Highlights, plus fan reaction to the US win, and “when are ya coming to the Knicks”?

I’m a huge fan of photography, and one of the dudes I follow on the reg is 13th Witness.  He did the video above last year for Steve Nash’s Showdown in Chinatown. With this years event set to kick off, I figured now was a good time to post something about him. Dude is an incredibly talented photographer and does his thing as a video director as well. Check another video and some pics after the jump. (more…)

Steve Nash announced via Facebook some of the names attending the June 24th “Showdown in Chinatown”…

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Spotted over on our boy Shaun’s TheOffsideRules, Steve Nash is once again taking it to the best players Internationally for a great cause, his Football-For-Good / Athletes For Africa.

“A $5 donation and earn a chance to win an all expenses paid trip to the ‘Showdown in Chinatown’, a soccer match between some of the worlds top soccer and basketball stars in the heart of New York City.”

Check the Video From Steve Nash after the Jump…..

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Steve Nash’s love for soccer has been well documented, so much so that he even once mentioning how he had visions of owning Tottenham Hotspur. Well his ownership jones has been satisfied recently after the MLS approved his four man ownership group for the expansion franchise in Vancouver that will begin play in his home province of British Columbia in 2011. from ESPN.com:

“I’ll take it,” Nash said with glee over the phone, acknowledging that it’s the first lift in terms of sports he’s felt in ages, as the prospect of missing the playoffs for the first time since the 1999-2000 season with Dallas is growing more likely by the day for the 35-year-old.

“I’m really, really excited about it.” (more…)

“Barring a last-minute snag, the owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club will be awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise by the end of the month.”

(Maybe this Bryan Adams soundtrack helped close the deal…?)

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With Miami out of the MLS expansion race, Vancouver moves to the front according to those in the know. Yesterday, Vancouver investor and NBA star, Steve Nash, signed up with the powerful marketing group IMG to help with marketing efforts specifically in Canada and outside the US.

Is a plan by Steve Nash for a big marketing push in Canada a possible first sign that a team could be coming to Vancouver?

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