The Worlds Top paying sports person per country

[sammymaguire]

The EPL stands out as the Big one. Stats like these can hide the real picture of earners. John O'Shea probably would not be in the top 100 earners in the EPL.

This link shows a more Real Picture
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6354899

How old is that? Portsmouth were some payers back in the day.

I don't see Man City on there anywhere 

[tyssam5]

Italy, Rossi, 20 million a year for motorbike racing, no idea that would pay more than F1!

[dec]

Really? 162 games! feck me thats some going.
How many times do the clubs play each other?

The teams in the same division play each other 18 times in a season, usually 3 games at a time.
eg here is the Red Sox/Yankees schedule for this year

Fri 4/8    @BOS 9, NYY 6    Box Score
Sat 4/9    NYY 9, @BOS 4    Recap
Sun 4/10    @BOS 4, NYY 0    Recap
May 13, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:05 PM ET
May 14, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:10 PM ET
May 15, 2011   BOS @ NYY    8:00 PM ET
Jun 7, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:05 PM ET
Jun 8, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:05 PM ET
Jun 9, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:05 PM ET
Aug 5, 2011   NYY @ BOS    7:10 PM ET
Aug 6, 2011   NYY @ BOS    4:10 PM ET
Aug 7, 2011   NYY @ BOS    12:00 AM ET
Aug 30, 2011   NYY @ BOS    7:10 PM ET
Aug 31, 2011   NYY @ BOS    7:10 PM ET
Sep 1, 2011   NYY @ BOS    7:10 PM ET
Sep 23, 2011   BOS @ NYY    7:05 PM ET
Sep 24, 2011   BOS @ NYY    12:00 AM ET
Sep 25, 2011   BOS @ NYY    1:05 PM ET