Abby Wambach

                   

Men's soccer a wide open event

upi.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

BEIJING, July 25 (UPI) -- Soccer Gold medals to be awarded: 2 Dates of competition: Aug. 6-23 The most popular sport in the world doesn't include all of the best players in the world at the Olympics but there is plenty of...                

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O'Reilly adjusts role

charlotte.com     15 hrs ago   3 related          

Well before she became a world-class soccer player, Heather O'Reilly sprinted against the boys at her brother's youth soccer tryout.“I was dead last,” she said. “But I think I turned some heads with how I kept up with the boys...                

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WNBA Brawl Shows Toughness, Poor Judgment

wsjonline.com     yesterday   4 related          

Sure, the WNBA brawl Tuesday was at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich., evoking memories of a kindred league’s low point. And no one really wants to watch Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie mix it up regularly, nor see Cheryl Ford...                

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Progeny of Title IX prove as tough as males

usatoday.com     yesterday   2 related          

By Christine Brennan, USA TODAY One of the strangest traditions left in sports is our propensity to call female athletes "ladies," as if they are demure, tea-sipping, pinkie-extending wallflowers from a bygone era. It's the...                

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New crew leads U.S. women's soccer team

scrippsnews.com     yesterday   1 related          

Mia Hamm and her friends are gone. Brandi Chastain, Kristine Lilly, Julie Foudy, Joy Fawcett and Hamm have hung up their sneakers after leading the United States to a World Cup title in 1999 and Olympic gold medals in 1996 and...                

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Without Wambach, will team groan or grow?

signonsandiego.com     Jul 23, 2008          

It didn't take the medical staff who rushed on the field, or the inflatable cast that was immediately put on her leg, or the subsequent X-rays at Sharp Memorial Hospital to clue in Abby Wambach that the tibia and fibula in her...                

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Eight fierce rivalries sure to heat up the Beijing Summer Games

sacbee.com     Jul 22, 2008          

By SCOTT FOWLER - McClatchy Newspapers The Olympics always drip with drama, but there's nothing quite like a big rivalry to increase the tension. Here are eight great rivalries that will help fuel the 2008 Olympics in Beijing....                

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Saints get Shockey for two draft picks

signonsandiego.com     Jul 22, 2008   291 related          

Jeremy Shockey was traded to the Saints for two draft picks yesterday, giving New Orleans a disgruntled star tight end who watched from afar while injured as the New York Giants surged to the Super Bowl title. The Giants will...                

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democratandchronicle.com: Goalie Joy McKenzie is one of three players from the Rhinos women's team heading to Tampa, Fla., in September for a combine they hope will earn them roster spots on one of the new teams of Women's Professional Soccer. democratandchronicle.com

Three women's Rhinos players to try out for new pro league

democratandchronicle.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Jeff DiVeronica • Staff writer • July 22, 2008 When the first women's professional soccer league in America announced in 2003 that after three seasons it could no longer afford to operate, dreams were dashed for so many girls...                

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Going for the Gold

cfo.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Can a savvy finance strategy propel Women's Professional Soccer to post-Olympic glory? Kate O'Sullivan CFO Magazine Nine years ago, Brandi Chastain whipped off her jersey before 90,000 screaming fans at the Rose Bowl — not to...                

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