Nov 30
It changes every minute, but here’s the rundown of the latest coaching rumors…..
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Nov 30
Let’s face it, we’re not going to be wealthy enough to own a professional hockey club. The pittance I make at my real job plus the Google ads isn’t even enough to afford me the luxury of seasons tickets.
Well, I suppose if you are really damn keen on owning a hockey club, then the MyOwnHockeyTeam.com venture might be for you …
MyOwnHockeyTeam is setting out to create the first fan owned and managed Professional Ice Hockey Team. Web technology allows a collective thinking and decision making process, making active fan participation a reality.The concept is simple. Every hockey fan has dreamed of owning a hockey team. We all believe that we have what it takes to lead a team to victory. Each member is entitled to ONE vote in MyOwnHockeyTeam. The funds collected are put into a Toronto based trust, and when we meet the membership goal, we will negotiate and purchase a professional hockey team.
All the decisions are made by the MyOwnHockeyTeam members online. Members will decide what league to join, what team to buy, who makes the team and all the other important tasks of the General Manager.
“We studied modern web applications to see where there was a need in the market.” said Robert Battye, one of the two founders. “This model has been successfully applied to stock market groups, so why not apply the same model to ice hockey?”
The first membership goal is 25,000. At that point the members will vote on whether to continue raising memberships or to purchase one then.
“I love hockey and I’ve always dreamed of owning a team” comments Vlad Heger, the other founder. “I’ve been so frustrated watching owners make decisions based on finances rather than my team winning. Now I want to do something about that”
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Nov 30
It’s not just British professional boxing that is on a high at the moment, the amateur ranks are bubbling over with talent.
England’s team have already provided four qualifiers for next year’s Olympic Games after a stunning performance at the world amateur championships in Chicago last month.
Frankie Gavin won England’s first ever gold medal and he will be joined in China by Tony Jefferies, Bradley Saunders and Joe Murray, with the prospect of more to follow.
I think we will end up with six or seven boxers at the Games which would be our highest number since 1988.
The English team takes on the USA on Friday shorn of those Olympic qualifiers, but the kids who are stepping up have been given a huge opportunity to impress.
There is such strength in depth in amateur boxing at the moment that the Americans will be in for a bit of a shock.
They normally send a load of flashy kids over, but the English boys will be a match for them.
The success English boxing is having at the moment certainly isn’t a freak occurence.
It is a combination of funding and coaching and the men behind it all are Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) chief executive Paul King and director Keith Walters.
They are both boxing men through and through and King has had the vision for years of getting England where they wanted to be.
It has been a long hard road, but it has started to come together because they have got the funding right and the coaching system in place.
The lads in the squad now are coached on a daily basis and they are basically like full-time amateurs.
This is how the Cubans and the Russians work and that’s why they have always won medals at Olympic Games.
Now we have our first world amateur champion plus two bronze medals and that is proof we are improving.
All credit must go to King as he has engineered this system and got it into place.
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Nov 30
US and Rangers midfielder DaMarcus Beasley will miss months of play due to a knee injury he picked up in his clubs 3-2 Champions League defeat this past Tuesday. Beasley suffered the injury after colliding with the Stuttgart goalkeeper.
With surgery and a long lay off ahead of him, it is pretty safe to assume that he will not be wearing the US jersey anytime soon. This is a real shame as his move to Scotland has been a good for him. His touch on the ball and attacking style has improved after a less then grand time with Manchester City last season.
Let’s hope for a fast recovery.
By the way, I had to fight the temptation to roll out the pun in the title on this one. I mean DaMarcus Beas-knee is just screaming to be heard.
Labels: DaMarcus Beasley, Injury, Rangers, US MNT
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Nov 30
RELUCTANT AFL star Nathan Ablett walked out Geelong pre-season training, throwing into question his career and rocking the Cats premiership defence.
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Nov 30
Muttiah Muralitharan has not reached this point without having packed a few troubles in his kitbag. There have been the debilitating injuries caused by his phenomenal bowling workload, most notably to the business shoulder and elbow. There has been the 2004 tsunami which he escaped by the narrowest of squeaks and was thus so galvanised that he became a crusader and rescue worker on behalf of his devastated compatriots.
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