Moline Local News

Team at a glance NICKNAME North Stars COLORS Royal blue and black STADIUM 255 Red Gate Road, St. Charles ENROLLMENT 2,175 CLASS 7A COACH Mark Gould 2007 RECORD 5-5 CONFERENCE 4-2, T-4th

Moline, IL- The Quad City Flames today announced the team's schedule for the 2008-09 pre-season. The exhibition schedule kicks off on Thursday, October 2nd at 7:05 p.m. vs. the Peoria Rivermen at the Quad City Sports Center.

The day's convention activities from the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/25/08 -- One of the biggest arena attractions in rock music, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), will once again take to the road this holiday season for what will be another monumental tour, more than 90 cities coast-to-coast in a nine-week period beginning November 1st.

WWE has released the poster for the No Mercy 2008 pay-per-view event, which is set to take place on October 5, 2008 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.

A little more official info on Metallica's upcoming album and tour

» Ryan Howard sent this in regarding the Smackdown tapings on Tuesday in Moline, IL: It turns out that it wasn't Kevin Thorn in the battle royal. It was Ryan Braddock. Not once during the episode on TV did they say his name.

The field consisted of 120 teams from across the United States. The Renegades compiled a 6-3 record going 1-1 in pool play. Losing to the Miami Stingrays 3-0. They bounced back to beat the San Jose Strikkers 11-0.

Riding on the success of their sophomore release, Gods of the Earth (Kemado), Austin hard rockers The Sword have been hand-picked by Metallica to open for their upcoming North American tour. The Sword will join Metallica after finishing up a round of dates on their own tour.

SPOILER: The Smackdown main event for the upcoming Unforgiven pay per view was announced tonight at the show's tapings in Moline, IL. The main event will mirror Raw's main event match and will be a five-man scramble match for the WWE Championship featuring Triple H defending the title against M.V.P, Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin and Brian Kendrick.