ATHLETIC STUFF US cancels soccer match with Egypt
The U.S national team scheduled friendly with Egypt in Cairo scheduled for Feb. 9 has now officially been canceled, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati told ESPN yesterday. “Due to the current situation all parties agreed it was best to cancel the match,” Gulati was quoted saying. With the Egypt match’s cancellation, their next match will be March 26 when Argentina will visit at the Meadowlands in N.J. “The loss of a friendly match will likely bother head coach Bob Bradley who was hoping to see more of his young squad that battled to a 1-1 draw with Chile earlier this month,” a goal.com writer reported.
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Tripper Alosi resigns
Sal Alosi is taking a trip, and it’s unlikely he’ll be back next fall. The embattled New York Jets strength and conditioning coach resigned yesterday, less than two months after he was caught tripping an opposing player during a punt return and suspended by the team. Alosi was initially docked without pay for the rest of the season and fined $25,000 by the team for sticking out his knee to trip Miami’s Nolan Carroll during a game at the New Meadowlands Stadium on Dec. 12. He was suspended indefinitely by the team a few days later after acknowledging he ordered players to form a wall along the sideline. “After the events that have transpired, I feel it’s best for my family and me to look for a fresh start,” Alosi said in a statement issued by the team. During a news conference the day after the incident, Alosi fought back tears as he called his actions—tripping Carroll—“inexcusable and irresponsible.” He also said no one was instructed to stay up on the sideline to prevent Dolphins players from running out of bounds on kicks. Miami’s Reshad Jones was penalized for doing that earlier in the game. It wasn’t until two days later that Alosi was suspended indefinitely after he acknowledged telling the players to form the wall—information he didn’t initially volunteer. General manager Mike Tannenbaum said during a conference call last Friday that the team had not yet made a decision on Alosi’s future. “After speaking with Sal, he decided that it is best for him to tender his resignation at this time,” Tannenbaum said.
Highest pro bowl ratings in 11 years
As bad as the Pro Bowl was by football standards, the NFL must consider its return to Hawaii a success. Commissioner Roger Goodell’s decision to stage arguably the most irrelevant of all-star contests a week in advance of the Super Bowl, rather than after it, is paying off, if TV ratings are any indication. Although the attrition rate among viewers had to be significant after the NFC blew open a six-touchdown lead in a 55-41 victory over the AFC on Sunday. Ratings for the game were the highest in 11 years, and the players involved were repeatedly thankful that
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Kansas City Chief wide receiver Dwayne Bowe makes a catch during AFC Pro Bowl NFL football practice at the Ko Olina Resort, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, in Kapolei, Hawaii. The pro bowl had the highest ratings in 11 years, and Bowe had the pleasure of one of the best tackles of the game – on a fan who’d invaded the playing field. AP photo.
the Pro Bowl was back in Hawaii after a one-year stint in Florida. “Everybody loves it here,” the game’s MVP DeAngelo Hall said. “Miami or any other is not just the same.” For NFL junkies, even half-speed football helps fill the two-week void between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. No matter that 13 Pro Bowl selections from conference champions Green Bay and Pittsburgh had more serious responsibilities elsewhere. Still, 23 percent of the homes in the Milwaukee market were tuned in to the Pro Bowl, twice the national average. The game itself was an example, in prime time for most of the country, of why the NFL, easily American’s most popular sport, does not translate well to an all-star format. A game that thrives on intensity and violence is robbed of both when the players’ biggest goal is to not let an injury ruin a nice week with the family in paradise. The only real intensity came from four fans who, in the fourth quarter, made the ill-advised choice to dash onto the field and evade capture for several minutes with some electrifying moves. AFC wide receiver Dwayne Bowe ended the cavorting of one of them with what might have been the game’s nastiest hit. “It really shows offensive guys can tackle,” he deadpanned afterward.
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