Tag Archive: Travel

2010 South Africa World Cup: Watching with Kids

Here’s a real treat: a guest post by Coach Chris Hall. He’s enjoying the ultimate Father’s Day with his young son at World Cup 2010 in South Africa! Be sure to check out his blog, “A Coaching Life”, too. It’s World Cup time and I write you from the frigid reaches of . . . [...]

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“I’m glad somebody remembers I was . . . a player.”

There’s a danger in posting and linking to another post, especially when that links to and refers to yet someone else’s post. However, this Wall Street Journal blog post “The Truth About Soccer Moms”

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World Cup 2018/2022 U.S. Cities Named

In one of the largest, longest and most drawn-out campaigns of all time, the U.S. Bid Committee for a bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022 has named 18 host cities. Charlotte is not included. Neither are Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville, Oakland, Orlando, St. Louis and San Francisco. But since our [...]

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Mrs. Oudin (mom of Melanie Oudin): I Feel Your Pain

“. . . It is so difficult to know for how long to reserve hotels at sudden-death tournaments, and how to buy return airline tickets for such trips. . . “

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