The US economy is stagnant right now. Commodity prices - especially those for oil - are through the roof. Bank liquidity and credit markets have proven to be trillion dollar messes. The dollar is losing its value against global currencies because of our large national debt and artificially low interest rates. It is a difficult market for anyone to make sustain their financial well being, much less make gains.

Ron Artest getting traded from the Kings to the Rockets completely changes the West. Since the Rockets got Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady they have been considered a good team but very injury prone. It happens each year; both Yao and Tracy get injured at some point in the season. Each time this happens, the Rockets are stuck looking for a second offensive weapon on the team.

Ron Artest getting traded from the Kings to the Rockets completely changes the West. Since the Rockets got Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady they have been considered a good team but very injury prone. It happens each year; both Yao and Tracy get injured at some point in the season. Each time this happens, the Rockets are stuck looking for a second offensive weapon on the team.

New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski once famously said, “I don’t know much about football. I know about kicking.” That puts him in contrast to the Houston Dynamo fullback Craig Waibel — Waibel! — who clearly knows something about (Association) football and kicking. As you can see in this video, he’s also thrown down the [...]

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Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will head to China early Thursday to join the Argentina squad for the Olympics which get underway next week, the Spanish club said.

Robbie Keane made his Liverpool debut in a 0-0 friendly draw at Villarreal on Wednesday night following a 20 million-pound (40 million-dollar) transfer from Tottenham Hotspur.

Former international midfielder Alain Boghossian is to assist France coach Raymond Domenech, a source close to the French camp told AFP on Thursday, confirming a report in French daily Le Parisien.

German veteran keeper Jens Lehmann conceded three second half goals as former club Arsenal beat his new side Stuttgart in a pre-season friendly late Wednesday.

Russia´s reigning champions Zenit St Petersburg have made French top flight side Marseille an 18-million-euro offer for their midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, local press reported Thursday.

Javi Garcia said Thursday that he is returning to Spanish champions Real Madrid after one season at Osasuna as a much improved player.

Valencia vice-president Fernando Gomez said Thursday that the financially troubled Spanish club would do everything it can to keep their star players David Villa and David Silva.

Real Madrid´s Portuguese defender Pepe said Thursday that he has been inspired by reading seven-time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong´s best-selling book on his struggles with cancer.

Rafael Benitez believes he has already seen signs that his new strike force of Robbie Keane and Fernando Torres will gel ahead of the start of Liverpool´s coming campaign.

Polish FA and Ekstraklasa clubs agreed to extend the league to 18 teams.

KIEV (SW) ? UEFA President Michel Platini has appealed to the international community to support Poland and Ukraine in the organising of Euro 2012.