MLS hosted a Business Summit in Columbus earlier in September, which offered a great opportunity for club and league employees to discuss ideas and align goals. Not surprisingly, social media was a hot topic of conversation, and I presented a session on trends we+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-re seeing in the space. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Ashley Preisinger becomes first female CEO of the Atlanta Dream
Ashley Preisinger will take over for Peter Canalichio as the first female CEO of the Atlanta Dream. If you look at the Atlanta Dream staff directory, you will no longer see Peter Canaliciho's name as CEO. He was named CEO on January 4, 2012. According to this article from the Atlanta Business … [Read more...]
Tina Charles’ MVP performance helps Connecticut Sun advance in 2012 WNBA Playoffs
NEWARK, NJ- The night began on an upbeat note for the home team. The Prudential Center crowd was pumped, the music blaring and the New York Liberty faithful were certain their favorites could protect 'our house'. The opening quarter had Liberty fans already planning the itinerary of a trip to … [Read more...]
InvictaFC 3 Preview Part 1
During this week of InvictaFC 3, we will preview the 14 fights of the card. You can watch InvictaFC 3 this Saturday at 4 p.m. pacific/7 p.m. eastern live and free on InvictaFC.com.+ACY-nbsp+ADs Malungahu Gomes The card opens with a featherweight bout between undefeated+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Katalina Malungahu and veteran … [Read more...]
Heart & Sole Half-Marathon Disaster
AM: 20 min w/u13.?? mile race in 1:21:11 (1st+ACoAKg) +ACQ-350 (off course)40 min c/d, 20 milesResults1st with many +ACoAKgAq..let me explain...I typically like to run a half about 3 weeks out from a full, so when I found this race online and saw that it was in Jonesboro and the payout was decent, I expected I … [Read more...]
Charles powers Connecticut to first-round sweep of New York
So this might very well be it. And if this is it, I'm okay with that. We fought just hard enough to make the playoffs and just hard enough to look respectable in Game 1. If we win, we win. If we lose, then Connecticut deserves to advance. The Liberty and Dinosaur Bar-B-Que hosted an … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - The First XI for September 30, 2012 - Virginia vs Duke
+ACY-nbsp+ADs Virginia's Caroline Miller Hopes To Have A Win To Celebrate on Sunday Against Duke (21) Virginia vs (12) Duke +ACY-ndash+ADs 2:00 PM The heat will be on in Charlottesville, as two clubs who came into the season with ACC title ambitions will try to avoid falling further behind at the halfway point … [Read more...]
Playoffs round 1, day 3: two sweeps complete
The Sparks staved off a Silver Stars fourth quarter comeback to win, 101-94. Candace Parker lead Los Angeles in their sweep of San Antonio with 32 points and nine rebounds. The Sparks advance to the Western Conference finals.The Sun came from behind to beat the Liberty 75-62, and swept their series … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - Quick Mid-Major Non-Conference Reviews - Atlantic 10, Big West, MAAC, Mountain West, Patriot, Southland, Summit, SWAC, WAC, Great West
+ACY-nbsp+ADs Atlantic 10 The preseason consensus was+ACY-hellip+ADs +ACY-hellip+ADs-Dayton was going to win the A-10 title in reasonably comfortable fashion, with Richmond and La Salle offering up the closest challenges to the Flyers. Solid seasons were also predicted for league newcomers VCU and A10 stalwarts … [Read more...]
Danielle West to Step in for Injured Elaina Maxwell at Invicta 3
Ex-patriot Danielle West will make her American MMA debut at InvictaFC as she will fill in for the injured Elaina Maxwell+ACY-nbsp+ADs-against+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Strikeforce vet Julia Budd Oct. 6 in Kansas City, KS. Maxwell suffered a+ACY-nbsp+ADs-concussion+ACY-nbsp+ADs-during training. West (4-3-1) is originally from Boston, MA but … [Read more...]