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  • NYC lobbyists racked up nearly $131 million last year promoting casinos, soccer stadium, real estate

    03/04/2024 6:44:33 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 2 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/04/2024 | Carl Campanile
    New York lobbyists have hit the jackpot alongside a push to open casinos in the Big Apple — raking in bundles as they try to woo Mayor Eric Adams and council members, a new city report reveals. Compensation for lobbyists shot up 8% last year — up from $121.15 million in 2022 to $130.96 million, according to the annual study prepared by the City Clerk’s Office, which regulates the lobbying industry. Entities tied to Mets billionaire owner Steve Cohen and Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment led the charge — spending more than $2 million combined on a stable of lobbyists last...
  • The Greek Rivals Who United and Brought Souvlaki to Colombia

    02/25/2024 2:39:25 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | February 25, 2024 | Nick Kampouris
    The story of two Greek immigrants in Colombia serves as a lesson of what the nation can achieve when united. Petros Gkrilis and George Sitaras come from Thessaloniki. They are fanatic supporters of the city’s eternal rivals PAOK and Aris respectively. They proudly wear their club’s jerseys in Colombia, speak with passion about their love for their idols back in Greece and they both claim their team is the jewel in Thessaloniki’s sports crown. Yet they have managed to show to the entire world that football rivalries are nothing compared to all the other things in life which unite people...
  • Franz Beckenbauer, German and World Football Legend, Dies

    01/10/2024 6:30:21 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    TicoTimes ^ | January 8, 2024
    German football legend Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as a player in 1974 and as a manager in 1990, died on Sunday at the age of 78, the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Monday. Former captain of the West German national team in the 1970s, manager of the Mannschaft from 1984 to 1990, and later an executive at Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer had limited his public appearances in recent years due to his health and was living in retirement in Salzburg, Austria. “A legend of German and world football. The Kaiser was a great person, a friend...
  • Trans soccer player threatens lawsuit after women refuse to compete against him

    11/22/2023 7:53:49 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 34 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 11/22/2023 | Samantha Kamman
    A British male athlete who identifies as trans quit a women's soccer team and is considering legal action after opponents refused to compete against him following an incident where a female athlete suffered a broken knee while attempting to block his shot. Francesca Needham, 30, resigned from the Rossington Main Ladies, a soccer team in South Yorkshire. After the female athlete's knee injury and ongoing refusal from opposing teams to play against Needham, upcoming matches were canceled.In a statement to The Daily Mail this week, Needham indicated that he is considering pursuing a discrimination case. The trans athlete hopes the...
  • They Wouldn't Observe a Moment of Silence, So Israel and Poland's Soccer Teams Did This Instead

    11/18/2023 8:35:52 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    Townhall ^ | 11/18/2023 | Matt Vespa
    Israel and Poland’s under-21 national soccer teams played a match on Friday, but its start was interesting. No one played for the first minute of the game. They remained in their starting positions, responding to the Union of European Football Associations’ decision not to hold a moment of silence for the Israelis massacred in the October 7 attacks committed by Hamas. It’s not a good look for UEFA, but the players found a workaround (via The Guardian): UEFA refused to organize a minute of silence before the start of the match between #Israel and Poland (under-21 team). In response, the...
  • God Here. Megan Rapinoe's Career-Ending Injury Is Proof That I'm Real.

    11/13/2023 8:04:38 PM PST · by Rummyfan · 32 replies
    WFB ^ | 13 Nov 2023 | God Almighty
    Hey, folks. God here. I'm writing in response to recent comments from Megan Rapinoe, a human female best known for playing the so-called sport of soccer, or "Satan's Folly" as we call it up here. Rapinoe invoked my name on Saturday after injuring her Achilles tendon in the opening minutes of the National Women's Soccer League Championship. It was the final game of her professional career. "I'm not a religious person or anything and if there was a God, like, this is proof that there isn't," Rapinoe told the demonic cretins you call journalists during the post-game press conference. "This...
  • Megan Rapinoe says championship injury 'proof' there isn't a god

