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In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

  
  Soccer: Don Garber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Don Garber: As all of you know, at this point in our development, fans have told us that Saturday night is the best night to attend a soccer game.
Don Garber: As a Rochester fan, you probably know I recently visited your great soccer city and was duly impressed with the organization and the great excitement and opportunity that exists in your market.
Don Garber: The Kraft family has until the end of November to express their interest in their option to purchase the Earthquakes.
www.usatoday.com /community/chat/1011garber.htm   (2783 words)

  
 Don Garber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Don Garber (born October 9, 1957) is the commissioner of Major League Soccer succeeding Doug Logan in 1999.
After the 2001 season, Garber contracted two teams, the Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, which helped lead to the financial stabilization of the league.
Among his accomplishments is creating a consistant timeslot for league games (Soccer Saturday), and putting an emphasis on soccer-specific stadiums.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Garber   (255 words)

  
 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER INTRODUCES DON GARBER - by La Cancha
Garber is a 15-year veteran of the National Football League, where he pioneered such innovations as the NFL Experience and managed the NFL Europe League.
Garber began his career at NFL Properties in 1984 as a marketing manager responsible for corporate sponsorships, and was promoted to Director of Marketing in 1988, with responsibilities for managing all national NFL corporate sponsorship sales and marketing.
Garber is on the Advisory Board of the Hope and Hero's Pediatric Cancer Foundation at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP).
www.lacancha.com /mn81299.html   (1386 words)

  
 Mary Garber - Session 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber: I certainly did and I don't think I could have broken in in a better way or at a better time because I was on a—I don't think it's right to call it a small paper, it's probably a medium-sized paper.
Garber: It was really—at the time, I wasn't sure whether it was a good thing to do but now I know it was because the circulation was so much more and the paper went all over the northwest area.
Garber: I know that two of my friends, one was a woman who worked in the arts department and one of the guys that worked on the sports department got together one night and compared salaries and they found they were pretty much the same.
npc.press.org /wpforal/garb3.htm   (14242 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | MSL commissioner praises Utah sports community
With the league entering its 10th-anniversary season — six under the direction of Garber, who was the marketing director of the NFL before joining the MLS — the league's marketing campaign this year involves the past, present and future of soccer.
"Don Garber came in shortly thereafter with a breath of fresh air, and we acknowledged that all of the start-up steam that the league had had since 1996 had run out," said Pastorino.
Garber quickly came in and convinced the teams around the league that better days were ahead for Major League Soccer.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600119924,00.html   (936 words)

  
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Dr Garber: I think the woman most likely to have a gene for breast cancer, is someone who's unfortunately had the disease at a young age and has a family history of early-onset breast cancer, in their 30-40's and ovarian cancer as well...
Dr Garber: There are other SERMS or medications in the family of tamoxifen and raloxifene that might have either better effectiveness in the breast or at least fewer side effects, maybe no hot flashes, that would be great.
Dr Garber: Well, Lynch syndrome is primarily a syndrome of inherited colon cancer risk, but includes other gastrointestinal tumors like stomach cancer, biliary cancers, and cancers of the uterus, especially, the ovaries, and the uretha, the kidneys and bladder.
www.susanlovemd.com /community/library/archives/chat/gar~0526/a.html   (6606 words)

  
 Don Garber - Japan
Don Garber (born October 9, 1957) is the; commissioner of Major League Soccer, succeeding Doug Logan in 1999.
Don Garber appears to be following a much longer-term growth strategy than all previous soccer league commissioners of the; NASL and MLS have taken.
Garber met with league owners Philip Anschutz, Lamar Hunt and Robert Kraft around the turn of the millennium to decide what future actions should be taken to insure the league's survival.
don-garber.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Don_Garber   (1799 words)

  
 6moons audio reviews: Don Garber's Fi 2A3 Monos
Don took this as an opportunity to practice his Spanish -- ahem, among other things -- and joined in on the conversations.
While Don was thinking about how his transistor gear was bested by his old W5-M amplifiers, his friend John called up Don to tell him about his "new" Western Electric 91-A amps.
Don tests all the components used in his amplifiers by ear.
www.sixmoons.com /audioreviews/fi/mono.html   (2315 words)

  
 Atoms News
But Garber feels the franchise will be most viable if it is owned and run by the Eagles, who so far have seemed cautious about taking on that responsibility.
Garber said the MLS is "bullish" on Philadelphia, Houston and Seattle, which all have new stadiums.
Garber, addressing a range of topics ahead of Saturday's opener between Los Angeles and Columbus, said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the season.
www.jamiepeck.com /atoms/news2.htm   (723 words)

