It's hardly a mystery why SUM is busily scheduling Galaxy preseason games in Hawaii, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong. This shameless pimping out - excuse me, I mean featuring of - David Beckham is probably inevitable. Aside from the...

Items that I have to use now because they're growing a little stale and I don't feel like going whole hog on them: In a development that seems intended to drive Dan over a cliff, Amway, everyone's favorite pyramid scheme, announced...

If you're looking to hire a Commissioner for a professional sports league that doesn't exist, I don't see how you can do any better than Tonya Antonucci. Over the course of the last three or four (or what seems like ten or twelve) years,...

This is fascinating, although it is Simon Kuper and we pretty much expect that out of him. Via Du Nord. He's only got three spots...

Philadelphia, huh? Wow. Did NOT see that coming. Philadelphians have booed Santa Claus and Mike Schmidt, but never Landon Donovan. That disorder of the universe will be rectified as of opening day in 2010, in what absolutely should but almost...

On the San Jose State University {Motto: "Win or Lose, We Booze!"} website there's a posting of a media release from the Athletics Department announcing that the San Jose Earthquakes will be on campus this Saturday for a scrimmage with the...

I'm not going to pretend to understand the constructs and statistical-type-data (I believe that's the engineeringl term for it) that became all the rage in Major League Baseball after Oakland's GM Billy Beane threw a box full of numbers into a...

So, at least four of these guys will be cut, perhaps six or seven, and then assuming qualification, three more will be bounced to make room for overage players. Tough gig....

EDIT - *cough* But it's not as good as the BigSoccer Shop! *deep, red-faced embarrassment* I think I'll pre-order the Galaxy replica if it doesn't have Herbalife on it. Otherwise, well, the Amigo Energy...

When you're a degenerate, corrupt thief scrambling to stay on the top of the heap, you can end up with some unsavory freinds. Jack Warner is a case in point. He has a freind named Patrick John. John used to be Prime Minister of Dominica...