April 8th, 2008

(Seattle, Washington) Seattle will have its own Major League Soccer team starting in 2009. Woohoo! The new name was unveiled today during a news conference at the Space Needle, and will officially be called Seattle Sounders FC.
In a rare show of democracy in sports, the new …
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March 31st, 2008

(Belfast, Northern Ireland) The World Championships of Irish Dance, which this year took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has just wrapped up. While many people in America associate Irish dancing with The Lord of the Dance-type spectacles, Irish dancing has been alive and well for decades before …
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October 22nd, 2007

“The Bean” is cool.
This year I had the fortune to stop and spend time in Chicago en route to my most recent travels. Chicago is my home town, and where most of my family still reside. In addition to watching a Cubs game, ...
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October 4th, 2007

World-famous Wrigley Field.
You heard it here first, kids. The Chicago Cubs are going all the way this year! No more Bartman, no more curses, no more excuses. Let’s go, Cubbies!
Spoken like a true Cubs fan…I am ever hopeful. Plus, if it doesn’t work out, there’s …
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