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NJ Nets Try to Give Fans Something to Smile About

3 March 2010

The NJ Nets are desperately trying to give their fans something to smile about this year. They’ve now announced that they will give NJ state residents who are 18 years and older and attend the Nets home game this Friday a coupon for a free state tax return. The promotion is a partnership with the [...]

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Israel Tax Authority Raids Basketball Club Offices

26 October 2009

Israeli tax authorities have acknowledged a raid on the management offices of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team. The team, known as מ.כ. מכבי אלקטרה תל-אביב in Hebrew is a professional basketball team based in Tel Aviv, playing in the Israeli and European basketball First league. It is the basketball division of the Maccabi Tel [...]

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Are You Reporting Your March Madness Winnings?

27 March 2009

It’s March Madness! My brackets stink (thanks Duke, Wake, really) so I have no worries. The office pool is so not going my way (not that there’s any money this year anyway). But how about the rest of you. Are you planning on reporting your winnings? Let us know by voting below: DisplayVote57640();

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The Shill of the Game

14 October 2007

No, that’s not a typo. These days, it seems, it is all about the dollars. Even in college sports – or maybe especially in college sports. The headline on this week’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday Edition, blared “Raising Funds – and eyebrows” – the story about the push to raise money for colleges through athletics made [...]

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NCAA: Ball Is In IRS’ Court

22 November 2006

NCAA President Myles Brand has (finally) responded to the ongoing inquiry into the tax-exempt status of the organization in a 25 page letter posted on the organization’s web site.  The response initially had an October deadline – I guess somebody forgot to tell the folks in Committee that it’s college football season.  You can’t expect [...]

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