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Wall Street Journal : What Doomed the WUSA

Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Allen Barra. His focus is on building the game from the grassroots, like minor league baseball, instead of focusing on big market plays like the NBA. I agree. I have had a similar conversation with Dave Oster, GM of the Lake Elsinore Storm. They are successful by creating an experience. They work with the local community, and secure promotional partnerships. Corporate sponsorships are all over the stadium and the sponsors are treated well. Merchandising gives small teams a competitive edge and forces creativity….

Nick Rimando Suffers Torn Left ACL

“D.C. United announced today that an MRI exam performed today on Nick Rimando revealed that the goalkeeper has a torn left ACL. Rimando will undergo surgery next week and is expected to miss the remainder of the 2003 MLS season.” Nick blocked a penalty kick earlier in the game. Tough luck Nacho. Gotta be a soldier….

Blogging as a personal research tool

This week I was introduced to a new use for my blog : people trying to find out more about me. I was having some Beamish after soccer practice on Wednesday and some of my players knew things about me that I had never mentioned to anyone on the team. Today I checked my logs and I had about 11 unique visitors from my Yahoo! profile. (I use Yahoo mail as a social account) A few people I work with read my blog. One person was introduced to RSS for the first time today and I helped point him to…

Segways voluntarily recalled

Segway is recalling its human transporters for a software upgrage. If the batteries are near the end of charge you may fall. The software fix will probably decrease the allowed battery life. I assume all transporters are recalled, and Segway estimates 6,000 units. Are there only 6,000 Segways in the world?…