Today, we will be going through a staff offsite event at the home of our new marketing partner Barkley in downtown Kansas City. If you're looking for someone in the organization, email is probably the best way to get in contact. If your question is urgent, get ahold of your favorite Wizards representative by cell phone. Click to continue reading...

Reports out of Germany last month indicated that Ellis McLoughlin's time with Hertha Berlin would end along with the 2009 calendar.

The 19-year-old McLoughlin, who lived in Madison when he was younger, said last week that while that he is looking to leave the Bundesliga club, he remains under contract with Hertha Berlin.

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Sepp Blatter removing his iPod and looking around at the boardroom.

" We had a flare up in the Middle East. And something that Roy Keane got very excited about. Yes, yes, I know that thing about ..... pocket money too."

Gets a call on his cell phone.

"Hello.

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First, a confession: I kind of love Ipswich Town manager and former Ireland captain Roy Keane. (Even though he terrifies me.) But I was glad it wasn't my cell phone going off in the middle of a press conference this week. Because let's face it: the man is a bit...oh, [...] Click to continue reading...

Naguib Sawiris feels that the match should be postponed

Want an Orascom cell phone?

Egypt's giant telecom company, Orascom had its Algiers compund burned and ransacked by thousands of Algerian fans. Property worth $5m was either destroyed or stolen according to Orascom's CEO Naguib Sawiris.

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Word is our boy Maurice Edu isn't getting the best of treatment in Scotland.

"I've had death threats and things like that and just been heckled walking around town or driving around."

Death threats? Yeesh.
The story says his first game was against Celtic, and he had a cell phone thrown at him from the stands. Click to continue reading...

It's been a slow process, but I am finally coming to terms with the events that will unfold next Wednesday. This has nothing to do with what will happen at the Azteca, mind you.
The problem is that I won't see it. Not one minute. I'll be on plane heading out to Oakland to work the Cowboys' first pre-season game. Click to continue reading...

On the lighter side of Beckham-related stories, this man thinks he can beat Beckham at soccer...
Check out the video below for Beckham's response after the FC Barcelona game.
"I don't see him calling Kobe out. You know, I think that Kobe could score against him. Click to continue reading...

When asked by a reporter outside the nightclub if she sent Cristiano a kiss, Nereida Gallardo responds, "Yes. A devil's kiss."

*Shudder.*

So it's not enough that Whatsherface is openly stalking her ex-boyfriend in a planned attack with a camera crew, she has now decided to move into the territory commonly known as bunny boiler.

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When asked by a reporter outside the nightclub if she sent Cristiano a kiss, Nereida Gallardo responds, "Yes. A devil's kiss."

*Shudder.*

So it's not enough that Whatsherface is openly stalking her ex-boyfriend in a planned attack with a camera crew, she has now decided to move into the territory commonly known as bunny boiler.

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The folks over at FC Barcelona Shop USA will be giving away a free customized FC Barcelona jersey during the LA Galaxy vs FC Barcelona match tomorrow, August 1. You will have three chances to win. See instructions below:
During Pre-Game: PA Announcement #1
Attention all Barca fans, have your cell phones ready.

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Even if you didn't necessarily need it, it's definitely nice to be reminded of why exactly you chose to devote unscrupulous time, love, thought, and effort towards something so supplementary and perhaps even pointless, depending on your worldview. I'm afforded these moments almost daily on a wide-scale level with sports (see above picture), but as my mania is dominated around the (traditionally) white ball with a dozen black pentagons (and the brown grooved ball with black trim - probably more so), Chelsea-Inter at the Rose Bowl a turn of the moon ago was about as good a reminder as could possibly be received stateside. Click to continue reading...

Josep Mesalles, the agent for Samuel Eto'o addressed the media today and talked about his client's intentions for next season. Mesalles even displayed the SMS message from his cell phone showing the contract offer that Barcelona offered late yesterday. The offer made extended his current contract by two years but did not contain a salary increase.

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The more I think about this piece, the more I think about "mind over matter". If you ref, like when you're carrying a full soup bowl, that you think you're going to have trouble, will you? Or are you merely carrying realistic expectations based on not only your own, but others experiences? This is also a great one on the differences of the indoor game versus outdoor; and when the indoor game is done at any old place, as long as people are willing to pay . Click to continue reading...

Thanks to Daryl, who's informed me his is on the way, we have an image of the limited edition solid-gold Liverpool cell phone. Everything you've never wanted on your cell phone...diamonds, 18-carat gold, a constant reminder of the soul-crushing draws against Arsenal and Chelsea...what more could you ask for?

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Are you a Liverpool fan looking for a new phone? Do you have £14,490 to spare? Then this special "Liverpool FC Legends Edition" Galentia ICE phone could be for you. The handset is 18-carat gold and decorated with 18 studded diamonds, to represent Liverpool's record haul of 18 league titles. Only 250 have been made, presumably [. Click to continue reading...

How the mighty have fallen.

This is the Marshall's store at Torrance's Del Amo Fashion Center over the weekend (pic snapped via the wife's cell phone).

There were one or two Chivas USA and Chicago Fire shirts to be found and a whole rack of David Beckham Galaxy blue road replica jerseys, which once sold for around $85, now on sale for $24.

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