    11/12/2023 9:56:55 PM PST · by DeathBeforeDishonor1 · 112 replies
    Fox ^ | 11/13/23 | Ryan Gaydos
    U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe did her best to laugh off an injury she suffered in the final match of her career on Saturday. Rapinoe went down in the sixth minute as OL Reign lost to Gotham FC in the National Women’s Soccer League Championship on Saturday night. Rapinoe said she believed she tore her Achilles. In the post-match press conference, Rapinoe said she was going to get the "Aaron Rodgers treatment" to try and recover from the injury. She said she’d reach out to him or whoever did his surgery. "I’m not a religious person or anything and if...
  • Former Pro Soccer Player Allegedly Flashes Nazi Salute at Pro-Israel Demonstrators in LA

    11/07/2023 10:45:00 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    New York Post ^ | Nov. 7, 2023 | Patrick Reilly
    A former US National Women’s Soccer League player was filmed allegedly flashing a Nazi salute at pro-Israel demonstrators in Los Angeles. Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel, who previously played for the Angel City Football Club based in LA, signed the “Sieg Heil” salute from the passenger seat of a vehicle, video posted online by watchdog group StopAntisemitism shows. “Shame on you,” the demonstrators at the Beverly Hills rally shouted at her. It’s not clear what occurred before the recording began. Behind the wheel was another professional soccer player — identified by the group as Samim Haydari.
  • Good riddance, Megan Rapinoe

    09/29/2023 3:30:41 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 46 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | Sep 29, 2023 | Christopher Tremoglie
    Rapinoe is a brainwashed and misguided athlete who used her platform to spread rampant misinformation. She could be the poster child of everything that is wrong with the Left. She whined about pay equality, even though her claims were never valid. She championed “equality,” all the while promoting priority and preferences — and weird, radical, and extremist ideas such as the toxic gender ideology and notions that men can be women. She sought to establish a counterculture under the guise of social justice and equality. She played for the United States, but cared more about the name on her back....
  • Fury as Megan Rapinoe REFUSES to sing US National Anthem despite being picked to captain the team for her final ever game

    09/24/2023 7:26:38 PM PDT · by vespa300 · 99 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 9/24/2023 | Jake Fenner
    Megan Rapinoe captains the United States in her final match for the national team... but she does not sing during the national anthem
  • U.S. Soccer to move headquarters, build training center in Atlanta

    09/18/2023 5:25:08 AM PDT · by CFW · 7 replies
    Capitol Beat ^ | 9/15/23 | Dave Williams
    ATLANTA – The U.S. Soccer Federation is moving its headquarters from Chicago to Atlanta and building the first-ever National Training Center in the metro area, the organization announced Friday. The Arthur M. Blank Foundation is contributing $50 million toward the state-of-the art facility, which will house U.S. Soccer’s nine teams. The money also will be used to grow the game of soccer across the U.S. “America’s top athletes deserve the best when it comes to preparing them for competition on the global stage,” Blank said. “Atlanta’s incredible passion for soccer, corporate community and unmatched infrastructure make this a natural home...
  • Brazilian Soccer Star Neymar Widely Condemned By Muslim Clerics, Social Media Users For Arriving In Saudi Arabia Wearing Cross Pendant Necklace

    09/09/2023 11:36:44 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    On August 18, 2023, Brazilian soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following the signing of a lucrative two-year contract with Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club. As he stepped off the plane, Neymar was greeted by club officials amid the presence of a throng of reporters, all capturing the historic moment of this globally renowned player's arrival. However, the spotlight unexpectedly shifted from his arrival to the Saudi club to the diamond-studded cross pendant necklace he was wearing. This seemingly innocuous accessory stirred a wave of reactions on social media and among Muslim clerics worldwide, who...
  • A kiss is just a kiss: Are we going to see another man’s professional life derailed over no big deal?

    09/01/2023 9:58:57 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/01/2023 | Noel S. Williams
    Spain recently won the Women’s World Cup (soccer). It was such a joyful event that during the medal ceremony Luis Rubiales, Spain’s soccer federation president, planted a celebratory kiss on the sweaty lips of player Jenni Hermoso. As a result, feckless FIFA (essentially soccer’s ill-reputed international governing body) have suspended him for 90 days.Unsurprisingly, that’s not enough for the fervid feminists, who want him dismissed for his “sexual aggression.” Rubiales mother is clearly subjective on the matter; nevertheless, she may be right about the criticism of her son being a “bloodthirsty witch hunt.” Luis himself remains defiant, referring to the...
  • How a Mafia-Loving Pro Soccer Player Stole ‘The Scream’ in 1994

