Monday, August 24, 2009

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Sporting News Today: Pac-10 is the new home of elite running backs

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Friday, August 21, 2009

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USA World Cup Bid Hosting Cities Down to 27

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT

Bidding to host a World Cup is about more than just the logo. It’s mostly about the cities and stadiums you have to offer.

So while the various nations are bidding against each other to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the cities within those nations are also competing to be part of the official bid.

In the case of the United State’s 2018/2022 bid, the shortlist is now down to 27 cities. From those 27, a final 12 to 18 cities must eventually be selected.


According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer (now online only!) the remaining 27 candidate cities (and stadiums) are:

Atlanta
, Georgia
Georgia Dome
71,250

Baltimore
, Maryland
M & T Bank Stadium
71,008

Boston
, Massachusets
Gillette Stadium
71,693

Charlotte, North Carloina
Bank of America Stadium
73,778

Chicago, Illinois
Soldier Field
61,000

Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Browns Stadium
72,000

Dallas
, Texas
Cotton Bowl
89,000

Dallas, Texas
Cowboys Stadium
100,000

Denver, Colorado
INVESCO Field
76,125

Detroit
, Michigan
Ford Field
67,188

Detroit
, Michigan
Michigan Stadium
108,000

Houston, Texas
Reliant Stadium
71,500

Indianapolis, Indiana
Lucas Oil Stadium
64,200

Jacksonville
, Florida
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
82,000


Kansas City
, Missouri
Arrowhead Stadium
77,000

Los Angeles
, California
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
93,607

Los Angeles, California
Rose Bowl
92,000+

Miami, Florida
Land Shark Stadium
75,540

Nashville, Tennessee
LP Field
69,143

New York/N.J.
New Meadowlands Stadium
82,000

Oakland, California
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
63,026

Orlando, Florida
Florida Citrus Bowl
65,616

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lincoln Financial Field
67,594

Phoenix/Glendale, Arizona
University of Phoenix Stadium
71,000

San Diego, California
Qualcomm Stadium
70,500

San Francisco
, California
Stanford Stadium
50,500

Seattle
, Washington
Qwest Field
67,000

Seattle
, Washington
Husky Stadium
72,500

St. Louis, Missouri
Edward Jones Dome
67,268

Tampa, Florida
Raymond James Stadium
65,856

Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium
45,600

Washington, D.C.
FedExField
91,704

The odd thing about the US bid is that very few of these stadiums are actually used for the beautiful game (unless you call NFL the beautiful game that is). The progress of soccer specific stadia is obviously a positive for soccer in the US, but the downside is that not many of these structures meet the 40,000 minimum seat requirement for a World Cup destination.

Not that this should be a problem. The atmosphere at FedExField for the recent Dc United vs Real Madrid friendly seemed lively enough. You could barely smell the gridiron. The only worrying thing is that leaving MLS stadia unused during the World Cup may tempt the powers that be into keeping the league running while the World Cup is going on. Stranger things have happened…

The USA bid will narrow the above list down to 12 to 18 cities by May 2010. Any preference for which cities and stadia should or shouldn’t make the list?

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Sporting News Today: Cowboys Stadium, Favre and Haynesworth to be unveiled this week

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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World Cup 2018/2022 Bidding Nation Logos and Slogans

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 08:57 AM PDT

Bidding to host the World Cup is all about infrastructure. You need quality stadia, reliable public transport and an absolute boatload of available hotel rooms.

But you also need a nice looking logo and a catchy slogan. So below are listed all the available logos and slogans for the various World Cup 2018/2022 bids.

Australia 2018/2022 - “Come Play!”


Belgium/Netherlands 2018/2022 - “Together for Great Goals”

(Together in theory, but the fact that the Netherlands side of the logo dwarfs the Belgian side is surely a coded message.)


England 2018/2022 - “…”

Deliberately slogan free. Apparently the “Football’s Coming Home” slogan for the 2006 bid was considered arrogant, so this time they’re not risking anything.


Qatar 2022 - “It’s Our Time”


USA 2018/2022 - “The Game is in Us”


(Despite furious Googling, I was unable to find logos for Japan, South Korea, Indonesia Mexico, Russia, or the joint bid from Spain & Portugal. So they must not want it as badly. If you spot any of these logois, please leave a link in the comments.)

Please feel free to compare the above (official) slogans with those suggested by World Cup Blog readers.

The main thing I’m noticing is that none of the above are particularly good. The USA bid looks like a nuersery/kindergarten logo, the England bid is just the word England badly shaped into a football, and Australia went with the rather unimaginative two kangaroos and a soccer ball. Only Qatar and Belgium/Netherlands get a passing grade.

The only explanation I can think of is that if any of the above bids are successful, they’ll have to come up with a whole new logo for the actual tournament. Which might explain why Qatar and Belgium/Netherlands have put the effort in early. Hopefully the other bids are just keeping their graphic design powder dry.

FIFA will announce the World Cup 2018 and 2022 hosts in December 2010.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Monday, August 17, 2009

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Sporting News Today: Nine new NFL coaches must resolve a key issue in preseason

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