This blog post takes a brief look at how Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and its teams have used Twitter. We'll look at the early days of Twitter integration and how it's evolved as a sports marketing tool. Then, we'll discuss a couple ideas for utilizing Twitter's new List feature. Keep in mind this is a very short post on a topic I could describe for days.

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For those of you out there wondering what exactly "dookie rope" is or isn't, please allow me to clarify. This is not a dookie rope, it is just a common chain painted gold. This on the other hand is a classic dookie rope chain. Note the tell-tale twisted flow of the rope; so gangsta.
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After the success of the Showdown in Chinatwon, Stevie Nash has decided to take the show(down) out west to Vancouver. Highlights and inteviews in the clip above, including an appearance by one of the best players ever to grace MLS, Youri Djorkaeff, in the 7th minute. Click to continue reading...

Students at the South East Essex College in Southend have been celebrating after receiving their A Level results.
In a nerve-wracking morning, students gathered in the massive atrium to learn of their grades. The college enjoyed a 98% pass rate - a brilliant achievement as entries increased by over 100 this year. Click to continue reading...

Thomas Vermaelen is fit and starts for Arsenal in their first Premiership game of the season. Eduardo is on the bench as Bendtner teams-up with Van Persie up front. Jack Wilshere and Carlos Vela not even on the bench.

Jjoin the discussion in our comments section which will also be active when the game kicks-off.

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Wayne Bridge, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Steve Sidwell at the Harley Davidson Celebrity Bike Ride in Chelsea. August 9, 2009.

You may be surprised to hear that this photo is not from the set of Wild Hogs II, The Denim and Doo-Rag Years. It's actually from this weekend's Harley Davidson Celebrity Bike Ride.

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One team won, and the other lost. The details are fuzzy as there were so many more interesting things going on during yesterday's Showdown in Chinatown that you need to know about.

Such as?

Oh, some girl taking Adrian Mutu's crotch to the face after he over-ran the mini pitch. Or Tony Parker body-checking Ryan Babel into the stands.

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One team won, and the other lost. The details are fuzzy as there were so many more interesting things going on during yesterday's Showdown in Chinatown that you need to know about.

Such as?

Oh, some girl taking Adrian Mutu's crotch to the face after he over-ran the mini pitch. Or Tony Parker body-checking Ryan Babel into the stands.

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NBA superstar Steven Nash is at it again this summer, bringing together the world's best football and basketball players on one pitch in the heart of New York City for a game football.

The event, which was a massive hit in it's inaugural year, will be coming back to the greatest city in the United States on 24 June in an event that's being billed as the 'Showdown in Chinatown'.

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Tribal Football has learned from the people that former Everton Back-up keeper Carlo Nash has an MLS offer........
Everton goalkeeper Carlo Nash has an offer from the MLS.
The former Manchester United and Manchester City keeper is weighing up a move to New York Red Bull, says the People. Click to continue reading...

James.. 18 hour COD4 session before Man City game?
The quality shot metric is a useful tool for analysing goalkeeper performance. It rewards keepers who face a greater percentage of close range shots and penalises those who face a succession of hopeful long range efforts.
Scott Carson is one notable beneficiary of more accurately assessing the type of shots keepers face. Click to continue reading...

We'll be underway at the top of the next hour, here are your line-ups: Howard; Baines, Yobo, Lescott, Neville, Castillo, Arteta, Cahill, Anichebe, Yakubu Bench: Nash; Valente, Kissock, Wallace, Agard, Gosling, Rodwell, Vaughan, Baxter Espinoza; Camozzato, Onyewu, Sarr, Dante, Dalmat, Defour, Nicaise, Witsel, De Camargo, Mbokani Bench: De Vriendt; Goreux, Mikulic, Ingrao, Toama, Jovanovic, Click to continue reading...

EVERTON

In: Louis Saha, Marouane Fellaini, Lars Jacobsen, Carlo Nash, Segundo Castillo (loan)
Out: Andrew Johnson, Lee Carsley, Stefan Wessels
Spent: £16.5M
Received: £10.5M
After a summer of extreme inactivity, David Moyes went on the equivalent of a desperate dash round the shops on Christmas Eve. Click to continue reading...

The rumours started yesterday, and the Herald Sun and Age were both reporting today that Michael Theoklitos may be moving to Everton. But news from the UK is that Everton have signed Carlo Nash as their back-up 'keeper instead of Theoklitos. Seems Theo isn't going anywhere just yet. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: Antoine Sibierski (Norwich, loan), Carlo Nash (Everton), Rachid Bouaouzan (NEC Nijmegen, loan), Marlon King (Hull City, loan), David Cotterill. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Carlo Nash (Wigan), Louis Saha (Manchester United), Lars Christian Jacobsen, Segundo Castillo (Red Star Belgrade, loan). Notable departures: Andy Johnson (Fulham), Lee Carsley (Birmingham City). What grade do you give them for this transfer season? Click to continue reading...

Julian Gray has signed with Fulham. The 28-year-old midfielder is moving from Coventry to Craven Cottage. Hull City will welcome Daniel Cousin from Rangers. The 31-year-old is believed to have signed a three-year deal with the Tigers. Carlo Nash has... Click to continue reading...

Danny Higgnbotham has rejoined Stoke from Sunderland on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The 29-year-old returns to the Britannia Stadium after just one year with the Black Cats following a £3million move in the summer of 2007.
Everton have also made another late signing, bolstering their goalkeeping reserves with the signing of Carlo Nash from Wigan. Click to continue reading...

About a year ago, I talked to Brad Friedel about his plans for a youth academy in Ohio. It was actually still in the process of being built and planned and such. I believe it's in its just completed its first full year or it's been opened right around there. Things seem to be heading in the right direction for Premier Soccer Academies. Click to continue reading...

The new Women's Professional Soccer league gained some high-profile support last week when basketball star Steve Nash, of the Phoenix Suns, was announced as an investor and part-owner of the league. Click to continue reading...

The new Women's Professional Soccer league gained some high-profile support last week when basketball star Steve Nash, of the Phoenix Suns, was announced as an investor and part-owner of the league. Click to continue reading...

The new Women's Professional Soccer league gained some high-profile support last week when basketball star Steve Nash, of the Phoenix Suns, was announced as an investor and part-owner of the league. Click to continue reading...

The new Women's Professional Soccer league gained some high-profile support last week when basketball star Steve Nash, of the Phoenix Suns, was announced as an investor and part-owner of the league. Click to continue reading...

The new Women's Professional Soccer league gained some high-profile support last week when basketball star Steve Nash, of the Phoenix Suns, was announced as an investor and part-owner of the league. Click to continue reading...