LeBron James is a business, man
Signed with the Miami Exhilaration , the NBA audience was treated to study after study, blog shore after blog post, and article after article about how much LeBron would be value to whatever city he played in. Estimated economic impact ranged from a ton of bundle to several tons of money, depending on who was offering the numbers. And while the adulthood of that money would come from ticket sales, there were still several other profitable avenues to observe.Smartly, the Miami area isn't even waiting for the Superfriends to garb up before it cashes in. Check out some of the Heat-themed promotional items the Associated Host uncovered .
• The LeBron Burger (OneBurger in Coral Gables, Fla.): "It starts with Kobe beef (a nod to Los Angeles Lakers ' matchless the leader of the two-time reigning NBA champions), with Swiss cheese, an onion reverberate (think championship ring) and jalapenos (for heat, er, the Enthusiasm)." Price unknown.
• The "LeBroyal Treatment" (Seven Seas Aveda Spa & Salon at the Newport Beachside Inn): "A collection of six items, an homage to James' new jersey. It features a rub-down, manicure, personal training session, jet-ski rental, aptitude package and to top it off, a six-pack of beer." $149.
• The "Zeal Suite" Source: Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Tour de France 101: What's the peloton?
The front rider in the peloton takes the shock of the wind and air, cutting wind drag for rear riders by up to 40 percent.
The peloton changes sculpture with the winds. A headwind narrows the peloton, so fewer riders must brawl the wind. A backwind widens the peloton, so more riders take gain of the push. A side wind turns the peloton into a echelon set-up (think fighter plans) so that only the side-most rider battles the discernible.
One team normally controls the front of the peloton, rotating its lesser riders to the front of the pack to devise a draft for their stars (such as Lance Armstrong). A team might try to animate or slow the peloton depending on strategy.
Hundreds of cyclists could be riding in the peloton at any noted time, with only moments to react to changes in pace, conclude, or crashes.
Michael Barry, a cyclist and author of “Entrails the Postal Bus: My Ride With Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Cycling Group,” describes life in the peloton in a column for The New York Times:
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