Dear Army

I am a cancer survivor. I have experienced the love and support of the Timbers Army first hand. I am compelled to help others who face similar or worse circumstances.
I also can relate with families who are faced with losing a child.
People who go through Leukemia and Lymphoma treatment have experienced much more invasive procedures than I endured.

George Karl is a model of excellence among NBA basketball coaches. He is one of seven NBA coaches to win 1,000 games, and built the Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets into top-flite teams.
Benjamin Hochman of the Denver Post writes of the 60-year old cancer survivor that has his priorities in his life in place.

I first had the idea to write a quick story about Sporting Kansas City's assistant equipment manager Andy Garay after I heard he is a cancer survivor. I asked around and it seems that he was the only cancer survivor on the team side and I thought it would be interesting to see what he thought of the LIVESTRONG connection with the new stadium.

With the MISL season fast approaching the player signings have already started with the Missouri Comets as they announced their first signings of the 2011 offseason today.
Ibrahim Kante and Brian Harris have both agreed to contracts with the team, Kante for one year and Harris for two.

LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. Photo Courtesy of SportingKC.comOn March 8th Sporting Kansas City and the cancer-fighting foundation Livestrong (begun by seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong) announced that the new soccer-specific stadium in town would now be called, "Livestrong Sporting Park".