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One of the intriguing minor stories to come out of this year's World Cup is the exuberant waving of the German flag by a somewhat unexpected group: Germans. In Der Spiegel Online, Marc Young writes: "Germany is awash in a sea of black, red and gold [the colors of the current German flag, as you know ... More >>
While most of the country keeps its attention on football, there are those of us who also enjoy the unbridled, over-the-top passion of futbol. With the Major League Soccer playoffs just around the corner (they start this Thursday), it is only fitting to give props to the OC natives who are represe ... More >>
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NBA D-League: Anaheim Arsenal vs. Sioux Falls Skyforce, 7 p.m.Come check out the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League. Head Coach Sam Vincent & Assistant Coach Paul Mokeski, both formerly of the Charlotte Bobcats, hope to lead their team to a victory tonight! The closest thing to the NB ... More >>
NBA D-League: Anaheim Arsenal vs. Sioux Falls Skyforce, 7 p.m.Come check out the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League. Head Coach Sam Vincent & Assistant Coach Paul Mokeski, both formerly of the Charlotte Bobcats, hope to lead their team to a victory tonight! The closest thing to the NB ... More >>
NBA D-League: Anaheim Arsenal vs. Reno Bighorns
NBA D-League: Anaheim Arsenal vs. Reno Bighorns
Special Houston-Seattle edition
Special FIFA World Cup/three question edition
Where to eat during the FIFA World Cup
Goal! follows an immigrants pursuit of a European fantasy
The Farrellys strike out with Hornbys Fever Pitch
FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster
FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster
FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster
A computer geeks guide to launching a new soccer league
A computer geeks guide to launching a new soccer league
But this time it's not as crazy as the previous "moo for your supper" event. For that one, people--mainly babies, by the looks of it--actually did turn up in cow costumes, as proved by the photos on the chain's Facebook page. If you really have nothing better to do, you can even vote for your fav ... More >>
A male soccer coach was convicted today of having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old female player on two occasions in his car and at her home.
Goooooooooaaaaallll!!!You can't help but get a kick out of Pelada, a documentary about playing pick-up soccer games around the globe. But as I also discovered at the Saturday afternoon Newport Beach Film Festival screening, there's also a little Orange County twist at the end.
Nadine's Irish Mist
[Hole In the Wall] Four places to eat before a Halos game (and one to visit afterward)
[Summer Guide] At our local United Nations of bars and restaurants, every World Cup game can be a home game
From the 2010 World Cup Facebook pageThe FIFA World Cup--you know, that massive sporting event that only comes around every four years, the one that the United States practically makes a sport out of ignoring--starts today in South Africa.Lots of Americans think soccer is boring. Well . . . it is ... More >>
What a great time to be a sports fan. The world's best soccer players are battling in South Africa, the world's best basketball teams played an epic Game 7 for the NBA Championship and, here in Orange County, the Angels are back!After a long struggle that had many reaching for the panic button, t ... More >>
The Chivas Girls will be there, and so should you.If you're a soccer junkie and the World Cup just isn't enough for you (the awful number of draws probably isn't helping), then wake up early tomorrow and get your ass over to the Home Depot Center in Carson for the 11 a.m. kickoff of the friend ... More >>
In his preview of the FIFA World Cup, Josh Cain ran down the locals and almost locals competing for the United States team. Among them was Landon Donovan, the 28-year-old Ontario native who just scored the winning goal that has sent America to the second round for the first time since the Stone A ... More >>
The Olde Ship British Pub
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, how not to get your pregunta answered
Nadine's Irish Mist
Courtesy of Angels BaseballThis has been as odd a season of Major League Baseball as there has ever been. That's really saying something for an organized sport that has been played for more than 100 years.Consider the four no-hit games pitched before the break, how two of those no-hitters were perfe ... More >>
Law enforcement is asking people to come forward if they have information on a 29-year-old Anaheim resident who taught martial arts and coached youth soccer in Fullerton.Luis Alberto Pineda is facing multiple child molestation charges in the sexual assaults of two young boys he met while coaching ... More >>
Publicity in the Orange County Register about the boy-sex charges against Luis Alberto Pineda have led to more counts against the 29-year-old soccer coach and martial arts instructor.Pineda, 29, was arrested Aug. 5 on suspicion of molesting five boys. Two more youths have been added to the case, ... More >>
Martinez: Once an outsider, now proudly a vendidaTwo bizarre press releases sent late Friday to every reporter in Orange County that covers SanTana (except Moxley--interesting...) told the same story: that councilmembers Sal Tinajero and Michelle Martinez were taking action to retake a City Counc ... More >>
[Mental Notes] Antoine Dodson beyond the Internet, plus Justin Bieber in comic-book form
The UC Irvine men's soccer team finished 14-3-3, won the Big West Conference regular-season title, were ranked No. 1 in the West Regional rankings most of the season and were in the national top 10 for the final six weeks of the regular season.So, how were the Anteaters rewarded? With another ... More >>
Los Angeles BluesPro fútbol makes its way to OC with the introduction of the Los Angeles Blues, a new team that will soon settle into its primary home field, Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium. As the third professional men's club in the region, joining the Galaxy and Chivas USA, the Blues will ... More >>
Angelo MacDonaldYou've probably never heard of Kevin Ross Johnston, but this guy should be a witness in every murder trial.Why?Not because Johnston--a tall, natty, silver-bearded fellow with a quick, hearty laugh--has any known criminal expertise. Well, sure, there are those speeding tickets and ... More >>
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why are they so rude?
Medina-PerezUPDATE, JULY 26, 7:44 A.M.: 24-year-old Westminster resident Leovardo Vera Bustos has died from the brain injuries suffered after sustaining a single punch in front of La Barca NIght Club in Stanton on July 5.Bustos fell backward, hit the ground hard, lost consciousness and never reg ... More >>
The new face of leadership with U.S. men's soccer.The flirtation is finally over. After several previous attempts to hire the former German soccer legend, Juergen Klinsmann has been hired to coach the United States Men's Soccer team.Klinsmann resembles Kevin Costner and comes with quite ... More >>
Medina-PerezUPDATE, AUG. 5, 10:19 A.M.: As expected, amended charges have been filed against 24-year-old Oscar Raul Medina-Perez in the death of Leovardo Vera Bustos, who died from brain injuries two weeks after taking a single punch in front of La Barca Night Club in Stanton on July 5.However, ... More >>
A Mexican first-division soccer team looks to groom its next generation of talent in Santa Ana
A Calvary Chapel church pastor and youth soccer coach has been arrested for allegedly picking up an 8-year-old girl for a play date with one of his five daughters but instead driving her to a Huntington Beach park, molesting her and giving her $40 not to say anything.She did.Christopher Raymond O ... More >>
SO...my chica had one of her Patchwork festivals this past weekend in Culver City, and I saw someone I never imagined was into crafty stuff: Jaime Cárdenas, the PR guy for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer squad. He's a pal, and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. I congratulated Jaime on his team's ... More >>
When a man died weeks after Oscar Raul Medina-Perez dropped him with a single punch outside La Barca Night Club in Stanton last year, it was not outside the realm of possibility that the hitter would be looking at a murder count. After pleading guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter, Huntingt ... More >>
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 10:36 A.M.: Ex-soccer coach and accused child pornography hoarder Robert Vincent Peace pleaded not guilty at arraignment Tuesday to 16 felonies and a sentencing enhancement allegation for substantial sexual conduct with a child. The judge set Peace's bail to $500,000. He fa ... More >>
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