#won't play

I wish it had an option for “don’t like it but I know it’s gonna get requested like every night.”

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has reportedly called team owner Rich DeVos, and informed him that he will not play under current coach Stan Van Gundy again.

Howard has missed the last six Magic games with a back injury. But today's report has led some to speculate that Howard isn't injured anymore, or if he was never hurt in the first place. 

One of Howard's representatives told ESPN.com's Michael Wallace that "It's a completely bogus B.S. story". 

The story comes about one month after Van Gundy said to the media that Howard was lobbying for him to be fired. Howard also has been the subject of trade rumours all season, and asked for a trade in the preseason. However, the 26 year-old then signed an opt-out clause in his contract, refusing a trade, and keeping him in the Magic's uniform through next season.

It's not even a song that can't play is it is it IS IT IS IT!?! It's a goddamn advertisement ISN"T IT SPOTIFY and so you CHOKE THE MUSIC BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLAY AN ADVERTISEMENT?

Welcome to the USA, Spotify. 

By Arne Richter Aug 3, 2011, 12:22 GMT

Berlin - Michael Ballack appears to have no late change of heart which means that Germany's friendly with Brazil next week will be no farewell match for the former captain but another test of young talent.

Germany coach Joachim Loew, who picks his squad on Thursday, had offered Ballack a chance to play a 99th and final match against the record World Cup winners on August 10 in Stuttgart.

But Ballack, 34, declined the offer in a brief spat with Loew over the way the end of his Germany career was announced - by Loew and not the player.

Loew and the DFB said Ballack had been told in March that his Germany career was over and that they made the announcement two months ago after Ballack was not reachable. Ballack said Loew gave no indication in March he was no longer wanted and said it had been agreed that he would announce his retirement in the off-season.

Neither side appears keen to raise the issue again ahead of Loew's nomination and the game against Brazil which is the national team curtain-raiser for a season culminating in Euro 2012 in June.

With Ballack not present, Loew could test the likes of Sven Bender from champions Borussia Dortmund or Wolfsburg's Christian Traesch in defensive midfield after they missed Euro qualifiers in June for injury reasons.

Both are seen as backups to the established Bastian Schweinsteiger/Sami Khedira pairing and expected to make the squad on Thursday. So is young Marco Reus from Borussia Moenchengladbach, and possibly even Ilkay Guendogan, now at Dortmund after a strong past season at Nuremberg.

Schweinsteiger will return from injury along with new Bayern  Munich team-mate Jerome Boateng and Miroslav Klose, who has left Munich for Italy's Lazio. Defender Per Mertesacker may also be invited back after returning from injury at Werder Bremen.

How much information Loew will get out of the game remains open as it comes right at the start of the season, with the Bundesliga having played just one round and players from other leagues still in pre-season training.

Source: Monsters And Critics

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SO... no reasons to see this game.

But I have to say that I am really proud of him, sincerely.

He's a man of his word, does not go back as far. And he's right, after all, who has THE RIGHT to choose when to retire is the athlete, not the coach.

That's why I love this man.

Restored my iPod to factory settings, right? Reloaded my music and such, and converted some videos for it. I load them in and click on them on my iPod...

And the screen goes dark. The play and battery icons are in their respective corners, and I can change the audio, but nothing happens. Just a black square. If I try to click something else, the iPod freezes and I have to reset.

Googling brings up the same results: none. Apparently, many people have the same issue too.