Gary Bettman and the cheapskate owners killed the league as far as the general sports fan is concerned. To put it in younger person terms, this league has zero rizz. They will expand the league to 36 or 40 teams because it's free money that requires no work on their part.
Considering there is significantly less people in Texas than in Canada, even would be a bit strange of word here.
If you reached the highest peak in other popular-selling domain, you could Mike Tyson was one of the biggest star on earth, heavyweight and other popular weight class boxer were big star before the 2000s (Ali at one point outside politician could have been the biggest celebrity on earth), in the 80-s90s they invented the Top model category, Crawford-Schiffer for some obscure reason became celebrities (in an art form no one actually watched).
Hmm....mein memory got something mixed up with something else.
Interesting thing about the people you mentioned is often times it seems that famous people in those kind of fields are fluke or a TV journalist/writer made a myth (the only example I can think of right now is Mother Theresa).
Never heard the idea that Kasparov, someone that was the best chess player in the world for more ~15 years (highest elo achieved in the 80s, the 90s and 00s), a competition that is close to be as objective that something can be, without any judge, being a fluke. It is not uncommon for someone to be the best at chess for a long time, specially with the Reese comp I am not sure how it can compare to Stephen King and his 65 books 50 years career, Gunslinger was in 1970, Carrie in 1974, Misery 1987, 11/22/63 in 2011...
Wow.
I think these broadcasters want the quick buck, especially in an era where entrainment options are endless. They probably figure taking the time to develop KS too risky because it may not lead to anything concrete in terms of viewers or revenue.
What do Dallas ans Atlanta have in common? They are two of the largest cities in the U.S. City name matters. No different than brand name recognition.
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Then how are they making $5B in revenuebanf getting hundreds of millions of dollars from American networks? And the Dallas Stars are playing to a packed house tonight.
I'm not the one to ask about that one. Doesn't change the fact that Hockey is behind baseball, football and basketball in the US.
Braves were on Turner cable so a bunch of folks grew up watching them and they were good for all of the 90s. Cowboys were also elite in the 70-80s, had star players, and the DC Cheerleaders.
