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Bud Selig Chastises Rodriguez, Unable to do Anything Else

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has publicly chastised Alex Rodriguez, who recently admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs in 2003 (SN reported). Rodriguez made the admission after a report in Sports Illustrated.
Selig said: “While Alex deserves credit for publicly confronting the issue, there is no valid excuse for using such substances, and those who use them [...]

Guus Hiddink Brought in as Chelsea Coach

Experienced international coach Guus Hiddink has taken over the management position at Chelsea, on the request of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Hiddink is the interim manager at the club until the end of the season.
In his first statement as team manager, Hiddink refused to ive up on the club’s chances in the three championships they [...]

Faded Glory: Woman Only Swam 250 of 2,100-Mile Atlantic Crossing

56-year-old Aspen native Jennifer Figge, who recently made headlines after allegedly completing a 2,100-mile swim across the Atlantic, actually swam only 250 miles of it. Bad weather and ocean hazards forced her out of the water most of the way.
She started at the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa and ended in [...]

Chelsea Shock: Scolari Sacked

English Premiere League team Chelsea have announced on their Web site that “Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed as manager of Chelsea Football Club with immediate effect,” following the club’s fourth spot so far in the Premiere League season.
Former Portugal manager Scolari was at Chelsea for just seven months, despite signing a three-year deal with [...]

Instant Arena: White Label Fantasy Sports Gaming Platform

Website: InstantArena
Founder: Dan Mezick
instantARENAâ„¢ platform allows instant, no-barrier entry into the booming fantasy sports gaming marketplace
North Haven, CT (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 — Player Ventures LLC today announces the immediate availability of instantARENAâ„¢, the world’s first brandable, white-label fantasy sports gaming solution.
“What instantARENAâ„¢ means for the industry is simple: Any web site with sports-related web [...]

FanDome: Team Social Networks

Website: FanDome
Interview With: Ricky Joshi
Is their more then one founder? If so, who are they?:
Karim Motani

What is your background and qualifications?
Director of Business Development at GMR*Works and Kaleidoscope (IPG Companies). Sourced and led IPG’s investment in Facebook.
What does your website do?
Team Social Networks, largest sports video site om Internet. Second [...]

The Quest for 31

Website: The Quest for 31
Interview with: Hans Steiniger
What is your background and qualifications?
I am an avid NFL Super fan that has been captivated from an early age by the product that plays out in NFL stadiums across the nation on Sundays. I started a journey in 2006 to challenge myself to attend a game in [...]

A-Rod: "I was Young. I was Stupid. I was Naive" Admits Drug Use.

Baseball great Alex Rodriguez, the MLB’s highest-paid player, has admitted to using steroids when he played for the Texas Rangers between 2001-2003. A-Rod made the admission after this weekend’s report in Sports Illustrated (SN reported).
Speaking to ESPN, Rodriguez said: “Back then it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was [...]

Online Shopping Revolution

Yes. That’s what I’ve said!
Tired of price comparators with just a few stores? Most of online shopping sites only offers 1,000 stores for all. The site I’ll talk about offers the ‘insignificant’ number of 30,000 stores. You can browse thousands and thousands of products in thousands and thousands of stores!
What makes ShopWiki different from the [...]

A-Rod Tested Positive to Steroids?

According to a report on the Sports Illustrated Web site, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive to steroid use in 2003, when he was playing for Texas. He tested positive to two anabolic steroids.
A-Rod, as he is known, has denied ever using any kind of performance enhancing drugs. Sports Illustrated approached him about the speculation [...]