The David Beckham "Summer of Scorn" tour stopped by the Today show for some worthwhile P.R. this morning. In case you missed it, we've got you covered:

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Hace unas semanas en la Conferencia de Deporte, Marketing y Tecnología estuve platicando de como las Entidades Deportivas (Club, Jugador, Patrocinadores, Atletas) pueden recurrir a las redes sociales para abarcar dos objetivos principales: extender su exposición de marca e interactuar directamente con su consumidor final.

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The polo match is the story.

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David Beckham has had an interesting life, but is it enough to turn into a book. Well with Beckham's career not yet over he's coming out with a personal tell all book.

The book is being released this July by Crown Publishing Group and will bear the titled "The Beckham Experience.

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Buffalo has a ton of collection agencies. Most are reputable companies who follow the rules and laws while trying to collect old debt.

But Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC did a 6 part series on "the Debt Trap" and included two local debt collection companies who were caught on hidden cameras engaging in some not so tasteful tactics.

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 So Rachel Maddow's new show premiered last night and while I didn't see the whole thing (had a meeting) and didn't see Boltgirl there (not yet, that is), what I saw I liked a lot (not surprisingly).  Way to go Rachel! Ariana Huffington has written about Sarah Palin as the Trojan Moose who distracts the electorate [. Click to continue reading...

I opened up MSNBC this morning and saw the news that Obama has picked Biden. Probably a smart move ... experience and gravitas and whiteness and all. I was kinda hoping for something more interesting - but would rather win. So Biden seems good. Biden I can live with. (But wouldn't [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

I guess soccer isn't as far along as I thought. I know it's not an upper-tier sport here; I'm not delusional. But I thought that soccer deserved enough respect to have an important match broadcast uncut, commercial-free, as it is around the globe.
But MSNBC doesn't quite feel that way, and that much was evident during the Brazil-Argentina match this morning. Click to continue reading...

[With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, not that he'd know what "soccer" is.]

• If your gym has seventy-five TVs, but none of them are showing the Olympic semifinal between Argentina and Brazil, you might be an American soccer fan
• If your official Olympic broadcaster relegates the matchup between these world superpowers of football to cable-only MSNBC instead of the primary NBC affiliate, you might be an American soccer fan
• If the primary channel of your official Olympic broadcaster is filling airtime with fricking Matt Lauer and Al Roker dorking around pretending to be fricking rhythmic gymnasts during that same semifinal, you might be an American soccer fan
• If the cable-only carrier of this game breaks in - during play - to show MOTHERFLIPPIN @*#$& SASSAFRASSIN ^@#*% RACKIN FRACKIN #!

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6 a.m. on MSNBC.

Notable:
*Japan's run in the Olympics is its best ever in a world championship and the first time it has made the semifinal of a FIFA tournament.
*The U.S. and Japan will play for the second time in 10 days after the USA's 1-0 victory on Aug. 9 in Qinhuangdao.

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From the US Soccer website

The U.S. team will play Japan in the semifinal at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, August 18th. The match kicks off at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.

The Americans have made the semifinal round in all nine world championships FIFA has held for women?

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From the US Soccer website

The U.S. team will play Japan in the semifinal at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, August 18th. The match kicks off at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.

The Americans have made the semifinal round in all nine world championships FIFA has held for women's soccer, including the last four Olympic Games.

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Trying to stay away from the computer this weekend, but it seems appropriate to pass along a couple of programming notes that have accumulated in my e-mail the past few days as I watch the Manchester United-Newcastle United game on Fox Soccer Channel.

Actually, this serves to remind me mostly that if you're a soccer fan in L.

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The U.S. women play New Zealand at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday on MSNBC with a quarterfinal berth on the line.

A win will clinch the second spot in the group behind Norway for the U.S., although a tie will be enough if Norway beats Japan.

The last time the two nations met, just before the 2007 Women's World Cup, the U.

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From the US Soccer website:

U.S. WOMEN TO FACE NEW ZEALAND IN SHENYANG; WIN CLINCHES SPOT IN QUARTERS:
The U.S. Olympic Women???s Soccer Team will face New Zealand on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium with a win guaranteeing a spot in the quarterfinals. The USA currently sits second in Group G with three points behind Norway (six points) and a win over the Kiwis will clinch the second spot in the group, earning a quarterfinal match against the winner of Group F.

