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Michael Bradley Move to Aston Villa Highlights Final Day of Transfer Window

By Brian StrausJan 31st 2011 – 7:26PM

A move to the English Premier League will bring a smile to any player's face, even the U.S. national team's noted stoic, Michael Bradley. The 23-year-old's meteoric rise through world soccer continued on Monday, the final day of the European winter transfer window, with a loan from Germany's relegation-bound Borussia...

David Beckham's Loan Pursuit Highlights His Frustrating and Failing MLS Career

By Brian StrausJan 4th 2011 – 3:58PM

Brett Favre wouldn't be caught dead in a sarong and David Beckham has probably never worn a pair of mud-splattered Wrangler jeans. Other than that, the two aging, grizzled athletes have quite a bit in common. Most of the similarities revolve around their strange, self-defeating determination to tarnish their own...

Landon Donovan Rumored For Newcastle Loan

By Thomas FloydDec 13th 2010 – 7:00PM

The rumors surrounding Landon Donovan's offseason excursions took a twist Sunday when the British tabloid Sunday Sun reported the U.S. all-time leading scorer has been offered to Newcastle. The report, of course, must be taken with a grain of salt, especially when considering that Donovan told Goal.com he would only...

Newcastle United: We're Not Selling, to Osama bin Laden's Family or Anyone Else

By Michael David SmithJul 8th 2008 – 10:49AM

Over the weekend there were newspaper reports and Internet chatter that the owners of Newcastle United were preparing to sell their team to the family of Osama bin Laden. That did not go over well with fans.So Newcastle United posted a message on its web site insisting that the rumors weren't true: "At a time when...

Joey Barton is Somewhat Violent

By David J. WarnerJul 3rd 2008 – 10:15AM

Of course, that's akin to saying, "Andy Gray is somewhat opinionated."Manchester police recently released this CCTV footage of thuggish Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton pounding the crap out of some random guy on the street. Barton is serving six months in the pokey for this assault. He also got a four-month suspended...

Newcastle News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 New Castle proposes budget with no tax hike Source: New Castle News - New Castle PA The New Castle school board has introduced a $42 million budget with no tax increase.
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  • 05/30/12 3 Charged in Suspected New Castle Meth Labs Source: FOX - FOX 17/62 WKBN - Youngstown OH Three people are jailed on charges including the illegal possession and disposal of dangerous chemicals used to manufacture the power stimulant methamphetamine.
  • 05/29/12 Police bust meth lab in New Castle Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA Three people were charged this evening with a string of felonies stemming from the discovery of a pair of meth labs in Lawrence County.
  • 05/29/12 Lines DQ gives Mt. Lawn trophy to Knepley Source: The Courier-Times - New Castle IN Veteran Mount Lawn stock car pilot L.J. Lines of Lewisville proved he can still get the job done by a dominating performance in the May 5-0 for late models Saturday night at the famous track located five miles west of New Castle.

Background on Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne (locally ; often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England.

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