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Posted on Monday, 19th October 2009 by Josh

CARSON, Calif. – David Beckham, the star player for Galaxy team is now practicing with his team although he is still under observation for his inflamed right Achilles tendon. But this injury will not keep him from playing against the Chicago Fire on Friday night and with postseason coming, the team is now ready to fight it out with him.

After the team’s last Thursday’s practice, Beckham is now 100 percent ready and he does not see any reason why he would not be in the game. His everyday training has put him in shape and it does him good too. Although the practice was hard for him he does not see any problem for tomorrow’s game.

Since 2005 when Los Angeles won the Major League Soccer Cup, the team is once again on the edge of qualifying for another MLS trophy. Beckham came to the team in 2007 and this is the team’s first chance on victory for the postseason since having him.

However, Bruce Arena, Galaxy coach said he will remain very careful with his approach  and will still observe Beckham because his star player is still under assessment and still checking on how he will react with his training. The whole team though is expecting he will be able to play because they have seen his improvement as compared to last week’s practice. Every member of the team is expecting Beckham to do his part although there will be lots of cautions with how he can handle his injury.

If DC United loses their battle against Chivas USA on Friday, Chivas will definitely have the most chances in reaching the MLS playoffs and will qualify for Saturday night’s game. For the record, Chicago and Los Angeles have both 41 points each. However, Mexican star and Chicago Fire midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco will not be able to play with his team this Friday because he has not yet recovered from a strained left hamstring.

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Posted on Monday, 19th October 2009 by Josh

Twitter, a very common way to let people know your thoughts and a web site and service that allows you to send short text messages.

Because of the latest event that had coach Scott Skiles give Charlie Villanueva a talking to, NBA came up with a new Twitter rule.

Coach Skiles felt that doing a ‘tweet’ during half time would have other people reading that tweet, or even other players in the team that people are just not serious. If tweeting can be done during one of the most important parts of the game, then there is no focus. Players will start slacking feeling that their concentration can even be divided to tweeting and listening to the coach giving him hot tips and game plan for the next half of the game.

Shaquille O’Neal wholly agrees with NBA’s new rule on Twitter.

He feels that games are very important, even those periods spend on short time when the coach gives tips and advises to do better when the game begins, what more for the half time break that is very much needed for all players and coach alike.

O’Neal was also quoted as saying that there have been uncalled for situations when the other players did things that were not a good expression and reflection of themselves as basketball players, especially as a reflection to the NBA trademark.

Although to be fair to Villanueva, after posting the tweet, wherein he said that he was in the locker room to post that tweet, mentioning that their coach required ‘toughness’ when they play with the Celtics after half time, did really well when he played after half time. Villanueva played one of his best games that night, finishing as the top scorer of the game, with nineteen points, and were able to beat the Celtics on that game.

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Posted on Saturday, 5th September 2009 by Josh

Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex. It is suitable for large indoor events, including basketball, ice hockey, arena football and concerts. When configured for basketball, the Staples Center has a capacity of 18,997 spectators. When it hosts concerts and boxing matches, the Staples Center has a capacity of 20,000.

It is owned and operated by the L.A. Arena Company and Anschutz Entertainment Group. The arena serves as the home of two NBA franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL) played there until they folded.

Construction broke ground in 1998 and the Staples Center was opened a year later. It was financed privately at a cost of $375 Million and is named for the office-supply company Staples, Inc., which was one of the center’s corporate sponsors that paid for naming rights. Staples Center opened on October 17 1999, with a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert as its inaugural event. It is home to the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, and formerly the Los Angeles Avengers of the AFL. It is the only arena that is home to 5 professional sports franchises.

Staples Center was named New Major Concert Venue (2000) and Arena of the Year (2000 and 2001) by Pollstar Magazine and has been nominated each year since its 1999 opening.

The arena is host to 250 events and nearly 4,000,000 visitors a year. In just 10 years of existence, the Staples Center has hosted six NBA Finals series. All have been played by the Lakers. Since its opening day, the arena has also hosted three WNBA Finals (from 2001 to 2003), the 2000 Democratic National Convention, the 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 52nd NHL All-Star game, the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, the Pac-10 Basketball Finals since 2002, the WTA Tour Championships from 2002 to 2005, the first Latin Grammy Awards in 2000, the annual Grammy Awards since 2000 with the exception of 2003, the Summer X Games indoor competitions since 2003, the UFC 60 pay per view event, as well as numerous Concerts and HBO Championship Boxing matches. In addition to hosting WrestleMania 21, which holds the venue’s attendance record of 20,193, Staples Center has also hosted Unforgiven 2002, Judgment Day 2004, No Way Out 2007, and SummerSlam 2009 as well as other World Wrestling Entertainment events.

British rock band Oasis, who have regularly performed sold out shows in the city, made their last ever concert appearance in the city at the arena on December 4, 2008 to a crowd of 10,000 fans.

On August 19, 2008, Staples Center hosted the Dave Matthews Band just hours after the death of sax player LeRoi Moore.

On July 7, 2009, a public memorial for Michael Jackson was held at Staples Center.

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