London was the kind of town you could live in your whole life and never call home. London smiles at you like a mother but only loves you like a mistress. You only got into trouble when you confused the two, and you couldn’t help but confuse the two.
So at this redhead’s insistence I’d [...]
The time has returned for a long & rambling piece on the bigwigs at FIFA. The topic? Debt. DEBT. And, more importantly, deficit spending by successful teams. But let’s start where we start: FIFA’s reaction to the day the bubble burst in the world financial market. And first a revisionist and absurdly short take on [...]
“Up The Hill Backwards” by David Bowie
The long and arduous Premiership journey has reached the halfway point, as a handful of teams gaze upon the summit and the rest fear a crashing fall back to Earth. But how can we quantify such a qualitative championship? With our best efforts, that’s how. And a little inspiration.
David Bowie’s glower has already helped us [...]
This weekend the Premiership proved it’s competitive equity with vengeful mid-table sides auditioning for “The Jedi Strike Back.” Meanwhile, across the channel, La Liga’s two horse race continued with a plodding Swede and light footed Argentine grabbing the spotlight.
Yes, a picture says a thousand words. But I really don’t have the energy to play [...]
It was a busy week on both sides of the channel as the EPL narrowed to a two horse race and the marauding Spaniards remained neck and neck. Goals, drama, and slack defending abounded as City finally managed to score more goals than an opponent. And quite the opponent it was! Meanwhile, Madrid relied on [...]
Talent never goes unnoticed. Sure, we’ve chuckled along to Jack Bauer’s MLS playoff preview and Walter Mercado’s take on the Premiership, but behind the fantasy lied a cold reality: both made pretty good guesses. Granted, gambling a mortgage on a taurot card is not recommended. But, in addition to the stock “copyright lawsuit threat [...]
Like George Best, Eric Cantona made his name at Manchester United as a gifted yet volatile winger with a pension for uttering quotable phrases. While Eric never equaled the individual exploits of Best, he did write his own chapter as a fan favorite.He also won several trophies and ushered in a new era of [...]
Wayne Rooney scored three goals against Portsmouth. And in honor of his hat-trick, we proudly present a series of wildly exaggerated sports cliches with little basis in reality.
Wayne Rooney is out of this world. Today, at 13:05 army time, the Space Shuttle Astronausus successfully launched into outer space from the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, [...]
