Top Stories published by Jeff Sharon in 2014
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The NHL Needs to End Its Dead Puck Era

The NHL is still licking its wounds from the lost season of 2004–2005. While I’ve already expounded upon how the league can find its truest audience previously, as far as improving the game on the ice, there’s one thing the league can do right now to enhance…


How to Fix Baseball, Part II: Fix the All-Star Game

This year’s MLB All-Star Game is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15th at Target Field in Minneapolis.

That sentence contains one of the several things that are wrong with the Mid-Summer Classic. TV ratings for the…


How to Fix the NBA Draft Lottery

Right after the Cleveland Cavaliers further solidified their futility as a sports franchise by scoring the number one overall pick in the NBA Draft for the third time in four years, the NBA did something very smart that they’ve never done before: They released the video…


Why 14 Playoff Teams is Not a Bad Idea for the NFL

At the annual owners’ meetings, the NFL tabled a proposal to add one playoff team per conference until next year. Make no mistake: this is going to happen. We will see seven teams from each conference in the NFL Playoffs in 2015, and there’s…


How Crowdfunding Can Save Pro Sports

It’s easy to get cynical about the business of sports in 2014. The tickets cost too much. The players make too much The owners offer the players too much. Not everyone hustles. There’s no competitive balance. The list goes on.

These were the top 10 stories published by Jeff Sharon in 2014. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2014 by using the calendar at the top of this page.