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Dynamo teammates Stuart Holden and Pat Ianni and the rest of the U.S. Olympic team take on Japan in Group B action beginning at 4 a.m. today at Tianjin Olympic Sport Stadium. You can watch the action live on MSNBC.... Click to continue reading...

Here is the line up of US Men's Round Robin play so I don't forget:
Japan vs. USA
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
8-7-08, 05:00AM Eastern
Television Coverage: MSNBC, NBC Soccer Channel, P2P, Universal HD
USA vs. Netherlands
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
8-10-08, 07:45AM Eastern
Television Coverage:
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So I woke up early this morning and realized it was a good thing I couldn't sleep. The US women's game is on and I went to find the channel it's on... and realized that I don't get MSNBC.
Crap.
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US Soccer posted the schedules for both Men's and Women's Olympic soccer on NBC. I am happy to report you don't have to get the special NBC Olympic soccer channel to watch all the games, so long as you do have cable.
The US kicks off their Olympic journey Thursday...yes in two days!
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New England v Houston - 7pm central on TeleFutura
Match preview by Steve Davis at Soccernet.
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The Olympics are set to kick off for the U.S. men's national team on Thursday morning against Japan, which means that in less than two days we will know who head coach Peter Nowak has chosen to start.

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The U.S. Women's National Team is ready to kick off their Group G Olympic opener against Norway at 7:45 p.m. local time / 6:45 a.m. CT on Wednesday, August 6th, at Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on MSNBC and Universal HD, with the pre-game show starting at 7:30 a.

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Make your TWO top picks in the poll.  I'm curious to see how accurate we are, as the USWNT kick off it's Olympic Soccer run tomorrow morning at 7:45 AM (ET) on MSNBC.  (It'll be on the web as well.) Sphere: Related ContentSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Don't Forget - Just One More Day to Vote!", url: "http://www. Click to continue reading...

Heather Mitts
Photo by Scott Varley

Is the knee.

(This article appeared in the Daily Breeze health section today).

Heather Mitts should know..

The U.S. opens the Olympic tournament against Norway at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday live on MSNBC.

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It's also Brad Guzan the back-up, according to this article today in the Birmingham Post.

Former Chivas USA goalkeeper Guzan, of course, is in China where the U.S. Men's Olympic Team opens the tournament Thursday (1:45 a.m. live on MSNBC) against Japan.

What's a Brummie? Glad you asked.

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Just to keep you up to date ... the Red Sox lost and the Phillies won ... and there's nothing from Beulah yet. Rest assured that I'll post as soon as I see anything! Last night I dreamed that I had a quick breakfast with Pia Sundhage and April Heinrichs. (April joined us midway [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pia Dreams, USWNT News, and a HollyCornblog Update, Too! Click to continue reading...

NBC has unveiled what looks the most comprehensive Web site I've seen yet that covers the men's and women's soccer tournaments at next months Olympics.

Hey, you'd come with something like that as well if you'd invested jillions of dollars for the rights to the Olympics

Check it out here.

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According to an AP report, Beckham says, "Soccer is definitely changing in this country, and it is getting bigger and growing...but it is going to take time, and I said that at the start. It's not just going to happen in a year or two. It's a long-term plan to raise the profile for this game in this country. Click to continue reading...

With tonight's friendly between the US Women and Brazil (join us at Coester's at 9:00 pm!), I thought I'd take some time to update you on what to expect in terms of broadcast schedules and related info.

First the good news - I've updated the SGFsoccer.com calendar to reflect ALL of the games that I found on the TV schedule at the NBColympics.

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With tonight's friendly between the US Women and Brazil (join us at Coester's at 9:00 pm!), I thought I'd take some time to update you on what to expect in terms of broadcast schedules and related info.

First the good news - I've updated the SGFsoccer.com calendar to reflect ALL of the games that I found on the TV schedule at the NBColympics.

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MSNBC is reporting a new Pew Poll that shows the balance shifting between those who favor more conservation and those who favor more refineries and more drilling. Among the survey's most astounding findings is the dramatic increase in a span of five months in the support for energy exploration and production among groups that have traditionally [. Click to continue reading...