From Amusement Business comes this headline:

Red Sox remain committed to Fenway Park

Okay, so now we know that the Red Sox are not committed to Fenway Park.

In other sports news, New York City unions evidently made history by pledging not to strike during the 2012 Olympics, if the Olympics are held in New York City - gee, don't do us any favors. There was no indication whether the unions might go on strike during the Olympics if they are not held in New York City:

President of New York's Building and Construction Trades Council Ed Malloy said: "This no-strike pledge is probably the biggest commitment we have given in the history of organized union labor.

"The Olympics is the greatest event in the world and I believe we are the greatest city in the world with the greatest labor force."

The biggest committment by organized labor was to promise to do their friggin' job? The IOC should deny NYC's bid for the Olympics on the grounds that it cow-tows to unions.

The Jets have been promised the 2010 Super Bowl if they build a new stadium on Manhattan Island? Arlington has been promised the 2011 Super Bowl. So, when does Houston get back into the mix? Jacksonville? The Super Bowl has become the one-and-done promise of the NFL. Next year the SB is in Detroit!? Even people who live in Detroit don't want to be in Detroit in February. My prediction, however, is that the Detroit SuperBowl will have the largest economic impact of any SuperBowl in the past thirty years - almost all of the tourist money will be new spending and not substitute spending.