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Soccer mom embezzles $72k from league

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 23rd 2008 2:00PM

On the surface, 42-year-old Deborah Angilley probably looks like your typical soccer mom. Attending games and even coaching at one point, you could say she is very involved with her kid's athletic life. Maybe a little too involved. The Edgewood, ...
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When soccer moms attack

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 25th 2007 10:01AM

I'm purposefully brainwashing my daughter into enjoying sports. We go to games, play baseball out in the yard, watch sports on TV -- you name it. Partially it's because all my friends are artsy types who wouldn't know the difference between a fast ...
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From the sidelines: the incessant ranting of other parents

by Heather Craven, Posted Apr 29th 2007 5:00PM

As I have mentioned before I am a soccer mom. It's not a role I would have chosen of my own free will; I am not much of a team player and I don't work well with others when a flying ball is involved. But my children love to play soccer. Every fall ...
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Soccer Mom gives Tom Cruise hell

by J.D. Griffioen, Posted Nov 13th 2006 5:58PM

It must be so hard to be a celebrity parent. All those paparazzi following you and your kids, all those soccer moms yelling at you for letting the paparazzi follow you and your kids. It seems Tom Cruise and the mother of his most recent child, Katie ...
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Life as a Soccer Mom: When the team just doesn't gel

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 3rd 2006 2:00PM

The youth soccer teams in our area are designed so that they have tow age groups on every team. My son is currently in the U14 bracket, so this means that the team is comprised of 12 and 13 year-old boys. This also means that every year one age ...
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Life as a soccer mom: The Gear

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 21st 2006 5:00PM

Being a Soccer Mom means you need the required Soccer Mom goods. Some moms do it up far more than others, but the basics involve a bag containing all the small necessities from sunblock to an Ace bandage to extra snacks and drinks. An umbrella is ...
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Peer relationships in adolescent competitive soccer

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 6th 2006 6:00PM

Besides school starting this week, both of my old children will be playing soccer; it also goes into full swing this week. A study in the Journal of Sports Science last year reported on a study from Norway on soccer. The aim was to examine the ...
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A soccer mom's duties, continued

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 2nd 2006 4:00PM

This summer, as many people are well aware, the World Cup games will be played in Germany. This is a huge athletic event that many Americans do not quite seem to grasp. In Europe this event has taken over and the soccer hoopla is way beyond anything ...
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