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Randy Lerner: From NFL To English Football
by Tom Reed (Profile/Interview | Columbus Dispatch - July 27)
Randy Lerner and his family have a penchant for buying storied football teams that are trying to recapture past glories. Eight years after returning to Cleveland, Lerner's Browns remain a work in progress with only one winning season. Fans of Aston Villa, an English soccer club based in Birmingham, hope their rebuilding process is a bit more expedient. more details | go to article

MLS Not Expanding To Area Yet
by Tom Reed (Analysis | Akron Beacon Journal - July 14)
Area fans hoping Major League Soccer will expand to Northeast Ohio must continue to wait. The MLS is expected to announce today it's adding a franchises in Salt Lake City to its fold for the 2005 season. A spokesman for the 10-team league said Tuesday that this area remains a potential candidate for expansion in 2006, when the MLS wants to add two more teams. more details | go to article

Indians' Feller was Freddy Adu of his day
by Tom Reed (Profile/Interview | Akron Beacon Journal - April 8)
Bob Feller doesn't remember exactly how many media members attended his first major-league start at age 17 in 1936. There were at least 10 reporters at old League Park in Cleveland, maybe as many as 15 because as the Cleveland Indians' legend recalls, "Word got out that I was going to pitch that night." more details | go to article

MLS puts deadline on Wolstein
by Tom Reed (Article | Akron Beacon Journal - April 4)
Major League Soccer officials said Cleveland developer Bart Wolstein has between 30 and 45 days to commit to playing in the 2005 season or risk losing his expansion slot for next year. MLS president Don Garber said the league is awaiting word from Wolstein, who is hoping to build a 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Cuyahoga or Summit counties. more details | go to article

Adu begins career by taking baby steps
by Tom Reed (Profile/Interview | Akron Beacon Journal - April 3)
The fans began chanting his name in the 50th minute, ``Freddy, Freddy, Freddy,'' exhorting D.C. United coach Peter Nowak to insert the player they had all come to see. The last time an RFK Stadium crowd got so charged up for a substitute wearing No. 9, Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgenson was coming off the bench to relieve an injured Billy Kilmer. more details | go to article

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