Kick Off

• Cry For Me Argentina! Copa Lib Groups Kick Off With Upsets

  2008-02-13 03:59:00

  And they're off. The 2008 Copa Libertadores group stage got underway today, with Argentine sides San Lorenzo and Estudiantes both losing road games to Caracas and Ecuador's Deportivo Cuenca, respectively. It was not the first time the Venezuelan side upset a favored team from Argentina; los rojos eliminated River Plate from the 2007 version of the "Champions League of Latin America."Ronald Vargas and Rafeal Castellin scored for the hosts, one of two Venezuelan teams in the group stage (Union Atletico Maracaibo is the other. A third, Mineros de Guayana, was eliminated in qualifying). San Lorenzo had two players sent off with direct red cards. I didn't see the match and can't pretend to know anything about Caracas' players (only one of them even has a Wikipedia page). Six San Lorenzo players, on the other hand, have played in Europe: Diego Placente (Leverkusen and Celta de Vigo), Aureliano Torres (Real Murcia), Bernardo Romeo (Hamburg SV, Mallorca and Osasuna), Andres D'Alessandro (Wolf
• Clarkson, Yoakam, Swift Help Kick-Off ‘Gridiron Bash’

  2008-01-18 18:00:00

  College football will get the ultimate hype this spring as Kelly Clarkson, ZZ Top, Maroon 5, Dwight Yoakam, Counting Crows, Taylor Swift and Montgomery Gentry, to name a few, perform simultaneously in college stadiums nationwide as part of the inaugural Gridiron Bash on April 18.
• Spice Girls Kick Off UK Tour

  2007-12-16 21:38:03

  The Spice Girls kicked off the UK leg of their comeback tour on Saturday night (December 15) at the O2 Arena, telling fans "It's so good to be home." Emma Bunton was able to dance despite her sprained ankle. Check out highlights from the show and rea
• Capital of Culture Update: The big kick-off

  2007-10-04 16:33:00

  After all the troubles besetting Liverpool as it heads towards the Capital of Culture year, at least the announcement of the big concert with Paul McCartney went smoothly enough, right?Not exactly, it turns out. Today's Liverpool Echo is reporting that the Culture Company burned through almost a fifth of a million quid trying to hold it down the docks before deciding to shift it to Anfield - having discovered the scheme they'd already invested in would take another eight million to pull off:The Salthouse plan would have involved draining the dock, which is between Albert Dock and Wapping, then building a stage and tiers of seating to hold up to 25,000 people.The basin would have then been re-filled so the stage appeared to be floating on the water.Cllr Anderson said he wrote to council chief executive Colin Hilton two weeks ago because of concerns about the bill.They met this week and Cllr Anderson said Mr Hilton had confirmed to him the bill was around £175,000.How many experts do yo
• Apple’s iPhone to kick off iDay

  2007-06-29 16:48:26

  Apple’s iPhone does everything it promises and more!
• Kick Off Contest at Mama´s Coffee Corner & RS Designs

  2007-05-22 15:08:56

  Linda at Mama´s Coffee Corner and Revka at RS Designs, recently began new blogs.They thought it would be fun to collaborate to create a kickoff contest. Linda is giving away your choice of either a selection of Brazilian goodies or a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate, and Revka is giving away a free custom header.So if you want a chance to win, join! Winners will be announced on May 25.http://minareceptsamlingar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss