Philadelphia awarded 16th MLS franchise

Seeded on Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:16 AM EST (Soccer By Ives)

The wait is finally over Philadelphia, Major League Soccer is coming to your city. MLS has chosen Philadelphia to become the league's 16th franchise, sources told SBI on Wednesday night. The announcement is set for next Thursday.

sports, soccer, philadelphia, mls, st-louis, major-league-soccer

Seattle to MLS in 2009

Seeded on Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:52 PM EDT ()

Major League Soccer's 15th team will be its first in the Pacific Northwest.

sports, soccer, seattle, mls, major-league-soccer, seattle-sounders

Adu-led US stun Brazil

Seeded on Fri Jul 6, 2007 10:51 PM EDT (fifa.com)

Freddy Adu set up two goals for Josmer Altidore as the United States claimed an unlikely three points against Brazil in Ottawa.

sports, united-states, soccer, brazil, freddy-adu, u-20-world-cup, josmer-altidore, leandro-lima

Dangerous side effects to HPV vaccine

Seeded on Wed Jul 4, 2007 3:20 PM EDT (That's Fit)

Gardasil, the Merck drug aimed at preventing HPV (and, thus, cervical cancer) — which you'll remember was mandated as a required immunization for Texas girls by governor Rick Perry (and wisely overturned by the Texas legislature) — is looking not to be the safest of vaccines: …

health, texas, merck, rick-perry, hpv, cervical-cancer, gardasil

Real Salt Lake's Leadership Shaken Up, Kreis Retires to Become Head Coach

Seeded on Thu May 3, 2007 2:20 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

While this seed only points to a post positing the rumor that this would occur, Real Salt Lake is currently affirming the following moves via press conference:General Manager Steve Pastorino has tendered his resignation.Head coach John Ellinger has been moved to a technical direc …

sports, soccer, mls, real-salt-lake, jason-kreis, john-ellinger, steve-pastorino

FIFA Makes 2010 Cup Back-Up Plan

Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:37 AM EDT (BBC News)

Football's governing body has contingency plans in case South Africa cannot host the World Cup in 2010, Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said. South Africa's preparations have been dogged by delays and there are fears its stadia will not be ready.

sports, soccer, japan, usa, mexico, england, spain, world-cup, south-africa, fifa

Jones to retire after 2007 MLS season

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:44 PM EDT (ESPN.com)

LOS ANGELES -- Cobi Jones planned to retire before the 2007 season -- but when the Los Angeles Galaxy signed David Beckham, he decided to play another year.

sports, soccer, los-angeles, mls, major-league-soccer, los-angeles-galaxy, cobi-jones

Steve Jobs Decries DRM

Seeded on Tue Feb 6, 2007 3:29 PM EST (Apple)

In a letter concerning the iTunes Store FairPlay DRM that can only be used (portably) in iPods – an issue that's recently gotten Apple into trouble in some European countries – Steve Jobs writes:The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely.

technology, music, apple, ipod, itunes, steve-jobs, drm

Nintendo "Recalls" 3.2 Million Wii Remote Straps

Seeded on Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:18 AM EST (Kotaku)

After staying mum on the issue since launch, the publisher finally admitted they had an issue to the Associated Press and then announced that they are replacing Wii straps for those who would like the peace of mind of knowing that when they play Wii Sports they won't be caving i …

technology, video-games, nintendo, wii, nintendo-wii

Toronto FC selects 10 players in expansion draft

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:26 PM EST (ESPN.com)

The following ten players were picked by Mo Johnston to fill in the beginnings of the Toronto squad:Paulo Nagamura, Los Angeles Galaxy.Danny O'Rourke, New York Red Bulls.Jose Cancela, New England Revolution.

sports, soccer, mls, major-league-soccer, toronto-fc

FC Dallas nabs Serioux from Toronto FC

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:18 PM EST (MLSNet)

So much for stocking up on the Canadians, Mo...FC Dallas today acquired midfielder / defender Adrian Serioux, who was selected by Toronto FC from the Houston Dynamo in today's MLS Expansion Draft, and Toronto's natural second round pick (14th overall) in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft …

sports, soccer, mls, major-league-soccer, fc-dallas, toronto-fc, adrian-serioux, ronnie-obrien

