Sporting News Today: Vick says 'sky's the limit' for him, Eagles

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WorldCupBlog Poll: Pelé vs Diego Maradona Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:26 PM PDT The question of Pelé vs Diego Maradona and who is the greatest footballer of all time, is largely pointless. Both were brilliant, but in different positions and slightly different eras. Plus the debate is somewhat disrespectful to the likes of George Best, Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio and others. So I’d decided never to raise the question here on WorldCupBlog. But then Digeo Maradona intervened. Here’s what El Diego said in an interview with FIFA.com to hype the upcoming Argentina vs Brazil World Cup qualifier (September 5th people, mark your diaries)… Q: There’s a constant debate between Brazilians and Argentinians over whether Pele or you is the world’s best ever player. Is it possible to make a comparison given you played in completely different eras? DM: Do you know what? I played in European football for ten years while Pele played in South America. Yes he won World Cups and everything, but playing in Europe is something else entirely. Not that that makes me much better than him or anything like that. When I played, the man-markers in Spanish and Italian football were like hunting dogs. They never left me alone. Pele had Coutinho and Rivelino, who for me is one of the best ever, alongside him. And then there was Jairzinho, Clodoaldo, Gerson and Tostao. Those guys were brilliant. Oh well, what matters is that when the people voted, he came second behind me. Nobody can take that away from me. And there was another vote in Brazil in which he came second behind Ayrton Senna. He needs to stop coming second! Tell us what you really think Diego! El Pibe De Oro is right that he topped a poll on FIFA.com. But he neglects to remember that Pelé came top in a separate poll, leading FIFA to recognize them jointly. From a January 2001 FIFA article: Pelé and Diego Maradona are the players of the century. The Brazilian was voted number one by the readers of FIFA Magazine and the FIFA Football Committee, whereas the Argentinan topped the poll on the fifa.com website. Both were honoured by FIFA in Rome on 11 December. So, somewhat predictably, we’ll put it to a poll here on WorldCupBlog. Who was the better footballer: Pelé? Maradona? Or someone else altogether? If you choose “Other”, please let us know who in the comments.

How Many Rings On That Nigerian Tree Again? Posted: 26 Aug 2009 08:10 AM PDT If someone were to announce that a significant number of African footballers have slightly fictitious birth certificates, nary a gasp would be heard in the room. When matters like birth certificates are handled all loosey goosey (technical term) and date of births more a guesstimate than exact science, it’s easy to see how some would want to take advantage of this to make some money, win a few more trophies. But just how many might be worth a slight gasp: 15 of 38 players have been booted from the Nigerian U-17 football team for age cheating before the FIFA U17 World Cup. It gets particularly bad in that Nigeria is hosting the tournament as defending champions, meaning expectations were sky-high. Worse yet, their group includes such giants as Germany and Argentina. Bad juju all around. This all came about through MRI age determination testing conducted recently, and the total of 15 is actually a bit less than speculated. It was originally thought Nigeria would be showing up at the tourney with precisely 7 players in town, but at least now they can field a full team. The “guilty”: Kabiru Borgo, Abiodun Akanda, Ariyo Olubukola, Habeeb Bello, Deji Joel, Yakubu Azeez, Ogungbe Ganiyu, Orji Kalu, Justice Chinedu, Chinedu Udegha, Amadi Moses, Solomon Enudi, Dubem Awaziem, Esse Joseph Junior and Olaitan Gambari The only next course of action is to release the actual determined ages of these players so we can chuckle when it’s revealed a bunch of 30 year olds were trying to pass off as 16. It’ll be like 90210 all over again. There’s another worry about this finding which will probably be looked at once the furor of the upcoming tournament dissipates: the Nigerian kiddie teams have been good in recent history. Really damn good. In fact they’ve won this particular tournament three times since 1985, a feat only equaled by those Brazilian cats, who tend to be half-decent at the football thing. Chances are some of their recent successes will be up for review (though what can be done about it is a mystery). But the good news is the FIFA U-17 World Cup isn’t until late October, so Nigerian authorities will have ample time to find players in their mid-20’s who will be able to pass the tests with flying colors.

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Sporting News Today: Eagles' Vick has attention of NFC East foes

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Sporting News Today: College football expanded coverage: BCS conference reports, player diaries, schedules

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Why Oklahoma State, LSU, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss will live up to lofty rankings

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Sporting News Today: Statement week for three MLB teams

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Sporting News Today: Five NFL teams still have snap judgments to make

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

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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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Sporting News Today: Contenders begin critical weekend

MAMUDU, Your August 21, 2009 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Second game of comeback a real blast for Brady Boise State hits our college countdown at No. 14 DeCourcy: NCAA may not have delved enough before voiding Tigers' Final Four run Leitch: Working for a pro team not so far-fetched anymore Iverson might have long wait for the call 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&110492&149385&15952&0000&1236484794&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