By Sharon Hom
In a rematch of their previous weekend's game, the Kansas Magic prevailed this time, scoring the final goal in a back-and forth game and winning 6-5 on their home floor on Saturday, January 22.
The Magic opened the scoring at 4:24 of the 1st quarter as Mirsad Dzilic scored on a nice pass from Chaz O'Dell, but the Kings responded at 5:46 with goal by Allen Eller, assisted by Drew Ducker.

One emerging problem with the "benefactor model" of club ownership is "what happens next?" Blackburn Rovers have struggled with this problem since their 1990s benefactor, steel magnate Jack Walker, died in 2000. And current owners Venky's are not, yet anyway, the solution. Walker, who famously took Rovers to/bought the 1995 Premier League title, made some post-benefactor plans, forming the "Jack Walker Settlement" (JWS), a trust based in the Jersey tax haven, where he lived from 1974, when his riches attracted taxes which the great benefactor was.

Out of all of Tottenham's supposed transfer targets, we can now probably remove Lassana Diarra from our lines of enquiry as the midfielder, via his agent, has publicly come out and pledged his future to Real Madrid.

Speaking to the press, John Williams said: "He has two years left on his contract and is feeling well in Madrid.

In what appears to be incredibly bad timing, on the same week Professional Footballers Association Chief Executive Gordon Taylor called for the hiring of more minority managers in English football, League One club Notts County sacked one of the two with a job. Earlier in the week, Taylor marked Paul Ince as one to be fast-tracked for future Premiership managerial vacancies, and along with Chris Powell of Charlton, one who might benefit from institutionally-imposed pressure on clubs to interview and hire more black British managers.