  
 Victor Garber Acting Credits Abstracts, Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber was the youngest student ever to be enrolled in the course, which was aimed primarily at professional drama teachers seeking to improve their skills.
Garber was also the voice of Christian in the animated version of “Cyrano de Bergerac” produced for the ABC television network in 1974.
Garber was understudy for the role of Mark in “The Shadow Box,” an original play by Michael Cristofer, at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway, jointly produced by the Centre Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum and the Long Wharf Theatre.
actingcreditsabstracts.com /vgtheat.htm   (14169 words)

  
 News :: WKOW 27 - Madison, Wisconsin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber said the motivation for such offenses can be as simple as wanting to fit in.
Garber said while a teenager's police contacts and juvenile and criminal records provide insight, there are teens who escalate risky behavior and simply don't get caught until they're involved in a major crime.
Garber said violent teenage offenders are on the rise in Dane County.
www.wkowtv.com /index.php/news/story/p/pkid/22098   (535 words)

  
 ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-2590
Don Garber: Yes and no. The NFL brand carries a lot of value everywhere but there are far more people here that understand, care about, and are engaged in the game of soccer than in football outside the U.S. or Canada.
Don Garber: We have been spending lots of time discussing this and will be discussed at the competition committee meetings and our Board meetings this weekend.
Don Garber: The Kraft family and their stadium operations people have done a great job minimizing the football lines during the playoffs and working feverishly to ensure we have a great field on Sunday.
proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatESPN?event_id=2590   (1783 words)

  
 NSF in the Sports Business Dailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber during his keynote shared his thoughts on the league's sponsorship revenue, saying, "This league, and its affiliates, Soccer United Marketing [SUM] and other soccer properties, generate $50 million in sponsorship revenue for soccer in this country, this year.
Garber added, "We are not trying to be the NFL, we are not trying to be the NBA or Major League Baseball or the NHL.
Garber said the league faces a challenge in marketing 14-year-old Freddy Adu: "We have a unique challenge with Freddy because of who is. He is a young boy, and we have to manage this carefully to try and not exploit the opportunity.
www.sports-forum.com /article2.htm   (794 words)

  
 village voice > news > A League In Need of a Miracle by Denise Kiernan
Coming to the MLS from the NFL, Garber will be attempting to bring the disheartened back to the flock while growing his new congregation.
Garber is experiencing criticism similar to that endured by hockey headman Gary Bettman, whose background was as an NBA executive when he took over the NHL in 1993.
Garber has dined with Metros owner Subotnik and is encouraged by the optimism of all the investors (who earlier this year committed another $100 million to the league).
www.villagevoice.com /news/9933,kiernan,7685,3.html   (998 words)

  
 MLS Commissioner Invited To Steroid Hearings Out Of Politeness
Stearns purposely scheduled Garber as the last speaker so he and his colleagues could have the option of cutting out early during his testimony.
Garber’s testimony is expected to shed little light on the steroid problem in sports or any solution to that problem.
Garber, unaware that he was invited to the hearings out of pity, said he was looking forward to contributing to the proceedings.
www.thebrushback.com /mls_full.htm   (777 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Commissioner now allowed to have talks with players
For the first time ever, MLS commissioner Don Garber sat down Friday afternoon with Real Salt Lake's players and had a candid discussion about life and soccer.
Garber said that nearly 15 minutes of his 45-minute discussion with Real Salt Lake's players involved Mathis telling the commissioner how the league could provide better benefits for the young players.
That stadium is being publicly funded, which Garber points out is the way the majority of soccer stadiums under construction in the United States are funded.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600126686,00.html   (706 words)

  
 Mary Garber - Session 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber: I remember when I was getting ready to go into newspaper work and well-meaning adults would always get me to meet with people who were in the newspaper business and have them give me advice and I always listened very politely and it went in one ear and out the other.
Garber: Yes, I heard from a lot of people I hadn't heard from in a long time—friends from school and friends from camp and all of that was very nice.
Garber: I was disappointed but in a way, I don't know what I would have done if I'd gotten up there and found it was Mary Garber Day.
npc.press.org /wpforal/garb4.htm   (10454 words)

  
 Times-Union Letters-07-20-1998
This is in response to Don Garber's letter that was in your column on July 15.
Garber already had 10 major-league players, which according to our rules, all 10 players can play in the inning (three outfielders with one rover).
Garber to have his "minor-league" pitcher play, one of his "major-league" players would be required to sit the bench.
www.timeswrsw.com /M980720.HTM   (1341 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber: We don't even know if it is a he.
Garber: Look, fella, we know how to tell time as well as you do, but we're not gonna get anywhere if all you do is repeat forty-nine minutes!
Garber: These are the assignment desks, one for each of the lines.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0072251/quotes   (1790 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- San Diego on short list for MLS expansion in 2005
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber confirmed for the first time yesterday that San Diego is a finalist for an expansion franchise, most likely in 2005.
It was unclear whether Garber's mention of Houston means the Texas city is back in the running for Vergara's team or that it is merely a negotiating ploy by the league to cut a better deal in San Diego.
According to the symposium's release, Garber indicated that while Chivas USA wouldn't have a full roster of Mexican players, it might be allowed to have more than the current rules stipulate.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20031009-9999_1s9mls.html   (438 words)

