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Baseball

Indoor Baseball Practice Ideas

The idea of practicing indoors for baseball doesn’t sound fun, however, it can actually be effective just like outdoor practice. There are many indoor baseball practice ideas that one can make use of. A nearby indoor baseball facility should be used for the purpose of practicing. The indoor environment doesn’t provide the freedom that one [...]

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Reviews Red Bull Arena

Judging by the relatively sparse attendance at Red Bull Arena, it appears the soccer craze hasn’t fully caught on in the New York area just yet. But with the brand new, state-of-the-art facility the Red Bulls have built, it shouldn’t take long. The arena, new for the 2010 season, is intuitively designed, squeaky clean, and [...]

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Home Depot Center LA Galaxy

A not so long time ago, in a galaxy not far, far away, the year was 1996. Los Angeles, one of the most storied sports towns in the United States, was granted one of the ten charter franchises of Major League Soccer. While the first fans may remember the Galaxy playing at the Rose Bowl, [...]

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A Staple of the LA Experience

There are a handful of venues in each sport that seem to transcend the balance. Baseball enthusiasts enjoy the historical venues – Fenway Park, Wrigley Park, and the old Yankee Stadium. The NFL loves its modern bells and whistles in Lucas Oil Stadium and Cowboy Stadium while the NHL tends to judge its best venues [...]

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Journey to the Valley of the Suns

US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena in the Charles Barkley days) in Downtown Phoenix opened in 1992. It also serves as the home for the WNBA franchise Phoenix Mercury (league champs in ’07 and ’09) and a host of other minor league soccer, hockey and football teams. The Suns have represented Phoenix since 1968, [...]

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Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Most of the Cactus League Arizona training locations are in suburbs or within short driving distance of the state’s capital city of Phoenix. They’re in Mesa, Glendale, Goodyear, Scottsdale, Peoria and Phoenix. One of the most interesting spring training baseball stadiums is the new facility at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick within the Salt [...]