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Archive for July 14th, 2009
“Group Think” or “Collective Wisdom”: You Decide
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, General, Hyundai A-League, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Swiss Super League, The Championship, Turkish Super Lig, UEFA Cup, Wild Ass Guesses on July 14, 2009 | 10 Comments »
When worlds collide: The Sports Guy talks to World Soccer Daily
Posted in News, Whimsy, tagged ESPN, Long-ass transcriptions, The Sports Guy, World Soccer Daily on July 14, 2009 | 15 Comments »
World Soccer Daily hosts Steven Cohen and Kenny Hassan recently talked to Bill Simmons, ESPN’s own Sports Guy. The chat was held on Friday July 10, and I’ve transcribed it for you below. Simmons, who at one point wrote two columns about picking an EPL club to root for, mostly spoke about the article and [...]
Adebayor to Man City! Just Ask Wikipedia!
Posted in Whimsy, tagged Emmanuel Adebayor, Fun with Wikipedia, Manchester City on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the screen grab from Adebayor’s Wikipedia page about ten minutes ago: Just in case you’re curious: the number 25 is, in fact, still available at Eastlands (of course, I only know that because I checked their Wikipedia page just now…).
M.O.7
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Manchester United, Michael Owen on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A week ago today, the official Manchester United store reported that they had received no requests for Michael Owen’s jersey. The store employee did concede that it may be because he’d yet to be assigned a number, but seemed to imply that he didn’t expect that move alone to whip fans into a frenzy: “We [...]
Canterbury Fails
Posted in Football Shirts, tagged Canterbury Europe, Motherwell, Portsmouth, Preston North End on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Portsmouth has not had the best of offseasons. They don’t have a manager, their player of the year went off to Liverpool, the takeover bid that’s supposed to go through has yet to pass the FA’s “fit and proper” test, and their captain has yet to re-sign with the club. And yet, when it’s all [...]
Meet Your MLS All-Stars!
Posted in MLS, tagged MLS All-Star Game on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some sports might have cared that Major League Baseball’s All-Star game is today. They might have paid attention to the fact that the day after baseball’s midway point is the only day on the U.S. calendar where none of the major sports have anything scheduled (football, hockey, and basketball are on hiatus, while baseball gives [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andres D'Alessandro, Corinthians, David Beckham, Internacional, Jose Mourinho, Kidnapping and Beer, LA Galaxy, Landon Donovan, Manchester City, Serie A, Vincent Kompany, William on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while your kidnappers were force-feeding you beer…
