Archive for August, 2011
MLS winning fans, respect with Champions League victories
The following season, Toronto FC won the CCL’s Canadian qualifying tournament and boosted MLS’ representation to five. The quintet managed seven wins. Then in 2009-10, Real Salt Lake’s unexpected and stirring run to the finals helped MLS more than double its victory total to 16. That record won’t last long. With Toronto’s 2-1 victory over [...]
For the Dogs: Volunteers at S. Jakarta Animal Shelter Find Playtime Is Vital
If the canine and feline residents at the Pondok Pengayom Satwa Jakarta animal shelter in Ragunan could speak, they would have no problem identifying their Independence Day heroes: The handful of volunteers who spend their free time caring for them. For 17-year-old Hedwig Ajeng Grahani, or Ajeng to her friends, feeding bottled milk to an [...]
Nationwide Children’s unveils design of new hospital in Ohio
The new 460-bed hospital is currently in the construction stage and is expected to be ready in June 2012. The new hospital will result in the addition of a 2.4 million square feet clinical and research facility to the hospitals existing campus. The interior of the hospital would have a natural theme marked with natural [...]
Pearl: Pat Summitt ‘equipped to overcome’ like no other coach
The sixth year of their friendship has been unlike any of those previous. For half a decade, they shared basketball success at Tennessee, with Pearl building the Vols into an SEC power after taking over in 2005 and Summitt winning consecutive NCAA titles in 2007 and 08 with the Lady Vols. Each also endured the [...]
Lakes Entertainment Announces Joint Venture for Dania Jai Alai Casino Development
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Lakes Entertainment, Inc. /quotes/zigman/78248/quotes/nls/laco LACO -2.38% announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Dania Entertainment Center, LLC (“DEC”) for the management and redevelopment of the existing Dania Jai Alai fronton in Dania Beach, Florida, to convert it into a destination casino (the “Casino”) which will [...]
New online ticket service takes on Ticketmaster
In the latest volley of the entertainment industrys ticketing wars, Anschutz Entertainment Group, a concert promoter that owns major arenas like the Staples Center in Los Angeles and the O2 in London, will begin selling tickets to its concerts this weekend through a new website it has developed to compete with Ticketmaster. AEG, which is [...]
Dick’s Sporting Goods store to open at the Oxnard Esplanade next year
Dicks Sporting Goods is scheduled to open next year at the Esplanade Shopping Center in Oxnard. Officials at Centro Properties Group US, which owns the shopping center, said Dicks Sporting Goods will be the latest tenant in the shopping center at 195 W. Esplanade Drive. We are excited about the addition to the center and [...]
Sporting News Power Poll after Michigan
On the strength of top-10 finishes at Michigan, Mark Martin and Kasey Kahne were the biggest movers up in this weeks Sporting News Power Poll. Martin finished fourth and Kahne seventh, though both seem destined to miss the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup unless they produce some wins in the final three races. The [...]
DC goalkeeper Hamid doubtful for tough Sporting KC test
WASHINGTON DC United head into Sundays tough matchup against Sporting Kansas City uncertain about who their starting goalkeeper might be. Regular starter Bill Hamid was subbed out halftime of Thursdays 1-1 draw against the Chicago Fire after going down clutching his right hamstring following a goal kick. According to a club spokesman, the initial prognosis [...]
‘Speed Petting’ sessions to find your ideal animal
Speed Petting sessions to find your ideal animalA London store has introduced a unique new way for people to meet their next pet, giving credence to the notion that Brits love their animal friends more than their partners.