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Luis Suarez Snubs Patrice Evra Handshake
Liverpool’s Luis Suarez continues to show why he is closer to child than adult with a temper like a 12 year old. In the first match involving both Suarez and Manchester United’s Patrice Evra since Suarez was banned 8 games for racially abusing the United defender, Suarez pulled a childish trick. During the pre-match handshakes [...]
Why I’m Obsessed with the Anfield Cat
All week I’ve been trying to avoid it, but I just can’t help watching the video of the little grey-and-white cat, now known as the Anfield Cat (the cat’s name is actually Shankly, apparently), trotting around on the pitch during last Monday’s Liverpool-Spurs game—a game that, disappointingly, featured little else in terms of substance. I [...]
Holding Their Own
Tactical trends tend to catch on pretty quickly. Look at the Brazilian fashion of having flying full-backs. The world saw Cafu and Roberto Carlos and said “we want them!” Then there was the trequartista –the driving, floating player caught between the front runner and the midfield. Del Piero was free to roam and thrust when [...]
Thierry Henry Heading Back to New York
Thierry Henry will not get an extension on his loan and will head back to the New York Red Bulls. Henry spent two months at the Emirates, scoring a goal on on his first game back with the club he became a star with. Arsenal manager Arsene Wegner considered asking for another two weeks of [...]
Plenty on the Line As Manchester United Hosts Liverpool
There is more than revenge on the minds of Manchester United when they host Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday. While United will look to make up for a bitter 2-1 loss in the 4th round of the FA Cup (one that saw United clearly enjoy the better of the play) but need to win [...]
Ryan Giggs Signs Contract Extension
In what is becoming the usual news for the late winter months, legendary Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs signed a one-year contract extension, ensuring yet another year of what has been nothing short of a remarkable career. While most have retired, taken up coaching, or playing in the Sunday leagues at his age, Giggs, 38, [...]
HSBC World Sevens Series in Las Vegas
Tomorrow sees the beginning of an international event in Las Vegas that welcomes several fast, physical athletes from all over the globe. On the first day of this event there will even be massive encounters between USA and Canada, New Zealand and Australia, South Africa and Wales and even England versus Scotland. Do you know [...]
How to Replicate the Medieval Soccer Experience (With a Condom)
In Sally Wilkins’ Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures (2002), you will find some helpful instructions for how to play a contemporary version of “camp-ball,” an early form of football that entailed several weapon-carrying villagers kicking a ball made of leather stuffed with horsehair or pig’s bladder around several miles of territory, including both town [...]
Suarez takes on Evra and Manchester United
After serving an eight game ban for making racist comments, Liverpool’s 25-year-old striker Luis Suarez will face the player and team he made those comments toward on Saturday. Suarez was suspended for comments he made towards Manchester United’s Patrice Evra in their league match from October. It is believed that Suarez, the Uruguayan native, made [...]
Five Quotes to Sum Up Capello’s Exit
No one willingly resigns from a 6-million-dollar (er, pound) job without good reason. So what went wrong with Fabio Capello at the helm of the English national team? There is a lot of speculation that the John Terry disaster was just a pretense to end an already shaky relationship. Others blame the media for hounding [...]
