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Devo's Direct Kicks Dan Williams was on Hot Talk 1280 with John DiTullio today and Devo breaks down what Mr. Williams talked about. I truly hope that a deal gets done, the 2008 Rhinos season goes off without any major hitches, and we can move on. And if Dan Williams walks away and the 2008 season do...

The Pressbox Powertrip Ryan Whirty has put out his seven point plan for success with regards to the Dan Williams bid to take over the Rhinos and PAETEC Park. Personally, I believe the question about what happens to the NBT debt should the City take control of the stadium has been asked and answered...

Kick This! Archive This week we had Rhinos President Frank DuRoss on for the entire hour and he covered a lot of very interesting topics from the timeline that he feels that Dan Williams has to get a deal done (early March at the latest), why he hasn't been talking publicly about the Dan Williams de...

D&C.com - Bob Matthews In today's paper, Bob Matthews compares Don Cherry and what he did to save the Amerks in 1971 to Soccer Sam and how he could save the Rhinos in the unfortunate event that Dan Williams does not purchase the team and PAETEC Park. That's a very interesting comparison and one that...

WHEC.com - Ercoli advises potential investors D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks The news that Sam's investment group has talked to former Rhinos head coach Pat Ercoli and that they'll try and find an alternate home for the Rhinos in the event that PAETEC Park is out of the question due to legal battles be...

Rochester Sports Fans.com - Soccer Sam TV Show archives Kick This! Show archive - 2/9/2008 The clock is ticking towards the start of the 2008 USL 1st Division season. And while Rhinos CEO Steve Donner said on Kick This! on Saturday that the league hasn't given the team a deadline to get the ownershi...

Tomorrow's Kick This! show will feature Rhinos CEO Steve Donner and Rhinos Exective Vice President Matthew Ford in studio. If you can't find the phone, e-mail me questions at news@soccersam.com and we'll get to as many questions as possible. So, tune in to Hot Talk 1280 AM at 11:05 AM tomorrow and c...

I'm feeling lazy today, so here are some headlines from around teh soccer world: - MLS has rolled out the 2008 schedule. Now everyone can start up the pool as to the last regular season game that Reyna or Beckham will play in! - Former MLS MVP Christian Gomez is to be introduced as the newest member...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks 13 WHAM.com 13 WHAM.com - Sean Carroll blog 13 WHAM.com - Rachel Barnhart blog By now, you probably know that the Dan Williams deal is in a holding pattern after a 4 hour meeting with the bank that has loaned the Rhinos close to $11 million didn't end with both sides agre...

D&C.com WHEC.com Dan Williams is having a meeting today and his plan is to take over the Rhinos. So, all the people that are hoping that Steve Donner and Frank DuRoss will step away, may get their wish very soon. I just hope that this does indeed work out and that Dan Williams is the white knight th...

13 Wham.com Admar Supply is the latest company to sue the Rhinos in an attempt to collect money owed to them for services rendered. Admar is suing for "only" $5421.80 and that seems like a drop in the bucket compared to say the $11 million that the bank that has loaned the Rhinos to build and operat...

Kick This! Archive Rhinos minority owner and former manager, Chris Wilmot, called in at the top of Saturday's Kick This! show. The interview lasted the whole show and got his side of the story out there for all to here. As should surprise noone, Chris wants Steve Donner out and says that he might be...

Rhinos Soccer.com It was a good news/bad news day yesterday with regards to the Rhinos and their defense corps. On the good news side, Alfonso Loera has re-signed with the club after agreeing to a two year deal. Loera joined the Rhinos just before the roster freeze deadling in 2007 and looked stron...

Rhinos Soccer.com Mauricio Salles has spent time in the USL 1st Division with Puerto Rico, Montreal, and Atlanta and he is set to join the Rhinos in 2008. In signing the Brazilian forward to a two year deal, the Rhinos now have four forwards with USL experience under contract in Salles, Matthew Deli...