  
 Soccer Officials: “Soccer Is Cool”
The grandiose statements by Garber and Co. have left more than a few people scratching their heads.
Garber believes that communication is the problem, and that soccer officials are not doing enough to promote their sport.
Those statistics stand in stark contrast to Garber’s statement that soccer is cool.
www.thebrushback.com /Archives/socceriscool_full.htm   (780 words)

  
 RRRC Meeting
Don Garber had a recommendation and a question for assistance.
Don Garber proposed a potential Boston Marathon Training team—organized through RRRC.
Don Garber:  “Marathon Training team is out of control” There are 687 runners signed up—over 500 on Saturday alone.
www.rrrc.org /anonymous/rrrc/html/1080.html   (966 words)

  
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Jean Garber explained that her “arm was twisted” for her to run for the chair position, and she said she knows the Endangered Species Act (ESA) very well.
Don Davidson noted that he has been involved with the Forum for four years, inheriting the position from former Bellevue Mayor and Councilmember Chuck Mosher, who was very active in the WRIA and with ESA.
Don Davidson replied that ultimately we should be thinking, “How are we going to implement this?” Jean Garber asked why the cities are so eager to leap in when the Endangered Species Act (ESA) says it is the responsibility of the federal government to implement these plans.
dnr.metrokc.gov /wrias/8/forum_docs/Frm_3-18-04_mtg_notes.doc   (4133 words)

  
 The Capital Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber hit the ground, and his antagonist, a red-tailed hawk, buzzed close by.
Garber and Olds, incidentally, actually played the Lakes nine twice that day, and sure enough, when they came around to the seventh green the hawk went after Garber again.
But it was the first time around, on the eighth tee, that Garber really wondered if he was going to hit his drive at all.
www.madison.com /staging/tct/opinion/column/moe/index.php?ntid=2756&ntpid=2   (886 words)

  
 JS Online: MLS message to Milwaukee: Build it and we will come
Garber and MLS chief operating officer Mark Abbott also attended the meeting.
Garber made it clear the league will not expand in 2003 unless it receives clear signs that a city has an appropriate stadium plan, solid investors and a market with a strong soccer history at the grass-roots level.
That would seem to put Milwaukee near the front of the line of candidates for 2003, although Garber was careful not to tip his hand and Krause would not say his group was the front-runner.
www.jsonline.com /sports/socc/jul01/mls28072701.asp?format=print   (766 words)

  
 Man on a mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garber, a 1979 Oneonta State graduate, was president of NFL International at the time.
Little did Garber know the conversation he was about to have had nothing to do American football and everything to do with the European version.
Garber, 44, sat down with The Daily Star for an extensive discussion about topics ranging from the state of the MLS to Freddy Adu to the future of soccer:
www.thedailystar.com /sports/2003/06/18/spsoccer.html   (2181 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Inside Game - Michael Lewis - CNN/SI's Michael Lewis: Owners must open wallets for Garber - Friday August ...
That's the dilemma facing Major League Soccer and new commissioner Don Garber in a venture that is as international as any other business on this planet.
Garber's regime must begin with improving the product on the field.
If the owners don't go out and upgrade their product, then the hiring of Garber to take full advantage of his abilities and strengths will go for naught.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /inside_game/michael_lewis/news/1999/08/06/mls_garber   (1103 words)

  
 Soccer365   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
MLS Commissioner Don Garber witnessed the influence of Major League Soccer firsthand this past summer at the World Cup in Korea/Japan.
The success of the United States National Team against the world in 2002 made Garber realize how important MLS has become in the development of many of the players representing the Stars and Stripes.
Don Garber- This season, we want to continue to remind people that we are the driver of the National Team program.
www.soccer365.com /_365_Interviews/page_123_46723.shtml   (1291 words)

  
 ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-8775(Insider)
A veteran of 16 years with the National Football League, Garber took over Major League Soccer in 1999, guiding the league to new heights of popularity and quality of play.
Among the highlights of Garber's tenure at the top of MLS are the adoption on international rules of competition, development of soccer-only stadiums like the Home Depot Center, league expansion and new levels of corporate sponsorship.
Garber, thank you for all of your hard work in providing the US with a domestic league we can be proud of.
proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatESPN?event_id=8775   (389 words)

  
 6moons audio reviews: Don Garber's Fi 2A3 Monos
A young college student named Don Garber had let his language requirement for graduation slip while going to school at Penn State.
At that time Don began to think that he might be able to do better just selling amplifiers.
Don tries to warn potential buyers ahead of time about the hum so they know what to expect.
www.6moons.com /audioreviews/fi/mono.html   (2315 words)

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