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...fight the downturn and counter the previous failure, WPS has promised to learn from the mistakes that its predecessor, the WUSA, committed earlier this decade. Riding a euphoria that followed the U.S. victory in the 1999 World Cup (Brandi Chastain, shirt off), the WUSA's spending habits fit those overreaching times. "The churn rate in women's soccer 1.0 was dot.com-like," says Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. The league, which folded in 2003, budgeted $40 million to finance its first five years of operation. It consumed $100 million...
...play during the rest of the spring. After going 1-9 to start off last season, Harvard dominated in league play to end the season with a 25-22 record. The Crimson’s potent offense will also benefit from the arrival of new hitting coach Brandi Gordon.“She’s changing our swings a lot, but we’re hitting the ball so hard now,” Vertovez says. “It’s really exciting.”And without the pressure of having to defend the Ivy League...
...sports coverage goes to men. The last thing the LPGA wants is to end up like the short-lived Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), a female alternative to the popular men’s Major League Soccer. Despite attracting the brightest talents in the sport, from Brandi Chastain to Mia Hamm, WUSA suspended action after only three seasons due to lack of funds. The LPGA is far from that danger, but a gender disparity certainly applies in golf as well. The top women’s player in 2007 earned $2,381,048; the top male player...
...Opportunes-Pitches Winter Concert 2005. The Harvard Opportunes and the Radcliffe Pitches perform their annual joint a capella concert. Sanders Theatre. 3 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $12 general admission, $7 students. (AMF)WBOS Holiday Show with Carbon Leaf, Duncan Sheik, Brandi Carlile. Indie rock band Carbon Leaf will perform from 3-4:30 p.m. and the repertoire will include the single “Life Less Ordinary.” An old favorite, Duncan Sheik—best known for the ’90’s hit “Barely...
...high school sweetheart, the mother of their five-year-old daughter. But soon thereafter, his best friend back in Kiln, Mississippi, Mark Haverty, was killed in a car accident; the driver, who police say was legally intoxicated, was Brett's brother Scott. A month after that, his sister Brandi was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Louisiana. Through it all, Favre managed to stay clean and to lead the Packers to their best season since 1966. Said Holmgren: "Given everything he's had to deal with, it's been an amazing year. I don't think there...