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Interview of the Week - November 5: Bayern Munich striker Arjen Robben

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Champions League, Interviews/Interview of the Week

heinnews’ David Hein this week once again went to the well with Bayern Munich. But at least we switched sports as he talked to football striker Ajren Robben after Bayern Munich’s 2-0 loss at home against Girondis Bordeaux. They discussed losing in the Champions League, confidence in reaching the next round, the national team break [...]

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German Bundesliga in favor of salary cap, but not on their own

October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Football - Soccer, Sports Business, heinnews

Leaders of Germany’s top football Bundesliga clubs see a salary cap as a way to stop the exploding costs of player contracts. But they do not want to go it alone, hoping that UEFA will push for a European-wide cap.

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German football club getting Muslim protests over club song

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Football - Soccer, heinnews

German football club Schalke and their management are busy doing damage control and public relations work after a curious threat of protests and massive outrage over the team’s club song.

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Friday’s Predictions December 12

December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, Football - Soccer, Friday Predictions, NFL, college basketball, heinnews

The NFL has two big matchups which could show just how good a couple of teams are while there are two interesting European domestic league basketball games and the German football/soccer Bundesliga finishes off its first half.

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Dave’s Friday Rant and Predictions

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments · NBA, heinnews

When the powers that be mapped out the 2008-09 NBA schedule, few fans really looked intensively at Friday night’s game between the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks as a highlight. But then again, few could have imagined Chauncey Billups would have been traded to the Nuggets for Allen Iverson.

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