Ken Belson last …