Over the past two and half decades, John Mayer has become on of the music industries' top performers. On Saturday night, the pop-music sensation, who bizarrely (and thankfully) became member of Dead & Company with the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, entertained a packed UBS Arena for over two hours, by himself.
The big winner these days in sports wagering is the State of New York. In the gambling report released by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Wednesday, it revealed that the Empire State is far exceeding expected tax revenues from sports wagering. Sounds great? Well, there is a good side and a bad side to every story.
Hockey fans constantly make jokes about the NHL and how they continually botch easy marketing opportunities. The league's television blackout rules, especially for fans that are paying for every available premium service that the NHL has to offer in the Capital District of New York, are comical.
For New York sports fanatics, 2023 is heating up like another very special year. If you are a "New York" NBA and/or NHL fan, 1994 was one for the memory banks. And, something happened on Wednesday that hasn't occurred since '94.
Last week on ESPN's First Take, Stephen A. Smith stated that Stanley Cups shouldn't count toward a city's championship total, enraging hockey fans everywhere.