United Football League Looks to Make Splash

This October will see the introduction of yet another football league in America. Move over XFL, the United Football League looks to become a successful addition to the football landscape. The odd thing is that we may see Michael Vick playing overseas in the UFL. Crazy talk? They don't think so. The first season will see four teams compete in a 16 game schedule, with a championship game on the day after Thanksgiving. Cities that will field teams include Orlando, San Francisco, New York, and Las Vegas. The last three will also play games in Sacramento, Hartford, and Los Angeles, respectively.

While all of this sounds fine and dandy, there are two news stories that should really peak your interest. First, the league announced that they plan to expand overseas in either their second or third year. Really? That sounds pretty ambitious to me. While the idea of a truly global sports league is appealing, I still think it will be incredibly taxing on teams; especially if they are required to play regular season games in a different continent. Now, if you have say a European Conference and North American Conference where teams only meet for the championship, that could actually work.

The second big story out of the league is their announcement that Orlando has acquired the rights for Michael Vick. While everyone still waits for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to rule on Vick's eligibility, the UFL is wasting no time in making it known that he is welcome in their league. He alone would make their broadcasts on Versus Network skyrocket.

So what should we expect out of this league? It'll still be a while to tell but it appears that they are positioning themselves to not be competition to the NFL but rather setup as a eventual farm system for it. Should be very interesting to see the league develop.

Philadelphia Announces MLS Team Name

Philadelphia's Major League Soccer expansion team has finally announced their team name and logo. The Philadelphia Union will begin play in 2010. My first thought was that the name was kind of bland but the name and logo have both begun to grown on me. I really like the color scheme. What are your thoughts on the expansion team? Sound off on our comments page!

ZONQ Sports On-Site Report: Super Bowl XLIII

This report is also obviously coming a little late but you have to take any chance to both self-promote and make fun of Woody Paige and Bill Plaschke. As you can see from the pictures, I ran into them outside the game. Plaschke seemed like it was the first time anyone had ever recognized him before. He was really nice but it was kind of funny. I met Woody last year at the Super Bowl in Phoenix. He too is really nice.

As far as the game, I think it pretty much speaks for itself. Quite possibly one of the most nail-biting football games ever played. I was rooting for Arizona but was pleased just to have witnessed such a crazy game.

Other celebrities I ran into that weekend include Paris Hilton, will.i.am, Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian, Deion Sanders, Marv Albert, Jeff Goldblum, Max Weinberg, Jennifer Hudson, Guy Fieri and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

ZONQ Sports On-Site Report: BCS National Championship Game

So the game was obviously three months ago but we can't bring ZONQ Sports back without a little self-promotion! The game was held in Miami this year which happens to be one of my least favorite cities in the country. The traffic is ridiculous and the parking situation at the stadium was unfathomable. At one point, I considered just getting out of my car and leaving it. The game was great and ended up being quite entertaining. At halftime, I went to fight the masses and find a sandwich. I passed a guy with an AK-47 but didn't really think much of it. Later on we find out that it was because Bill Clinton himself was sitting in a box directly behind us. At one point they showed him on the Jumbotron in the stadium and everyone booed. You could read his lips and he said "What is everyone booing about?!" Priceless. That's the story they didn't tell you on TV.

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