Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/31/redknapp-closed-for-business
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maandag 31 januari 2011
Redknapp closed for business?
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has rubbished reports of a bid for Sergio Aguero and predicted a quiet deadline day at White Hart Lane.
zaterdag 29 januari 2011
Ancelotti silent on Torres bid
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has refused to be drawn on his side's bid to sign unsettled Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/28/ancelotti-silent-on-torres-bid
Muntari signs with Sunderland
Sunderland have signed Inter midfielder Sulley Muntari on loan for the rest of the Premier League season.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/29/muntari-signs-with-sunderland
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Hammers complete Ba deal
West Ham United have completed the capture of Senegal international Demba Ba from Hoffenheim.
Source: http://www.soccer365.com/english_premiership/story_28111123001.php
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La Liga preview: Can Hercules stop powerhouses Barcelona?
Hercules will be out to extend their four-match home winning streak when they host Barcelona in La Liga action on Saturday.
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Scottish Premier League wrap: Hearts close gap
Czech midfielder Rudi Skacel scored the only goal as Hearts beat St Johnstone at Tynecastle on Saturday.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/29/scottish-premier-league-wrap-hearts-close-gap
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NHL Skills Competition, Senior Bowl 2011, Tiger Woods and Saturday's Sports News
There is a ton of sports going on today and that means the news cycle is spinning.
This weekend is NHL All-Star Weekend, meaning that today is the annual skills competition. Which NHL stars are shining and why should we care?
The Senior Bowl is also today, meaning a collection of draft eligible football players are trying to show what they can do to improve their draft stock. Which players need to have the best game possible and which players are disappointments?
Tiger Woods is playing in his first PGA tour event of 2011. Will he be able to get back into the win column this year, or will he be doomed to repeat his disappointing 2010?
For all your Saturday sports news and opinions, stay tuned here.
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Chelsea snatches 1-1 draw at Everton in FA Cup
LONDON (AP) -- Defending champion Chelsea required a late goal by substitute Salomon Kalou to rescue a 1-1 draw at Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~3/3X2SX0xRyOU/index.html
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Muntari signs with Sunderland
Sunderland have signed Inter midfielder Sulley Muntari on loan for the rest of the Premier League season.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/29/muntari-signs-with-sunderland
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A-League: Brisbane continue record run
Brisbane Roar moved one step closer to securing the A-League Premier's Plate after a 2-1 win over Melbourne Heart on Saturday.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/29/a-league-brisbane-continue-record-run
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Iowa Football: How Twitter and Social Media Has Ruined a Program's Reputation
Just one year ago, Iowa football was set up for greatness. With a boatload of returning starters from a team that finished 11-2, including an Orange Bowl win, it seemed the sky was the limit—well at least a trip to Glendale was.
What a difference a year makes.
Instead of finishing undefeated, the Hawkeyes lost five close games and ended their season not in Glendale, but just down the road in Tempe for the Insight Bowl.
It was a frank reminder of how the 2010 season had gone; so close, but yet so far.
However, an 8-5 season is the least of Iowa’s worries right now. In fact, Kirk Ferentz might trade the scrutiny of a winless season for what he’s feeling right now.
Because right now, eight of 13 Iowa players remain in the hospital with rhabdomyolysis, the rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle and a disease that affects kidney function that was likely the result of a difficult offseason workout.
The university has launched a 90-day investigation into what could have caused 13 players to suddenly contract this disease and who is at fault.
Clearly Iowa has some explaining to do and needs to figure out how to avoid future outbreaks, but finding who is at fault is irrelevant.
On Twitter and every college football blog on the Internet, we’ve already had it blasted into our heads: Kirk Ferentz needs to be fired.
In this new age of social media, news spreads in a hurry, and consequently, so does blame. It’s not fair, but it’s the world we live in.
Within hours, CBS Sports’ Gregg Doyel was quick to write a column about how “heads need to roll” before a press conference was called. ESPN’s Pat Forde called Ferentz uncompassionate and unaccountable.
And now, Iowa is no longer that “do more with less” program in the middle of a cornfield—it’s the heart of darkness in the Midwest.
Thank you social media.
Don’t get me wrong, Twitter is an ingenious idea. For a sportswriter like me, it’s a great way to get updated information fast and it’s a way to share my work and read the work of others.
However, its users lack an important quality in journalism, a quality that Forde ironically drilled Ferentz for lacking—accountability.
