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From Plaxico to ticket prices: Sports roundup
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Jen Poyant, Jeff Beresford-Howe
Friday, December 5 2008
Rogue football players, baseball winter meetings and ticket pricing.
Super models and football: Christie Brinkley throws a ball to the audience at USO game in Bosnia on Dec. 22, 1999 (USA.gov)
Major League Baseball season just wrapped up but the league's Winter Meetings begin Monday in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the San Fransisco Giants are moving ahead with an unprecedented ticket pricing scheme and the NFL is employing a new tactic to keep players in check. Jeff Beresford-Howe, the Takeaway's very own one man tailgate party, joins us to talk sports.
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The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
