The weekend provided a healthy dose of drama and excitement on both sides of the Channel, as the Manchester Derby lifted the fans in the stands while the Iberian giants of pro soccer rumbled along. Yes, a picture says a thousand words, but a well selected word says, um, five words? Six words? And now, [...]
For all you anglophiles, RojaDirecta is the king of the Spanish-speaking pro soccer viewing online world. The website serves to organize links to various soccer related events. Often, the links merely point to justin.tv or a similar site. Still, major television networks have targeted the Spain-based website with legal threats. And they have lost.
Audiovisual Sport [...]
Alright class, it has been brought to my attention from a group of cantankerous students that I have not taught you the darkest of arts- referee complaints. While normally I would bite my thumb at the mere hubris of a student requesting an addendum to my carefully planned curriculum, I realize my oversight has hindered [...]
We know the three charges against Adebayor: 1) Stamping Van Persie, 2) Scoring the decisive goal, and 3) Taunting Arsenal fans. The defense pleads guilty to the first two, but the last raises questions.
What did you expect? After an off-season of taunts and a chorus of boos from the visiting side, should Adebayor have been [...]
“Please Sir, I want some more.” Such spoke Oliver Twist, begging the cook at the orphanage for another spoonful of gruel. We KC Wizards fans ask for similar sustenance – a pro soccer specific stadium. And we are not alone. We form part of the MLS orphanage, of fans destined to fill half-empty American football [...]
Nick Dunmore of the excellent Fisted Away has ever so graciously contributed a guest satirical piece on that lover of long-range goals, Frank Lampard. Enjoy!
Love was in the air in SW6. It smelt the same as usual – it had the familiar pungency, but tonight it was mixed with something new. Something unmistakably West London; [...]
The last time we bothered ranking any teams, we went with raw, sheer, explosive power. POWER. But this time, we have shifted our focus from MLS to the EPL. We also have gone with a more subtle yet rhyming alternative: the glower. And is there anyone more masterful at the glower than one David Bowie? [...]
Last Wednesday was a buffet of soccerplayery, with several countries punching their ticket to South Africa. Here are a few headlines from around the world…
England dominated Croatia 5-1 and guaranteed a first round appearance on the dark continent. Capello also revealed to the Guardian his gameplan for South Africa – WAGs can see their boys [...]
Eduardo has been sentenced to a 2 game ban for “diving.” UEFA could not write a diving specific prohibition because the offense is too amorphous. Thus, Platini relied on an ambiguous and long unused snippet of statutory text. Technically, Eduardo was convicted of “simulation.” But the legal logistics are not exactly what bothers me.
Some have [...]
So, it has been pointed out that my focus on filthy Spanish has left a gaping hole for the lovers for filthy English. Even more so, Fredorrarci at the wonderful sportisatvshow let me onto an unusual Irish term. That word is the “cross cum shot.”
In the Queen’s clean and pure English, the cross cum shot [...]
