Baseball has its Cactus League: spring training in Arizona, where for the first time as many teams are based as in Florida. For the first time, MLS teams set up camp in Arizona, and it has been asuccess. Facilit ies at Casa Grande’s Grande Sports World and Phoenix’s Reach 11and as well as college fields […]
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Antonucci: Positive signs for Year 2
[WPS] Preseason begins Monday aroundWomen’s Professional Soccer a month ahead of its Year 2 kickoff. An impressive list of offseason signings confirmed WPS is the top women’s league in the world. Off the field, it’s been two stepsforward and one step back, as the league has added teams in Atlanta and Philadelphia, but the Los […]
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Portsmouth books Wembley date
[ENGLAND] Bankrupt Portsmouth may be headed for relegation — with or without any penalty points deducted — and there is some doubt whether it will surviveuntil the end of the season, but it continues to show signs of life in the FA Cup, where it booked a semifinal date at Wembley with a 2-0 win […]
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Mediator will join MLS labor talks
Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union have agreed to meet next week in Washington, D.C., to continue collective bargaining agreement negotiations and have accepted the invitation of George H. Cohen, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, to serve as a mediator during the discussions.
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Mediator will join labor talks
[MLS] Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union have agreed to meet next week in Washington, D.C., to continue collective bargaining agreement negotiationsand have accepted the invitation of George H. Cohen, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), to serve as a mediator during thediscussions. The exisiting Collective Bargaining Agreement expired […]
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Making last-minute World Cup plans?
[TRAVEL WATCH] The countdown to the World Cup has begun in earnest. It’s 96 days until the finals kick off. Many American fans have obtained tickets for thefinals but are still trying to find affordable flights to South Africa. Others are weighing their options. Here’s what’s available … Emirateshas flights from New York, Houston and […]
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Dellacamera moves to ESPN Radio for World Cup
[RADIO WATCH] JP Dellacamera, ESPN’s lead commentator for telecasts of the U.S. national teams and Major LeagueSoccer matches, will head ESPN Radio’s lead broadcast team for the 2010 World Cup. Dellacamera, who has called the last six World Cups for a variety of networks and was NBC Sportslead commentator at the past two summer Olympics, […]
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ESPN's World Cup coverage to have British accent
[TELEVISION WATCH] Ian Darke, who works for London-based Sky Sports, and ESPN commentators Adrian Healey and Derek Rae, will join Martin Tyler as play-by-play match commentators forESPN’s English-language coverage of the 2010 World Cup in the United States. Darke, Healey a nd Tyler are all English, while Rae is a native of Scotland. Tyler, who also […]
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Garber confident there will be no strike
[MLS] Speaking for the first time since talks between Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union broke off, MLS Commissioner Don Garber said he’s hopeful the start of MLS’s 15th season is not affected by the labor impasse but added the league wouldn’t make any move just to avoid a work stoppage. Garber says […]
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Breathless at Red Bull Arena
Grant Wahl tours Red Bull Arena, the $200 million-plus home of the New York Red Bulls scheduled to open March 20 against Santos of Brazil (withRobinho), and comes away … well, “a little breathless.” Wahl calls Red Bull Arena “the most advanced, state-of-the-art soccer stadium in the Western Hemisphere (atleast until Chivas de Guadalajara’s futuristic […]