D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com - a reprint of Devo's article 13wham.com So, Dan Williams is finally "On the record" as saying that he is indeed the mystery investor that the Rhinos have been working with recently to solve their financial woes. Glass half full - Yahoo! Donner wasn't completely full of i...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks As I'm walking in to work today, I get to see this article on the front page of the D&C. While the City of Rochester and Monroe County have proven unable to run similiar facilities without incurring huge loses (Frontier Field, Blue Cross Arena, and the ESL Centre ring any...

USL Soccer.com Timber Jim is calling it quits. I know that some Rhino fans that actually stay up to listen to Don Stevens' broadcasts from Portland may be happy to read this news as it will mean that they will no longer hear his chainsaw in the background. However, the USL losing one of the most uni...

The Pressbox Powertrip I doubt Ryan Whirty is the only one wondering why the Rhinos have been so silent the last couple of weeks about the new investor coming on board. But, all we seem to be able to do now is wait and wait and wait........ News & Notes: - Former Rhino Henry Gutierrez has been name...

The big news of the day is Eddie Johnson 's move from the Kansas City Wizards to Fulham FC in England. The Johnson addition gives Fulham five Americans on their roster joining injured captain Brian McBride, Johnson's USMNT best buddy Clint Dempsey, defender Carlos Bocanegra, and goalkeeper Kasey Ke...

With nothing new breaking on the Rhinos investor front and my life being really hectic, all I have time for today is a whole lotta links to the latest news in the soccer world: - eBay now has something that any self respecting Lancer fan can't live without! - Greg Lalas has his first piece for SI....

My article I posted yesterday was a casualty of some server bouncing. So, if you read yesterday's article before it got taken down, there will be some stuff here that you've already seen. Kick This! Archive - 1/19/2008 On Saturday, we were able to ask Kenney Bertz directly about what Coach Callowa...

Devo's Direct Kicks If you were refreshing Devo's blog yesterday like I was, then you already know that the announcement of the new Rhinos investor has been pushed back once again. The dotting of the Is and the crossing of the Ts has taken longer than anyone expected. I've heard that at least one pe...

Well, it looks like the long rumored day for the press conference to announce the new investor for the Rhinos will come and go without any new news on the topic coming from the club. I am hearing that the press conference will take place tomorrow. Also, Jeff told me to keep checking D&C.com (sports...

Here is what I'm hearing on the Rhinos investor front: - A gentleman named Dan Williams is staying at a high end hotel in the area - There are loads of "Off the Record" reports that the announcement will take place tomorrow - Various media outlets are trying to break the story ahead of tomorrow expe...

Rhinos Soccer.com The long and the short of the schedule is that the Rhinos will start the season in Charleston on Friday May 2nd, the team will have five road games prior to the Saturday May 17th home opener versus........the Charleston Battery! The Rhinos get two home games in 2008 versus Portland...

Kick This! Archive - 1/12/2008 It doesn't look like the big investor announcement will take place today as I have yet to see the Rhinos send out a email to local media saying that they are having a press conference today. I still like my guess from last week where I said that tomorrow will be the da...

USL Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com The Rhinos will have four home games televised nationally as part of the Fox Soccer Channel USL Game of the Week. The June 13th game versus the Vancouver Whitecaps, the July 11th game versus the Seattle Sounders, the July 25th game versus the Montreal Impact, and the...

Long time Rhino fan Rick Teresi collapsed last night while playing soccer at Total Sports Experience. Rick has undergone a quadruple bypass operation and is recovering in intensive care based on the latest news I've seen. Everyone is hoping that Rick pulls through and is at the 2008 home opener at P...

The Pressbox Powertrip Devo's Direct Kicks People are wondering where Frank DuRoss has been during the recent upheaval with the Rhinos and now we know the rest of the story. I'd love to know the whole backstory behind why Frank has let Steve take the lead during this time. But honestly, I'm a lot...

Kick This! - January 5th show archive We had Rhinos CEO Steve Donner on the phone for the entire show on Saturday. Steve said that the new Rhinos investor was in town and they were trying to hammer out the final details on the agreement that will lead to the investor joining the ownership group of t...