Los Colchoneros prepare to take on bitter crosstown rivals Real Madrid today but their squad is looking far from prepared having just returned from a gruelling World Cup qualifying schedule.
But coach Javier Aguirre appears to be composed in the face of the team’s injury and fitness crisis as he has full confidence in the depth of his squad.
“If Maxi is unavailable, then we have De las Cuevas. If we don’t have Simão, there’s Luis García. Read the rest of this entry »

Providing City of Omaha employees with health care has never been cheap, and it’s about to get a lot more expensive.
Inflation, employee retirements and an unusually large number of high-cost medical procedures are projected to cause the city’s health care costs to rise 17 percent in 2009, to more than $44 million.
That is the largest jump since 2004, when health care costs rose 19 percent. The city insures 3,843 employees and retirees.
Along Read the rest of this entry »