Red Sox Hire New Manager

       The Boston Red Sox have made a big decision for the future of the ball club recently. After a surprisingly poor season (considering the Sox had a total of 15 All-Stars), the team had to sit out the 2011 post season to the dismay of the club. How do we know the club wasn't happy about the season? Simple, they fired their head manager. After working with the club for seven years, Terry Francona was fired as the manager for the Red Sox and, as of this week, was replaced by Bobby Valentine. Valentine was an interesting choice for manager because he hasn't managed a team since 2002. However, he has a very extensive resume. He played in the MLB and got his first managing job in 1985. He has held multiple MLB positions since then, and has now signed a two year contract with another two years optional. It is thought that he was hired to the team to help run the club more strictly than previously done. Now that he has been announced as the new manager, he has only 80 days to prepare for spring training to begin for his new team.

To see more about the change, click here.

A picture of the former manager Francona.


-Grayson N.

NBA is back

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After 149 days the owners and players finally got to an agreement right on before for Christmas. Although it seems that everything got solved, it didn't. Although the owners and players hand shacked over the official deal there is still problems that need to be solved before the league can re-open. David Stern has marked December 9^th as the official day for training camp and a free agency as well as collective bargain agreement. There are still questions to be answered, but the main question that the NBA is focusing on is the age limit that requires you to play basketball for the NBA. The age limit that required you to play was 19 years old before but the NBA would like to push the limit to 20 years old. An alternative for this issue is letting students draft into the NBA immediately after high school. There is a catch though; if they leave the NBA they must attend two years in college to re-join again. Another alternative is paying the student to stay in college longer or qualify the student for a free agent sooner. Obviously time is a factor for the association but re-stocking the league with young talent is appealing. For more information click here. (Kicker14)

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He never knew what  could happen going to your first game. On a normal day Francisco took his kids to a soccer game. "I was impress the way that the teams played," said Francisco. That day was the life change for him. As he and his two sons felt in love of the sport.
This is how a person got interested in soccer by just going to a game.
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She played soccer for San Diego and then UT and had a GPA of 4.0. Always gave it her best and never gave up without a challenge. She had plans of becoming a teacher in California and be just like her ant which was the one that motivated her to follow a teacher career. Now you she wakes up at six in the morning, Monday through Friday, getting ready for school. Plays every so often recreational soccer but has a full time commitment of being a mom for two little girls and a teacher at Kealing M.S..

Thesis:
A women is athletic and skillful just as a man is. They face hardships and challenges on the road but at the end, they can be successful just like a man athlete can. (Kicker14) N.R

He never knew what  could happen going to your first game. On a normal day Francisco took his kids to a soccer game. "I was impress the way that the teams played," said Francisco. That day was the life change for him. As he and his two sons felt in love of the sport.
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Tucked away in North-west Austin, dwarfed by the looming Wal-mart nearby, lies a humble storefront. At first glance, the eternal loop forming an O sticks out immediately from the simple and blandly colored sign reading: Play It Again Sports. The windows are crowded with lacrosse sticks and stickers of any color imaginable. Upon entering, the simplicity of the storefront vanishes. A meager path shaped by worn treadmills leads into the depths of the store. There is something in every available spot of wall and floor. Once the overwhelming sense while entering vanishes, order becomes clear. Bats over here, Frisbees over there, on and on and on. With some items it seems as though they have been through everything, some seem to not have been through enough. Some gleam and shine with newness that sticks out among the rows and rows of merchandise. The smell of worn leather and hard work pervades.

Play It Again Sports, while it is a large chain of stores, is actually become a very local store due to an interesting business idea they have. “Random people come in and sell or give us old stuff that we turn around and sell,” says Brad, an employee at the Anderson Lane location.

Chiefs Quarterback Injured

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Chief's quarterback Matt Cassel has had surgery on his injured throwing hand and Coach Todd Haley still hopes that he will be back this season. Matt injured his right hand on Sunday when the Chief's lost to Denver by a score of 17-10. The former Pro-Bowl had surgery Monday evening to repair what Haley called a ''significant'' injury. Haley said Wednesday he doesn't know when Cassel will be able to return. The team has not placed him on injured reserve, which means he could return this season. Haley said much of that depend on how Cassel recovers this week. The Chief's play Monday night at New England, giving backup Tyler Palka a little more time to prepare. Rookie Ricky Stanzi will be the backup. So far the Chief's has had an average start with four wins and five losses, their hoping they can bring the win when they’re in New England. The Chiefs have to make a comeback when they play the Patriots this Sunday if they want to make it to the playoffs. Right now the Chiefs are ranked 21th in the NFL, higher than last year. Chiefs have to give it their best in the rest of the games in the season if they want to do as good as they did last year or even better. For more information click here. (Kicker14)