Quick Hits

It’s the weekend! While all you 95ers were waking up early all week and texting and driving and rockin’ out and singing Call Me Maybe on your daily commutes, the I-95 crew was tweeting and blogging and reading and drinking coffee! Don’t worry, we do work too...sometimes...promise. You don’t believe us? We came up with this idea while we were working, ha!

Since launching I-95 SportsBiz last month, we’ve learned that we tweet a lot and drink too much coffee...and we’re proud of it! We’ve also learned that each week we have some sports stuff that we wanted to share, but didn’t have the chance in our weekly columns. So, we’re starting a new weekendly (possibly not a word, but we’ve already decided we’re sticking with it) post to share what we think are must reads from the work week!

With no further adieu, (insert pounding-your-hands-on-a-desk drumroll here) Here’s some quick hits to get you through the weekend! Enjoy!

NBC looks to jump in on the next MLB television rights.

Verizon is now the top spender in sports advertising dollars.

Maury Brown broke down how the MLB Draft compensation works.

Darren Rovell apologizes to readers after he was “duped”.

Wade Davis sits down with Amy K. Nelson to talk about being gay in the NFL. Write up on Outsports.com.

Ross Tucker finally said what someone needed to say.

Montaous Walton duped everybody by drafting and signing his own MLB contract.

This 6-year-old Giants fan wants to win at all costs, literally.

Thomas Menino, mayor of Boston, shows that he’s the city’s biggest sports fan...NOT.

A New York Mets blog finally writes the post it was created to make.

How to fall in love with second overall MLB Draft pick Byron Buxton in five minutes.

Rick Reilly says Lebron is being Lebron, the All-star that he is, and we’re all just being haters.

The Philadelphia Eagles made changes to their front office, shocking the sports world.

Denver Broncos Linebacker D.J. Williams baffled his organization when he tweeted pictures of the team playbook.