MLB Free Agency heats up

After a thrilling 2011 season of baseball, free agency, the staple of the off-season, is beginning to heat up. Not often does the best player in the world become available in free agency, but with Albert Pujols failing to come to terms with the St. Louis Cardinals, he enters free agency as the top prize. Also on the market is elite first baseman Prince Fielder and former MVP Jimmy Rollins. The 2011-2012 off-season promises to be one of the best the league has ever seen.

NFL Breast Cancer Awareness Month a success

The end of October signifies the end of the Breast Cancer Awareness month in the NFL. Every year the National Football League strives to make fans of the NFL aware of Breast Cancer by producing many pink products to sell to the fans. The players also wear pink apparel such as golves and shoelaces. This has become a strong marketing campaign for the NFL the past few years and once again brought in substantial amounts of money for the organizations.

Boise State set to join Big East

In an attempt to save their automatic BCS bid, the Big East conference has invited recent NCAA powerhouse Boise State University. On thursday, the Idaho State Board of Education gave the university permission to join said conference. The biggest issue facing the University is the fact that the Big East Conference is in the eastern part of the country. A western division of the Big East would need to be made in order to accommodate Boise State.