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VW Comes to RFK
Behind the Badge found this 5/6/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com [flag]
Things impossible to miss at the Volkswagen-sponsors-D.C. United press event: * Men in dark-framed glasses. * The car, with microphone. Apparently, the car is named Max and is something of a TV personality, starring in commercials with Heidi Klum, commercials which led off the press conference. I don't watch TV, so I wouldn't know. * Bagels and San Pellegrino, neither of which screams ... [link]

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Volkswagen round-up
Published 5/6/2008 at Behind the Badge
... stadium. You've read about the VW Garage behind the north goal and the new VW Lounge.. tomorrow, we'll bring some photos your way.  There's a ton of DCU-VW stuff floating around out there, so here are a few quick links from around the world wide webs..  Our favorite, Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog, was out in full force today. He is able to churn out a ton of great writing in a very short amount of time - and it's all hilarious. From today: VW Comes to RFK Heidie and VW and the Jersey Quavas Kirk is Black ...

V-dub in ... what's a cool name for RFK?
Published 5/7/2008 by Beau Dure at The Netminder
A large United jersey with a Volkswagen logo covered a couple of sections of the RFK Stadium seats. D.C. United mascot Talon cavorted with a Volkswagen Beetle that someone had managed to drive up the RFK ramps to the 400 level. (Dan Steinberg got a picture) An interior room had spiffy new post-Warhol renderings of D.C. United players, a bar and the name “Volkswagen Lounge.” Before introducing the dignitaries, United ran a few new VW ads (yes, including ...

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Behind the Badge found this 5/6/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

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Behind the Badge found this 5/6/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

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