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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sporting News Today: Five teams who have dropped from NCAA hoops elite
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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| Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:00 PM PST The arch for Durban’s WC 2010 stadium (Moses Mabhida Stadium) was such an achievement they threw a massive party just for its completion - the stadium itself still has some way to go. The genius aspect? A tram will hitch up to the underside of the structure and rise to the top of the curve for a 360 degree view of Durban. No idea if they’ll allow people to watch the games from that perch, but I could think of worse ideas should funding come up a bit short. The stadium looks like it’ll be one of the world’s premier stadiums - heads and shoulders above any in Africa, surely - or at least the designs after the jump would indicate such.        |
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Sporting News Today: Five players who have something to prove at the NFL Scouting Combine
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sporting News Today: What MLB teams could surprise in 2009?
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Sporting News Today: 'It's just a dream come true'
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Sporting News Today: Slam-dunk superheroes
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sporting News Today: As pitchers and catchers report, teams deal with rotation and bullpen issues.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
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| Frankie Hejduk Gets “A Little Love Tap” Posted: 12 Feb 2009 08:41 AM PST
Hejduk kept his cool - as if he’s used to getting slapped every day of his life - and Mexico’s players (with a little help from security) were able to hold Ramirez back and calm everything down. And Hejduk even had an explanation for what happened that should smooth over this international incident and avert the football version of WWIII:
Hejduk may not be the world’s greatest footballer, but he definitely gives awesome quote. Here’s video of the incident: This just adds another chapter to the USA vs Mexico rivalry, making the reverse fixture - August 12th, 2009 at the Azteca - all the more interesting. Circle that date in your diary.   |
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Sporting News Today: Where will this Sun set?
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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| Roger Guerreiroski’s Goal of the Year Candidate for Brazil Poland Posted: 11 Feb 2009 04:30 PM PST This is such an audacious attempt one would have to think it was a mistake but it’s clearly not. It’s also clearly one of the best goals we’ve seen in some time, as evidenced by the “what the fuck just happened” look plastered all over the Welsh keeper’s face. As you can see, Roger flicks the ball with the outside of his boot from the corner of the penalty box, over the keeper’s head and into the goal. Seriously, he’s Polish. Not Brazilian at all. [Spotted on 101 Great Goals]   |
| Sin Bins and Four Subs? The Power of the IFAB… Posted: 11 Feb 2009 10:53 AM PST
I did a bit of research into the IFAB, and here’s the lowdown: It’s made up of eight representatives - one from each of the four UK football associations and another four from FIFA. And if six out of those eight vote in favour of a rule change, then that’s how we all play football from there on out. Pretty damn powerful. Even FIFA’s own description of IFAB contains this sentence:
Wow.
FIFA came along in 1904, and agreed to play by the rules that IFAB had agreed on. That tradition has continued, only now FIFA’s four votes mean the UK associations can’t just dictate to the rest of the world. Otherwise they could have passed an emergency rule to qualify one of them for Euro 2008… The IFAB meets on February 28th this year, and here are the pretty radical things they’ll be proposing: 1. Sin Bin - as used in ice hockey and rugby. For minor offences that don’t warrant a red card, a player would have to leave the field and sit in the sin bin for five or ten minutes, giving an obvious advantage to the opposition. 2. Four subs - Sounds radical but it’s really not. Remember there used to be no subs, then teams were allowed one sub, then two and now three. With the size of squads today, and the pace of football, I think this would be a pretty good idea. 3. Clarification of offside - Remember when Ruud van Nistelrooy was judged to be offside at Euro 2008 because Christian Panucci was off the pitch? The law could be changed to make sure that never happens again. 4. Extended half-time - Right now it’s 15 minutes between halves, but the IFAB will discuss extending that to 20 minutes. Apparently this is because the dressing rooms are so far away in new stadiums that players spend most of halftime getting there. This would work for me because I always seem to miss second half kickoff while cuing for a drink.   |
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