Recorded human history spans thousands of years. In that period, entities of all types have gone through name changes. In some cases, those changes were down to a turnover in ownership (Byzantium becomes Constantinople becomes Istanbul) or circumstance (St. Petersburg becomes Leningrad becomes St. Petersburg again). In others, it's a made of prudence. Kentucky Fried Chicken officially calling themselves KFC, for example. That word "fried" is harder to sell in a modern world.

- Jason Davis

Chad Ochocinco is on the ground in Kansas City ahead of the tomorrow's start of his four day trial with the MLS club. Ochocinco is already tweeting plaudits for the city and blowing smoke in the direction of the players. As much as we can gather through 140 character bursts of text transmitted across the impersonal Internet to our computer screens, the wide receiver-cum-soccer star seems genuinely excited. For the next four days, he'll be a footballer, not a football player.

- Jason Davis

Chad Ochocinco, star wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals and a man without a team-run training program while the NFL remains mired in labor struggles, will "try out" with Sporting Kansas City. Ochocinco is an avid soccer fan, and claims to have played at a relatively high level into his teens. He has flirted with the "switch to soccer" on several occasions in the past, most notably on Soccer Talk Live last year.

- Jason Davis

In the midst of a pre-season news lull, which is fortuitously timed for yours truly thanks to some work-related blogging complications (read: I risk termination if I blog during the day), Sporting Kansas City announced that the naming rights for their shiny new home will go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the form of their brand "LIVESTRONG."