We’ve all been told “don’t believe everything you hear on the Interne,” but sadly, people will believe almost anything they see on Twitter. That’s how rumors spread and that’s how Kirk Ferentz has become everything that is wrong with the world.
Rumors can’t be undone, mainly because people don’t want to hear that situations aren’t as bad as they seem. It’s human nature—when the big public figure is no longer at fault, it’s no longer a juicy story.
Because of this human tendency, arguments, especially on Twitter, are often one-sided, and in some cases, just wrong.
Nevermind that Iowa has done this workout before and many NFL players, such as Albert Young, said that they have done the same exact workout before.
Nevermind that the father of one of the hospitalized players said he has been extremely pleased with Ferentz’s response.
Nevermind that numerous physicians, including a specialist at the Mayo Clinic, have said that the workouts cannot be the only reason for the outbreak of rhabdomyolysis.
Those facts are rarely “tweeted.”
The Pat Fordes and the Gregg Doyels of the world don’t want to hear it—then there’s not a juicy story; then there’s no head football coach to slander/libel.
This isn’t TMZ: This is journalism. However, in this generation, people are always looking for the next big, juicy story and Twitter fosters an environment where rumors can spread with ease and an environment where journalists can ruin the integrity of their profession.
What’s worse, as pointed out by Todd Brommelcamp of Voice of the Hawks, is that few of these media members have ever set foot in Iowa City. Few of them know anything about Ferentz or the Iowa program. Few of those who say Ferentz endangers his players know that he has a son on the team.
Right now, everything being written is pure speculation. And sadly, more people want to believe speculation coming from Bristol, Connecticut than they want to hear facts coming out of Iowa City.
This isn’t the first time this has happened in Iowa. In fact, the nation called for Ferentz’s head less than two months ago.
All-time leading receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos was arrested on numerous drug charges and Ferentz was obliterated on Twitter as the coach who allows drug-use to go on in his program.
Nevermind that Ferentz immediately kicked Johnson-Koulianos off the team. Ferentz did the same to Adam Robinson, who was arrested for marijuana possession in Des Moines the day before the bowl game while already serving a separate, non drug-related suspension.
Johnson-Koulianos ended up not being the horrible drug dealer that everyone thought he was and he received deferred judgement on a mere marijuana possession charge.
Those facts were conveniently ignored by the journalists who desperately wanted to find something wrong with the Iowa program. That gets reads—truth doesn’t.
Like it or not, Twitter has cemented its place in our society. It’s a great source of information, but when abused, it becomes a rumor mill.
I’m not an old-timer who thinks that the Internet is ruining journalism and traditional newspapers. The Internet is an outstanding tool that we, in the 21st century, are lucky to have.
But with tens of thousands of Twitter followers comes an immense amount of responsibility to uphold journalistic integrity. Too quickly sportswriters are losing the accountability of accuracy and becoming channels to spread rumors faster than ever before.
It’s too early to know what really happened in Iowa City. And while it may turn out that the coaching staff went too far with its workouts, there is a significant chance that the workout was not the only factor that caused the rhabdomyolysis outbreak.
But the outcome of the investigation doesn’t matter, because no matter who is at fault, Pat Forde, Gregg Doyel, and many more national media members have already convinced the country that Kirk Ferentz is in the wrong.
Once the investigation is over, there will be no column—it’s insignificant in 90 days.
In the court of public opinion Kirk Ferentz is already guilty, regardless of what a team of doctors decides.
While the Iowa case has already been closed, this will undoubtedly happen again in the future. Some college football program will be destroyed on Twitter for something it may or may not have done wrong.
There’s no stopping the response, it’s an American way of life.
However, I have just one suggestion for the national media: Before you go and slander a head coach and an entire university, and before you start a rumor on Twitter for the world to see, use something you probably never wrote about Derrell Johnson-Koulianos—you know, the non-juicy part of the story.
Deferred judgment.
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Torres Should Be Given 2 Choices: Honour Your Contract or Rot in the Reserves
"Fernando Torres tonight submitted a written transfer request, which has been rejected by Liverpool. Fernando is under a long-term contract and the Club expects him to honour the commitment he made to Liverpool FC and its supporters when he signed the agreement."
With the possible exception of a very small minority, the official statement released by Liverpool FC, was like a dagger in the heart of Liverpool fans everywhere. Yet not two weeks earlier Fernando Torres had come out in full support of Kenny Dalglish and avowed his allegiance to Liverpool Football Club.
