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Manchester, NH: Sports Mecca

Well, we're getting there anyway.

Pro Sports Media has been based in the Queen City for almost one year now and with our clients like the Manchester Monarchs leading the way, Manchester is definitely the place to be and the place to be seen.

Congratulations to our little city of Manchester, NH, recently named as the 12th-best market for minor-league sports.

The study was done by Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal, who analyzed the country's 242 minor-leauge sports markets. According to the magazine, the Manchester-Nashua area (which includes our friends, the Nashua Pride) was ranked ninth in terms of the teams' tenure in the region, 18th in attendance per team and 29th for overall economic rank.

Unfortunately, we're also the most-overworked city in the country too, according to Men's Health.

Information gathered from the New Hampshire's Union-Leader.

Gone Again?: The Case Of The Absentee Sports Show Host

Most above-average interest sports fans have their favorite sports news personalities. Whether it's guys like ESPN's Stuart Scott, sports talk's Jim Rome or the NY Daily News' Mike Lupica, fans associate with certain people when it comes to hear and discussing the latest follies and happenings between the lines. With a lot of choices out there for sports media these days, it isn't tough to find at least one favorite voice among the crowd.

If lucky, some of these personalities are associated with their own show. Some of my favorites include ESPN's Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on Pardon the Interruption, ESPN's Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on the Mike & Mike morning radio show and Glenn Ordway on WEEI's The Big Show, the top-rated sports radio show in Boston.

Lately, I've noticed a trend that can be chalked up to vacation or just plain time-off, but I'm going to ask it anyway: why does it seem like the hosts of these shows are never on their own show?

Bonds HR chase is over...now what?

I couldn't sleep last night for a variety of reasons and decided to turn on the last few depressing innings of the Red Sox/Angels game. As I nestled up to the tv at the foot of my bed, I saw the scroller that I knew was coming for months now: BARRY BONDS HITS HOME RUN #756, SURPASSING HANK AARON TO BECOME BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME HOME-RUN LEADER. I watched the rest of the game, went to bed upset about the Sox's plight and woke up this morning like I always do.

This morning, the questions for those that care: "What's your reaction?" and "What now?'