MLS implements Designated Player Rule and other competition initiatives

Seeded on Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:36 PM EST (web.mlsnet.com)

I know Mydree already seeded the "Beckham Rule" news, but the MLS Board of Governors also unveiled a few other details about the upcoming season, such as:The conference system is sticking this year, with Toronto FC joining the Eastern Conference.The season will be reduced to 30 g …

sports, soccer, mls, major-league-soccer

Government has another chance to assert "state secrets" in AT&T case

Seeded on Wed Nov 8, 2006 10:38 PM EST (Ars Technica)

This summer, good news came for the EFF when AT&T's sought dismissal of their NSA wiretapping case under the state secrets privilege was denied.

politics, privacy, nsa, at-t, national-security-agency, eff, electronic-frontier-foundation

Stream the Entire Sufjan Christmas Box Set

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 7:38 AM EST (Pitchfork)

If you're among the masses of hipsters that helped propel Sufjan Stevens into indie superstardom in the past couple of years, chances are you've nabbed a few of his annual Christmas recordings on the internet.

entertainment, arts, music, christmas, sufjan-stevens, asthmatic-kitty

MLS: Joseph suspended, fined; Martins fined

Seeded on Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:07 AM EDT (web.mlsnet.com)

The Major League Soccer Disciplinary Committee today suspended New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph one game and fined him $500 for violent conduct in the Revolution's 1-0 loss to the Chicago Fire on Sunday, Oct. 22.

sports, soccer, mls, new-england-revolution, colorado-rapids, shalrie-joseph, thiago-martins

50 Things You Need to Know About the Texas Gubernatorial Candidates

Seeded on Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:51 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Did you know that Carole Keeton Strayhorn played a sheriff in Roadie? That Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring school districts to spend at least 65 percent of their budget in the classroom when most were already doing so? That Kinky wants to repeal all anti-smoking …

politics, texas, governor, rick-perry, kinky-friedman, chris-bell, carole-keeton-strayhorn

Nintendo slyly hints at Wii release date

Seeded on Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:09 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

With the Internet being what it is, it did not take long for gaming enthusiasts to crack the code.

technology, nintendo, wii

Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case

Seeded on Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:33 PM EDT (eff.org)

A federal judge today denied the government's motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in illegal spying of millions of ordinary Americans.

politics, privacy, nsa, at-t, domestic-spying, national-security-agency, eff, electronic-frontier-foundation

Zidane and Materazzi fined and banned by FIFA

Seeded on Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:10 AM EDT (Reuters)

Zidane, who has retired as a player, was fined 7,500 Swiss francs ($6,014) and handed a three-match ban by FIFA's five-man disciplinary committee following his red card for head-butting Materazzi.As he is no longer a player, he offered to undertake three days of community servic …

sports, soccer, fifa, zidane, zinedine-zidane, materazzi, marco-materazzi

Disgraced Zidane wins World Cup Golden Ball

Seeded on Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:47 AM EDT (ESPN.com)

I'll avoid the "Most Valuable Headbutt" joke for now. I wonder how many voters would have been swayed had the vote occurred after the shootout.

sports, soccer, france, italy, world-cup, zidane, zinedine-zidane, golden-ball

Apple quietly responds to whining (of MacBook Pros)

Seeded on Sat Jul 8, 2006 2:07 PM EDT (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Apple is finally replacing the logic boards in whiny MacBook Pros, putting me one step closer to buying one.

technology, apple, macbookpro

World Cup 'keeper Hislop joins FC Dallas

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 1:18 PM EDT (mlsnet.com)

Trinidad & Tobago's outstanding goalkeeper is coming to the MLS! From the article: FRISCO, Texas -- In a signing expected to be perhaps the crowning touch on making FC Dallas an MLS Cup contender, the club Wednesday announced the acquisition of Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Shak …

sports, soccer, world-cup, mls, dallas, fc-dallas, trinidad-tobago, shaka-hislop