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You Have a Kantian Moral Obligation to Donate $10. Right Now

So, a new sports website, featuring the likes of Bethlehem Shoals, Eric Freeman, and Fredorrarci, is nearing lift off. There’s just one problem: NASA has privatized space travel, so these fine gentlemen need your kind contributions to get this ship … Continue reading

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Spinning Circles in the World At Large, Part 2

If the last few weeks were slow in terms of news, this past week was a terrifying maze of delicious games. Like a child in a candy-store, I pocketed as many Hershey’s Kisses in my SopCast player as I could … Continue reading

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Spinning Circles In The World At Large, Part I

It’s been ages since the soccer-news-media apparatus hummed along at such an accelerated pace. In light of this supernova of information, I have been forced into a stream-of-conscious absorption of facts, opinions, and dallyhoo. True, I am also working on … Continue reading

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Soccer News – Part Round-up, Part Sound Off

Not quite original content, not quite a link-up, we present a special new post here at Futfanatico: the sarcastic one. Novel, no? Now on with it. First, the Guardian reports that Inter faxed an offer for Javier Mascherano to Liverpool. … Continue reading

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Riquelme: My Transfer Rumor Tumor Humor

So, the World Cup is over. The season is weeks away. However, for all the nascent capitalists and “managers in their own minds”, the open transfer season is a joyous occasion with the exuberance, spontaneity, and substance of a middle … Continue reading

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West Ham United, West Ham Divided

We have touched on stadium naming rights, but now it appears that West Ham United, considering a move from Upton Park to Olympic accommodations, is considering changing the club name to reflect the posh new digs. The name? “West Ham … Continue reading

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Media, Death, Life, Change, Business, Blah

The NY Times has announced a new “metered model” for 2011, showing that Rupert Murdoch is not the only publish magnate struggling to cope with the “internet.” While the Times has avoided confronting Google, a wise move given the current … Continue reading

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In the Spirit of Stealing Content Part 4

Johny Terry, the face of Chelsea, has grown one humongous zit. The News of the World allegedly paid him and a known ticket scalper 10,000 pound for a private tour of the club’s training ground without the club’s permission. Still, … Continue reading

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The Diego Ban and How It Affects You

The FIFA handslap brigade is at it again. This time, the dastardly, ever cruel judges at the FIFA headquarters, conveniently located atop a menacing mountaintop (known as “Skull Mountain” by local indigenous peoples), have issued a very strong sentence: Diego … Continue reading

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Sir Alex's Suspense-less Sentence

Despite apology after apology, Sir Alex has been punished by the English Football Association for criticizing referee Alan Wily’s fitness after a 2-2 draw with Sunderland. Sir Alex was fined and banned from the touchline for 4 matches, 2 of … Continue reading

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