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New Rhinos Driector of Ticket Sales Joe Valenti sent me an e-mail yesterday to get the word out on their new season ticket referral promotion. As long as supplies last, if you are a season ticket holder and you refer people that buy 2 or more new season tickets, you will get an autographed game worn...

Kick This! Archive With Sam, Jeff, Rob Clark, and myself in-studio and new Head Coach Darren Tilley and President and General Manager Matthew Ford on the phone, Saturday's show was one of the craziest ever. I can't wait for this week's announcements to take place as it appears that an announcement w...

D&C.com Mayor Duffy has sent the lease agreement with Rob Clark's Adirondack Sports Club over to City Council and it looks like it will be on their docket on April 15th. Hopefully this is a rubber stamp affair and there are now 13th hour hurdles to overcome. Plus, with the $500,000 line of credit t...

Rhinos Soccer.com If adding the first two rounds of the playoffs to the season ticket package isn't a great reason to go out and plunk down $99 for a Rhinos season ticket, then I don'tknow what you are waiting for. Rhinos add third keeper to the roster Rhinos Soccer.com Tim Melia will be the third...

The best April Fool's Day soccer article I've found so far builds on the news that Hugo Sanchez has been fired by the Mexican federation. SBI.net had this story up about Sanchez's replacement. While most saw that ending coming, I like the try! Devo's take on yesterday's training session: Devo's D...

It was pretty cold yesterday when the Rhinos opened up training camp at PAETEC Park and ushered in the Darren Tilley era of Rhinos soccer. Here are some quick takeaways from Day 1: - Scott Vallow, Chase Harrison, T-Bone Bonseu, Alfonso Lorea, Scott Palguta, Johnny Menyongar, Chad Severs, and Matthew...

Rhinos Soccer.com Steve Guppy has been named as a player/assistant coach for the Rhinos today. The left sided midfielder has had a long career with over 150 games played in the English Premiership, a stint with SPL giants Glasgow Celtic, and 5 games with DC United of MLS in 2005. Most recently, Gupp...

D&C.com - Rhinos' Tilley already looks to future D&C.com - Former Rhinos, Ercoli respect Tilley's ability Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com The Rhinos have gone back to their glory years to come up with the head coach that will lead the new era of Rhinos soccer with the naming of Darren Tilley a...

D&C.com Devo has three unnamed sources that are saying that former Rhinos forward Darren Tilley will be introduced as the third head coach in Rochester Rhinos history at a press conference that is set for 3pm this afternoon. It is also expected that the Rhinos will announce Tilley's assistant coach...

Not a lot is going on while the Rhinos search for a new head coach. So, here is the best I could find roaming around the internet...... - Devo has an article in today's D&C about Calloway not being retained and how Darren Tilley appears to be leading the pack to replace him. And while I hinted at Jo...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com The shake up of the Rhinos continues with head coach Laurie Calloway being let go as the team's head coach. There had been talk that Jukka Massalin wouldn't get a new contract as the men's assistant coach. But, the change in the coaching staff was much larger with Calloway...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Here is my stream of consciousness based on yesterday's news conference: - Love the name, hate the logo. The new logo looks amateurish in execution when compared to the original logo. While I like the idea of getting away from the "Raging" Rhinos and twe...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks The Pressbox Powertrip Since Mayor Duffy, City Council President Gladys Santiago, and United Soccer Leagues Executive Vice President & COO Tim Holt are showing up, that must mean that the deal is done. The interesting thing will be to see what the "new era" of Rhinos s...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks The Pressbox Powertrip Today is the day that Rob Clark meets with Mayor Duffy and Tom Richards face to face to try and work out all the details of a lease deal for the land that PAETEC Park is built on. This is just the next step in a multi-stage process that will, if we'...

Carolina RailHawks.com Former Rhino Chris Carrieri stunned his Carolina RailHawks teammates yesterday when he announced that he was retiring from professional soccer to pursue a job in IT development. If the press release didn't talk about Chris stopping by practice from time to time, I would wonder...