There will be simplistic and populist arguments from many, ranging from, "there's no use in keeping a player that's unhappy" to "if they offer xxx amount then we should let him go..."
However, the issue is a lot, lot deeper than that and the last half of the second sentence in the official statement couldn't have been worded more perfectly, "...the Club expects him to honour the commitment he made to Liverpool FC and its supporters when he signed the agreement."
Liverpool FC is not just any club and we are not just any clubs supporters. First and foremost, letting Torres go to Chelsea would effectively be sending a message that we are no longer a force and we can be muscled into selling our players. It would be sending a message to Chelsea and the rest of the world that Liverpool are well and truly a spent force.
If Torres were to be sold to a team in La Liga or Serie A, the psychological repercussions would not be so great. Selling Torres to another Premier League Club, however, especially Chelsea, would be wrong on so many levels.
Accepting £40 million for Torres would convey a message that Liverpool FC can be bought for £40 million. We don't need the money. Yes, we could use the fee to go out and buy two or three world-class players, but that is not the point. It is so not the point.
The psychological edge that we only just managed to preserve during the past torrid months and that has just begun to increase with the appointment of Kenny Dalglish would be dealt a severe blow. Our aura of being one of the top and most feared teams in England would be diminished globally.
The only decision that should be taken is to tell Mr. Torres that he will either play for Liverpool or Liverpool Reserves, until his contract expires. Chelsea cannot have him because they want him and the club need to send that message out clearly. To put in "street" terms, "Don't mess with us, we're the big boys."
Fernando Torres' price as a player may be judged in monetary terms. The global reputation of Liverpool FC can not.
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Jon Wertheim: Clijsters' newfound domination could lead to historic season
Kim Clijsters added an Australian Open title to her three U.S. Opens. She's the world's best, says Jon Wertheim, who caps the women's draw and eyes what's next for the mighty mom.
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Questions on the state of health care
Nurse.comshared nurses' questions about health care reform and the State of the Union with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ...
Source: http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/XlqKX3kDM9w/1
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Allegri seeing the positives
AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri took plenty of positives from his side's 2-1 Coppa Italia victory at Sampdoria on Wednesday.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/27/allegri-seeing-the-positives
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La Liga preview: Can Hercules stop powerhouses Barcelona?
Hercules will be out to extend their four-match home winning streak when they host Barcelona in La Liga action on Saturday.
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Sevilla poised to sign Rakitic
Schalke's Croatia international Ivan Rakitic is set to sign for Spanish club Sevilla on Friday.
Source: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_6705471,00.html
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Liga Sagres: Porto 3 Nacional 0
Porto's march to the Liga Sagres title continues unabated after the runaway leaders toppled Nacional 3-0 on Wednesday.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/27/liga-sagres-porto-3-nacional-0
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Allegri expects �messy� clash with Catania
AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri has predicted a tough encounter when his side visits Catania on Saturday in the Serie A.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/28/allegri-expects-messy-clash-with-catania
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vrijdag 28 januari 2011
Facing lawsuit, Mets owners exploring partial sale
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets are exploring a partial sale of the team as they face a lawsuit from a trustee trying to reclaim money for victims of the Bernard Madoff swindle.
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/01/28/mets.sale.ap/index.html?xid=si_topstories
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Reina: Liverpool on the up
Jose Reina feels that Liverpool will only get better this term starting with their next clash against Stoke.
Source: http://www.soccer365.com/english_premiership/story_28111100203.php
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Vela joins West Brom on loan
West Brom have secured the services of Arsenal striker Carlos Vela on loan until the end of the season.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/28/vela-joins-west-brom-on-loan
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Van Gaal tips tough Bremen
Bayern Munich manager Louis van Gaal has plenty of respect for Werder Bremen, despite their leaky defence.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/January/28/van-gaal-tips-tough-bremen
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Mbokani set for Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg have agreed a loan deal for Dieumerci Mbokani to scupper Everton's hopes of landing striker.
Source: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_6702253,00.html
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Shut the Door: The Top 10 Closers in Major League Baseball
It's almost time for pitchers and catchers to report to their spring training cites. This means the men who each team count on to secure a win will be reporting. In the last inning in a close game, the team's manager calls on his best bullpen pitcher to come into the game and shut the door. The closers role is one of the most important roles on a baseball team. Let us countdown the Top 10.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/588877-shut-the-door-the-top-ten-closers-in-major-league-baseball
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zondag 23 januari 2011
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