Santa Cruz Beach Soccer Club and the City of Santa Cruz Department of Parks and Recreation today announced a partnership that will bring a beach soccer academy to Santa Cruz in the spring of 2009. Santa Cruz Beach Soccer Academy will offer coed classes for youth and adults. The programs will be directed by US Beach Soccer National Team players and will take place at Santa Cruz Main Beach in front of the Cocoanut Grove at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

 WGN America and World Wrestling Entertainment(R) (NYSE: WWE) enter the ring with a new television partnership. WWE Superstars, a first run, original program will air exclusively on WGN America, Tribune Broadcasting's national Superstation.

The year that went by set the foundation for those technologies that are expected to take off in 2009, with focus on energy efficiency and mobility - a bit greener and a lot more faster. Here are 10 of them to watch out for this year:

  Publix, Procter & Gamble, and Special Olympics have partnered together for 29 years to help people with intellectual disabilities achieve their dreams. Now they're offering you two easy ways to "Be a fan" of Special Olympics.

 CueSport TV, the Internet Pool & Snooker Channel, announce an advertising deal with German billiard cloth manufacturer, Z9 Billiard Cloth, for the 2009 season.

CueSport TV, the Internet Pool & Snooker Channel, announce a three month banner advertising deal with fresh and innovative cue company MoJo Cues.

SPEED has reached an agreement with Feld Motor Sports, Inc., to extend its broadcast rights deal for the Monster Energy® Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship, through at least 2013, with new deals also in place to air events from the AMA Arenacross Series, USHRA Monster Jam® and International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Jam.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants today announced that it is launching a free online fitness program starting January 1, 2009, to help people jumpstart their 2009 New Year’s resolution to exercise more and get in shape.

Festival’s month of May celebration in Indianapolis means so much to so many people and in various ways. For 52 years the 500 Festival has captured the significance of the month of May to this community and race fans world-wide. The 500 Festival announced today the theme for the 2009 season is “Laps, Legends & Legacy: Honoring the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Centennial Era.

 

Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent, will bring live all the excitement of the World Darts Championship.