he is an investor in the company. putting that into perspective james made about $19 million as salary from the heat last season and we re not just talking about financial freedom and his savvy for business deals for himself, this is a guy who put his career in the hands of childhood friends. usually that s kind of a mess. he s actually seeing them thrive as he notes in ebony, lebron eclipsed anything jordan ever did. jordan deals enriched jordan. lebron is connected so many of his peers with the warren buffets and tom warners of the world. so, is james a failure, ring chasing mercenary or is he winning at a much larger game altogether? joining me now, keith boykin a cnbc contributor and next to him sarah who is a brooklyn nets reporter for the yes network. also with me jason paige, host
from a quirky sport defined by regional rivalries to a true national game. college football has more fans than ever before, higher ratings, more lucrative television contracts than ever before, the question is why it has taken this long to figure out something as simple as how to pick a champion. what are the other major changes that are on the horizon for the sport. for this, i want to bring in anita marks, a member of the new york giants broadcast team, the radio host with nbc sports, mike uzani at forbes, co-host of forbes sports on money and the yes network, don mcpherson, former nfl quarterback and ncaa football hall of famer, don was part of syracuse s unbeaten 1987 team, which did not get a chance to play for the national title, and mike pesca, sports report we are npr. welcome to all of you. don, i ll start with you. we were prepared for this show, we were watch something highlights from the 1987 black and white. we saw your comeback against west virginia to preserve the
in his career. the yankees did have a chance to make it right in the bottom of the ninth. that one s driven deep to right field! there it goes! yankees win 5-4. michael with the call on the yes network. yankees win 5-4. a-rod home run but riviera, people worried about him. the yankees shave that lead now to ten games to the al east. wow. behind the red sox. this is a little too close for comfort. don t want to see that happening to riverarivera. you don t. i was thinking that. to kansas city where the royals are looking for their seventh consecutive series win hosting the red sox, bottom of the third, they lead 3-1, gordon drives one into the stands, 13th home run of the year. sox had a chance to tie it but ja cobe else bury strikes out and ends his 21-hit streak. they re 4 1/2 out of the wild card. the sox three games up on the rays in the division.
romney will face off for the debate tomorrow. their wives have already gone head-to-head in the kitchen for family circle s annual cookie bake-off. michelle obama s white and dark cookie beat michelle obama s m&m cookie by 287 votes. family circle insists it s been a bellwether in four of the last five elections. paul ryan is singing a jingle for dubuque, iowa, ham. how about a song? one, two, three, dubuque, dubuque i was singing the song, the ham used to dance around a little bit? mitt romney has a new york yankees connection, turns out. sort of. romney s blind trust sold its financial stake in the yes network. a new social media campaign asks you to listen to the boss.
their lives miserable.รง in fact, leonard says the baseball game is overshadowing their wedding, which is tomorrow. that s absolutely wrong. the couple, in fact, they want an apology from michael kay, the yankees play by play announcer who said they were insensitive. he has a good heart and he is a faithful person, he would own up and apologize. he did start it. unfortunately in today s society with social net working, you know, you put one thing out there and people attack. and they were. they were vicious. and they didn t stop. we reached out to the yes network. we re told kay will talk about it on his radio show that begins in a few minutes and hopefully he gets a nice wedding gift for the troubles that they ve gone through. that does it for us. what does your gut tell you? should the yankees play by play announcer apologize to the couple? we ll see if he does so in a few