Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Soccer cleats - Monolith Athletic Club Impressed by the USL Model for Future of Professional Soccer

Monolith Athletic Club, LLC, a sports and recreation holding company, has identified a potential opportunity in Syracuse, N.Y. to bring professional soccer back to the community. Syracuse, in the past, had a team that left after the 2004 season which was part of the United Soccer Leagues' First Division. "When we looked at Syracuse as a possibility it was important to be involved with a league ...
The wheels are in motion for former U.S. national team captain and midfielder Claudio Reyna to join the Red Bulls. MLS, which negotiates all player contracts, is "working towards that," one reliable source said. -- New York Daily News

Friday, January 12, 2007

Soccer cleats - Will 'Tebow time' start early for Gators?

Whether Florida football coach Urban Meyer will have budgeted his and his players' time well this week in Arizona, whether their hours spent practicing and meeting and conditioning and sightseeing and all that has been the proper mix, remains to be seen.
SIERRA VISTA It was intended to be a skills clinic for aspiring, young softball players, but it wound up also being a reunion for former Buena softball stars who have gone on to varying degrees of glory.
'Good hit - now follow all the way through," said coach Steve Craig, watching one of his young players smack baseballs in a netted batting cage at Mills Field. "I just love being out here. It reminds me of when I was a kid."
JAMES BROWN'S BODY STILL ABOVE GROUND: Plus, rape case against late legend to continue. *Two weeks following the death of James Brown, his body has yet to be buried due to unsettled issues with his estate, including the location of his final resting place.
H. Harold MacNeill of Wayland, who founded an engineering company, died Friday. He was 99. Born in Waltham, he had lived in Wayland for 47 years. Mr. MacNeill founded MacNeill Engineering Co. in 1931....
Gerard "Radio" Robinson had been the Banneker football manager for four years. A senior, he'd always wanted to play, but his mother was concerned because he suffers from cerebral palsy, a muscle disorder that affects coordination. Earlene Robinson finally gave in this summer, paying the required $130 and buying her son a pair of cleats. On Nov. 3, with Banneker losing 34-0 on Senior Night, coach ...
My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero was forced to return to the U.S. Thursday morning due to "a sudden attack of illness."