Word: laporta
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...More than a club." Fans got a reminder of just how seriously the Barcelona soccer team takes its slogan this week, when club president Joan Laporta agreed to dedicate part of ticket sales from its upcoming match on December 23 against archrival Real Madrid to the Federació Llull, a cultural organization that has been encouraging the spread of the Catalan language since 1990. "It is our responsibility to support and participate in these kinds of activities," said Laporta at the signing, "We do it for our sense of national dignity ... for our culture, because the Catalan language...
...That merger has only intensified under the presidency of Laporta, a confirmed nationalist who requires all foreign players signed to the team to learn Catalan, and who has fashioned himself as an international ambassador of sorts. He even popped up, for example, at this year's Frankfurt book fair to promise that his team "would continue to be an instrument for Catalan culture." But his activism, coupled with Catalonia's demands for increased autonomy, has provoked conflicts with political conservatives who view the team's cultural involvement as one more portent of Spain's disintegration. Tuesday's declaration...
...workout in the 30-degree cold last week. “The dirt was like playing in a sandbox. [This weekend] we were getting sunburned, but we were all loving it.”The Gators once again played without 2005 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year Matt LaPorta, a slugger who has missed time since straining an oblique muscle in February. The sputtering Florida lineup, which had been partly responsible for the team’s freefall from No. 1 in the Baseball America national rankings last month, flexed its muscles against the Crimson’s pitching...
...major reason for Florida’s recent slide has been injury trouble. All-America slugger Matt LaPorta, the Division I home run leader a season ago, has been sidelined for the past several weeks and a number of other key players are also on the shelf...
...Gators, who lost the 2005 national championship to Texas, will play as many as 22 games in February and March before they host the Crimson. They return a star-studded lineup that includes junior All-American Matt LaPorta, who led the NCAA with 26 home runs...