Friday, May 22, 2009

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Photo: Colors of the World Unite.

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:36 AM PDT


No, that’s not a face paint representation of the Prem’s nationalities - it’s David Beckham launching England’s bid for World Cup 2018 this past Monday.

Notice the only kid looking towards Becks is the English boy. What a good lad.

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SN Today: Cavs' James, Caps' Ovechkin dominate player of the year voting

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Monday, May 18, 2009

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Sporting News Today: Heat is on Lakers, Celtics in Game 7s

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

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    Slogans Needed for World Cup 2018/2022 Bids

    Posted: 14 May 2009 01:40 PM PDT

    If you read our post back in February, you’ll know that 11 bids to host World Cups 2018 or 2022 have been submitted. FIFA will announce the two winners in December 2010, so the 11 bids have until then to campaign each other into submission.

    As any movie studio executive will tell you, a good tagline is the centerpiece of of any campaign. And as any online guru will tell you, crowdsourcing is the future of pretty much everything. So the people at DesignBay are running a crowdsourcing experiment to try and find a tagline for the Australian bid.

    Called the The $1 Crowdsourcing Experiment, it’s inviting the public to submit a 100 characters or less tagline for Australia’s World Cup bid via Twitter. The winning tagline wins a $100 prize. Just so we’re clear, the winner won’t be the actual Aussie World Cup bid slogan, but the big idea is to prove that supercheap crowdsourcing can be just as effective as hiring a big expensive PR firm.

    The results so far have been mixed. Entries like “Kicking it Down Under” seem pretty straightforward and could very well be exactly what a highly paid consultant would deliver after pocketing $300,000.

    Other entries are less usable, but much more entertaining:

    “More awesome than the Commonwealth Games (if that is possible)!”
    “The Soccer World Cup -It will be just like the olympics but without the blue line or Nikki Webster”
    “We only bid for it because we never thought we’d qualify properly, dammit”

    Any of those three would get my vote, but I guess that’s why I’m not in charge of promoting World Cup bids.

    But if I was… then here are the taglines I’d go with for each of the other 10 bids:

    Belgium & Netherlands
    “Screw you Luxembourg!”

    England
    “Hooligan free since ‘93″

    Indonesia
    “Just imagine: Your team might be in our group!”

    Japan
    “No sharing this time”

    South Korea
    “See above”

    Mexico
    “Swine flu? What swine flu?”

    Qatar
    “Oil = $$$”

    Russia
    “Because Vladimir Putin said so, that’s why”

    Spain & Portugal
    “Why not learn both our languages?”

    USA
    “We’ll show more interest this time, promise”

    If anyone has any other suggestions, please feel free to share…

    Sporting News Today: Dominant Dwight pushes Celtics to Game 7

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    Thursday, May 14, 2009

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    UEFA to Ukraine: Try Harder

    Posted: 14 May 2009 05:10 AM PDT

    The UEFA Executive Committee met in Bucharest yesterday (presumably over a very nice buffet lunch) to discuss infratructure progress potential Poland and Ukraine’s eight (four each) potential Euro 2012 host cities.

    The results were… mixed. Poland got a pass, but Ukraine pretty much got yelled at.


    Four cities in Poland were officially confirmed: Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, and Wroclaw (no Krakow, which was surprisingly only a reserve city).

    UEFA believes the four confirmed cities…


    “are currently in a position to fulfil the conditions for hosting matches at UEFA EURO 2012™ despite the huge amount of work that still must be undertaken to guarantee the full and proper implementation of the tournament requirements.”

    So not exactly a glowing endorsement, but nice to have it rubberstamped.

    The news was not so good for Ukraine, where just one city - Kyiv - was confirmed. But only as a group stage, quarter-final and semi-final host, not for the the final. Even worse, Ukraine’s three other planned host cities (Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv) were very conspicuously not confirmed.

    UEFA’s standards are probably pretty high. Kyiv’s subway has ‘effin chandeliers (pictured above) so it can’t be all that bad. But their judgment on Ukraine’s infrastructure didn’t beat around the bush:


    “The comprehensive review showed important shortcomings regarding infrastructure in all Ukrainian cities in question. Significant work must be undertaken to meet the minimum requirements for an event the size of a final tournament of the UEFA European Championship.”

    When you consider that Poland’s two reserve cities (Krakow and Chorzow) could also have been confirmed if needed, it’s possible that the balance of four cities for each co-host might suddenly become five-three or six-two in Poland’s favour, unless Ukraine gets things up to scratch.

    Nothing to panic about just yet though. UEFA has set a final deadline of November 30th, 2009 (about six months from now) before doing another review, and Michel Platini has made it very clear that Euro 2012 will almost definitely be happening in Poland & Ukraine, no matter what:


    “We must respect the decision of the Executive Committee of 18 April 2007, when it awarded the organisation of the European Football Championship 2012 to Poland and Ukraine. This was again emphasised by the UEFA Congress in March 2009, when it stressed the importance that the staging of this world-class event will have to further promote and develop football in the eastern part of Europe.”

    Finally, some semi-important financial news for those planning a trip to Euro 2012: Due to the impact of the global recession/depression/meltdown/apocalypse, it’s very possible that Poland won’t be switching currencies and adopting the euro in January 2012 as planned.