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Guest Blogger – Matt Van Tassel – Team USA

By on June 25, 2009 in Sports

It was November 15, 2006… “My Love” by Justin Timberlake was the number one song in the country, the first Transformers movie was still being shot, and the vast majority  of us had never heard of Barack Obama.  It was also the last time the Spanish national team lost a game. They had been 32-0-3 [...]

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Team USA Swimming goes through PX2 – Interviews

By on June 23, 2009 in Sports
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Last fall, several members of the USA Swimming Team (sorry, Michael Phelps did not make it) went through the PX2 program at Lou Tice’s ranch.  Here are some testimonial highlights from the swimmers. For more on PX2 Sports Swimming, please click here, or send me an email.

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Team USA Soccer, where is the passion?

By on June 20, 2009 in Sports

After watching the U.S. men’s national soccer team this week, I’m at a loss.  Something is wrong, that much is clear.  But, what is it?  And more importantly, how can it be fixed?  I missed the first half of the game vs. Italy, where the U.S. was up 1-0 at halftime, albeit down a man [...]

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Issaquah High soccer team wins again

By on May 21, 2009 in Sports

The Issaquah men’s soccer team won their first ever game in the state playoffs on Tuesday.  It was a 2-1 victory over Puyallup.  They went through the PX2 program during the season and have seen experienced a complete turn around from the past several years.  Check out the articles on last night’s win: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/iss/sports/45514832.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/2009240089_wyrwich20.html [...]

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Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell….together!

By on May 19, 2009 in Culture, Psychology, Sports, Television

My two favorite writers happen to be friends.  They became friends after learning that they were both enamored with each other’s writing skills.  I am trying to carve out my own writing style, and I look to them to model parts of my writing after.  I was thrilled to see that they decided to share [...]

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