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Photo: Mexico’s US Voodoo Doll Posted: 07 Feb 2009 02:10 PM PST Remember last week when I was talking about the voodoo doll for Mexican fans to use on the US? I now have a photo. Not precisely sure this is the same one. That one was a Radio Shack promo, this comes from the Mexican sport magazine Record. I’m guessing it’s the same one, though. I’m also guessing that if you checked their shipping invoices, you might find that they came from Radio Shack headquarters. And that Radio Shack made them a really good deal. Photo: OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images

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Sporting News Today: ACC leads another crazy Saturday of college hoops

MAMUDU, Your February 08, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue The ACC: The Always Crzy Conference A-Rod reportedly tested positive for steroids in 2003 Harvick sneaks past McMurray for Shootout win Asomugha expects to receive franchise tag again Kauffman Stadium overhaul on track If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Just click here or email him/her the link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&31680&103981&11944&0000&652738560&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28207

Sporting News Today: High-profile hoops teams on the rebound

MAMUDU, Your February 07, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Top college hoops programs on the rebound NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver capsules With Haley, Pioli, Chiefs could rise quickly Guide to MLB spring training No. 8 Marquette upset by South Florida, 57-56 If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Just click here or email him/her the link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&31679&103944&11943&0000&1835204608&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28207

Sporting News Today: Biggest questions for MLB contenders

MAMUDU, Your February 06, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Question marks for MLB contenders NFL combine invitees Report: Chiefs hire Haley Top 10 free agent QBs Kobe scores 26 as Lakers win in Boston, 110-109 If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Just click here or email him/her the link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&31518&103871&11901&0000&655753216&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28207

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Is Olympic Football About to Die? Posted: 05 Feb 2009 06:40 AM PST I think the answer might be yes. Partly because no one ever writes a blog post with a question in the title unless the answer might be yes, but mostly because both FIFA and UEFA are making plans to kill it off. Slowly but surely. The current Olympic rule - players must be Under 23, but with three over-age exceptions - caused absolute mayhem last August, with players like Rafinha and Leo Messi getting into long long arguments with their clubs about whether they should be allowed to go and play or not. It wasn’t pretty. And now FIFA (an organization that clearly has no love for Olympic football) has proposed (and UEFA has approved) two more nails in the Olympic football coffin: 1. No more overage players (that would have meant no Ronaldinho at the 2008 Olymics, for example) and 2. Going from Under-23 to Under-20. So basically the Olympics would become an Under-20 football tournament. Don’t we already have one of those? It’s called the FIFA U-20 World Cup and is played every two years (next one is this September/October in Egypt). With the U-20 World Cup being even years and the Olympics being odd years, that would mean three consecutive years with U-20 tournaments. A little bit of U-20 overkill maybe? I understand that it’s hard to come up with alternatives. I’d personally be in favour of placing no restrictions on players ages and letting the Olympics flourish as a football tournament. Even if clubs don’t have to release players, maybe national teams should just negotiate with clubs and put together the best team they possibly can. Then at least you’d get teams filled with players who definitely want to be there. But I don’t see FIFA - or the big clubs - letting that happen. And with Olympic soccer already struggling for respectability, the absence of almost any big name players will probably be the beginning of the end. Olympic football could soon go the way of Olympic baseball and be voted out of the games.

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Sporting News Today: National Signing Day winners and losers

MAMUDU, Your February 05, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Hammerin' Hank turns 75 National Signing Day winners and losers DeCourcy: Miami stuns Wake Clemson routs No. 4 Duke LeBron gets 52, triple-double in win over Knicks If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Just click here or email him/her the link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&31371&103798&11859&0000&370802688&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28207

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Photo: Dive Right In Posted: 03 Feb 2009 04:30 PM PST Do you suppose next time he’ll bring his floaties to the game? (Juan Barretto/AFP/Getty Images)

Poll: Who Do You Want to Host World Cup 2018/2022? Posted: 03 Feb 2009 09:24 AM PST Yesterday (Feb 2nd) was the deadline for World Cup 2018 & 2022 hosting bids. So now we know who wants to have the big party at their house. And the 11 submitted bids, in alphabetical order are [drumroll please....] Australia Belgium & Netherlands England Indonesia Japan South Korea Mexico Qatar Russia Spain & Portugal USA An expected bid from Egypt appears to have been lost in the post. The big rule is that the same confederation can’t host both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. So countries from the same continent are essentially bidding against each other. Here’s how it breaks down by continent: AFC: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Qatar (that’s one keen confederation) UEFA: Belgium & Netherlands, England, Russia, Spain & Portugal CONCACAF: USA, Mexico My guess is that we’ll see England and Australia emerge as hosts, and beer companies everywhere will celebrate. England’s bid is strengthened by Sepp Blatter not being too fond of joint bids (bad news for BelNeth and Sportugal), while Australia seems to be the most realistic bid from Asia (given that Japan & South Korea co-hosted the last but one World Cup, greedy). Likewise, the USA hosted in ‘94 (not all that recent, but not all that long ago) and Mexico has already hosted two World Cups so might struggle to make a case for a third. All eleven bids will be getting this lovely letter (warning: pdf) from Sepp Blatter, and then the process proceeds on this timetable: Compliance with deadlines, ancillary documents, incorporated annexes… Who knew the world of football administration was so exciting? The deadline that really matters is December 2010, when the fate of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be decided. Just for kicks, let’s try a mock vote ourselves. No ancillary documents required. Vote for any two of the following, making sure not to choose two from the same confederation, and we’ll see who gets to host our fantasy World Cup 2018 and 2022… This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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Sporting News Today: National Signing Day for top recruits

MAMUDU, Your February 04, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue National Signing Day for top recruits Kyle Singler's diary Final NFL stats The NFL's top free agents Ohio State upsets No. 12 Purdue, 80-72 If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Just click here or email him/her the link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&31274&103735&11836&0000&1697513472&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28207