NY Fury coach Paul Riley, who led the Philadelphia Independence to two runner-up finishes in WPS, has a few thoughts about the future of the game, and it differs a bit from the Peter Wilt plan – more money, more months…
Monthly Archives: June 2012
The contrarian take on Silva-Sonnen
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A lot is riding on the upcoming UFC pay-per-view with Anderson Silva defending his middleweight title once again against Chael Sonnen, who grounded-and-pounded Silva for four-and-a-half rounds the first time they faced off before Silva pulled off the miracle comeback…
AmWoSo (W-League, WPSL) Power Rankings: June 25
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We got upsets. And we’ve got teams in the W-League Western fighting for those two playoff spots. In the East, the strange thing about the format is that the second-place team from the top seed’s division will advance. That means…
Single-Digit Soccer: The daisy-pickers’ future
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You know that player on your team who does his or her own thing while teammates play mob-ball? She might grow up to be a national teamer. (That said, she was 4 at the time. When a player is still…
A quick look at the Lance Armstrong impasse
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Cyclingnews has a solid overview, complete with some exclusive information, of the Lance Armstrong case, along with links to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s charges and Armstrong’s response. One item Cyclingnews raises through an anonymous source — the charges are not based on…
Title IX-related questions
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I pride myself on being less cynical than the typical journalist. And I’m certainly not someone to rain on the parade of Title IX’s 40th anniversary. Griping about an anniversary commemoration is like showing up at a July 4 fireworks…
TV viewing for the next two weeks
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How am I supposed to get any work done? (All times Eastern) Thursday, June 21 2:30 p.m.: Soccer, Euro 2012 quarterfinal, Czech Republic-Portugal (ESPN) 10 p.m.: Olympic trials, diving (NBC Sports Network) Friday, June 22 2:30 p.m.: Soccer, Euro 2012…
U.S. Olympic qualifiers at a glance
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Late last year and early this year, I did a bit of work compiling an Olympic qualification roundup for a website. We stopped updating the info on that site, but you didn’t think I was going to let all that…