THE CITY SAVES SOCCER IN 2008!From Salvatore ss. Fantauzzo...As a founder of Saving Soccer LLC, I would like to personally thank all the individuals who helped save our beloved Rhinos in 2008.Keeping this issue in the spotlight is what saved soccer and our team. We have so many people to thank:...

13 WHAM.com D&C.com City Of Rochester Empire Zones Page Google Maps - PAETEC Park Empire Zones Map - Area 2 The latest on the Rob Clark deal to take over the Rhinos and PAETEC Park is that he is still working to come to an agreement with the City of Rochester with regards to a lease. One thing that...

The Pressbox Powertrip So, tomorrow is the day that Sam's group let's the world know where things stand with regards to their bid to become the new owners of the Rhinos. Hopefully, there is good news with regards to either Rob Clark's bid to take control of the team or Sam's group bid to buy the tea...

D&C.com Yesterday, Sam was on CW16/13 WHAM's Morning Show and talked about wanting to purchase the Rhinos from Rob Clark. In today's D&C, Rob Clark is saying that he wants to own PAETEC Park and the Rhinos. Could that be a move to keep the media away from both parties? Perhaps that is the case as al...

Kick This! 13 WHAM.com News 10 NBC Rob Clark was on Kick This! on Saturday to talk about Adirondack Sports Club LLC's bid to purchase the Rhinos and control PAETEC Park. Adirondack Bank first thought about taking control of the team and the stadium 13 days ago when it was looking like they would b...

News 10 NBC D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks 13 WHAM News It appears as if Rob Clark and Adirondack Bank are closer to finalizing a deal to take over the Rhinos than Dan Williams ever was. At least that it was Tom Richards is saying. With less than two months until opening day, it's understandable that...

D&C.com Rochester Homepage.net News 10 NBC The Pressbox Powertrip It will be very interesting to see what Adirondack Bank wants to do with the Rhinos. From what I understand, they are looking at saving the 2008 Rhinos season and some believe that things could move rather quickly. If Sam's group is...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Everyone is wondering where we go from here with the City taking over PAETEC Park and NBT Bank likely looking at their options to get as much money as possible. Then you have Sam's 911 Group and what they are looking at doing after yesterday's news conference. There are...

D&C.com D&C.com 13WHAM.com 13WHAM.com The Pressbox Powertrip Devo's Direct Kicks It wasn't the smoke that people were hoping for as the City of Rochester is saying that they will take over PAETEC Park after Dan Williams said that he can not complete a deal with NBT Bank. The interesting thing to wat...

Who knows if today will really be the day that we find out if we have a new owner of the Rhinos? I've been told, from multiple sources, that this afternoon should provide us with an answer, one way or the other. Ryan Whirty is saying that the Rhinos should cancel the 2008 season regardless of what...

It's amazing what you can get at Wegmans today. I was going to grab a little grub and some milk. But when I was walking out, I noticed a member of the Rhinos organization waiting to get a movie. It must be a popular spot as I saw another member of the Rhinos doing the same thing at the same Wegmans...

Ahead of today's show, we asked Rhinos captain Scott Vallow if he wanted to come on the show to talk about where the players' heads are at right now. Scott declined the invitation, but did issue this statement on the topic: "On behalf of the 2008 Rhinos team, we are certainly aware of the situation...

2/23/08 Kick This! Archive with Dan Williams For a third week in a row, we were able to get someone on the show that had said previously that they would not talk to the media until a deal was complete. First, it was Steve Donner and Matthew Ford coming in studio, then it was Frank DuRoss, and this p...

D&C.com The Pressbox Powertrip WHEC.com Money is great. But, will money alone solve the issues of overspending and decreased revenues that have gotten the Rhinos in the financial state that they are in today? Not by a long shot. What the Rhinos need is to heal the broken relationships that have been...

D&C.com Well, Dan Williams isn't going with the old "two weeks" timeframe. He's going with 48 to 72 hours. Is that why Dan was on local radio starting yesterday? Is that why I hear that he is coming on Kick This! on Saturday? I sure hope so. I believe that once Dan Williams signs on the dotted line,...