    08/26/2023 1:23:14 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    ARTnews ^ | August 25, 2023 | Daniel Cassidy
    In 1985, at 18 years old, Pal Enger made his professional soccer debut with Valerenga, Oslo’s association football club, in the Eliteserien, Norway’s version of England’s Premier League. But for years he’d had an unsavory pastime that would eventually lead to multiple prison sentences and the loss of a chance at becoming a soccer legend. Enger loved crime. As a child he was obsessed with two things. The first was Frances Ford Coppola’s mobster epic The Godfather. At 15, he even used his ill gotten money to fly to New York City and see where the film was made. The...
  • Spanish soccer chief apologizes for giving Women’s World Cup winner a surprise kiss on the lips

    08/21/2023 9:14:13 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 14 replies
    CNN, MSN ^ | 8/21/23 | By John Sinnott, Patrick Sung and Matias Grez
    Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has admitted he “made a mistake” by giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso a surprise kiss on the lips after the 33-year-old received her gold medal following the team’s Women’s World Cup final victory over England on Sunday. Rubiales has faced widespread criticism for the incident, with politicians and journalists labeling his behavior “unacceptable” and “simply disgusting.”
  • Spain's Winning Scorer Carmona Learns of Dad's Death After WWC Final

    08/20/2023 11:50:42 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    ESPN ^ | Aug 20, 2023 | Sam Marsden
    The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced the death of Olga Carmona's father just hours after she scored the winning goal in the Women's World Cup final. Real Madrid left-back Carmona, 23, scored the only goal of the game as Spain beat England 1-0 in Sydney on Sunday to win their first-ever major trophy in the women's game. Carmona learned of her father's death after the final. An RFEF spokesperson told Reuters he had been fighting an illness for a long time and died Friday. "We deeply regret that we must announce the death of Olga Carmona's father," the...
  • Spanish Soccer President Kissing Player’s Lips After World Cup Win Sparks Outcry: ‘Did Not Enjoy That’

    08/20/2023 11:40:42 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    New York Post ^ | August 21, 2023 | Christian Arnold
    What should have been a moment of pure jubilation for Spain as the country celebrated its first Women’s World Cup title, was overshadowed a bit by a moment that happened during the postmatch ceremony. Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales planted a cringe-worthy kiss on the lips of team captain Jenni Hermoso during the ceremony, causing outrage. The moment was captured by televisionIn an Instagram live video from the team celebration inside the locker room, Hermoso and her teammates learned that the moment was seen on TV and shrieked while watching it back. She also said in the live video...
  • Football Started in Greece, Ancient Artifact Reveals

    08/17/2023 4:29:11 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | August 17, 2023 | Philip Chrysopoulos
    A relief exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece shows an ancient Greek youth practicing by balancing a football on his thigh in front of a small boy. This means that football, albeit in a primitive form, is at least 2,400 years old and very likely has its origins in ancient Greece. Looking at this lovely ancient artifact today, one can say that the man seems to be showing his son how to control the ball like an ancient Greek Lionel Messi. According to archaeologists, the depiction of the figure playing with the ball dates back to the...
  • Pseudo-elites Befuddled: Why Is the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Hated?

    08/14/2023 3:22:17 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 63 replies
    The New American ^ | August 13, 2023 | Selwyn Duke
    It’s always interesting when the media make someone or something a cause. A few may remember, for instance, golf prodigy Michelle Wie. In the early 2000s when she was about 14, the media relentlessly promoted the six-foot lass after she showed promise and boasted of how she was going to beat the men, including then-world number one Tiger Woods. For the media love feminism-buttressing, girl-power stories, and Wie wasn’t complaining: Much like Barack Obama getting a Nobel Peace Prize based on perceived potential, the positive press eventually won the golfer a $50 million Nike contract. Oh, today, at age 33,...
  • U.S women’s writer explains decision to ignore national anthem controversy

    08/11/2023 4:16:09 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 24 replies
    AwfulAnnouncing.com ^ | Kevin Harrish
    Throughout the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, one of the biggest and loudest storylines surrounding the United States Women’s National Team had nothing to do with soccer, but whether or not some players on the team sang the national anthem before the matches. But despite the consistent media discourse, there was very little actual conversation about this controversy from those covering the event or the USWNT themselves. And it sounds like that was an intentional decision. United States Women’s National Team beat writer Meg Linehan of The Athletic, revealed that the lack of coverage regarding the national anthem controversy was...