What you missed while getting a red ring of death 54% of the time…
Archive for August, 2009
UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Posted in Champions League, tagged Television Schedules, UEFA Champions League on August 17, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Tomorrow, the first leg of the Champions League’s playoff round kicks off. This round is the last round before the group stages, and each tie’s winners will get into a group. In the past, this hasn’t been a televised affair; Fox, however, is going to bring it to you. Unfortunately, they’re not going to bring [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 22 Results
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on August 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The fact that we almost forgot about this again last weekend shouldn’t be viewed as wavering commitment on our part. Rather, we simply got swept up in the furor that came with the start of the Premier League season; we promise we’ll be better from now on. In fact, this was actually an interesting weekend. [...]
Weekend Wrapup: Everything is Right in the World Again
Posted in The Weekend Wrapup, tagged English Premier League, Weekend Wrap-Up on August 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well that was some weekend, I’ll trust the lot of you stayed glued to your televisions for better parts of the morning Saturday and Sunday. Hope you enjoyed it, because I sure did. At this point every game has some excitement to it, nobody is in a deep hole and playing bad yet and you [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alex McLeish, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Birmingham City, David Beckham, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Edwin van der Sar, Everton, FC Basel, Grasshopper Club-Zurich, Joleon Lescott, Jonny Evans, L.A. Galaxy, Liverpool, Manchester United, Motola the Bionic Elephant, Nemanja Vidic, Peter Vagenas, Portsmouth, Rio Ferdinand, Sao Paulo, Seattle Sounders, Swiss Super League, Tottenham Hotspur on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while building a bionic elephant…
A couple of Sunday Afternoon Links and Stuff
Posted in General, Whimsy, tagged hair pulling, iPhone, Landon Donovan, shameless self promotion, Sky Sports on August 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Well we’re through our first weekend of the EPL, and while you’re sitting around waiting for the midweek games you’ve gotta do something, so why not read through some links and what not. Pictured above is Sky Sports new Score Centre application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I highly reccomend it as you get [...]
“A derby is a derby and vice-versa.” – Mario Jardel
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Becks is a wanker, Sunday open thread on August 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For one day, there was no place like the road in the Premier League. Of eight matches played yesterday, 6 road teams won outright and there were no draws. The two home winners were Chelsea, who needed a late Didier Drogba goal to defeat the game Tigers from Hull City, and Stoke City, who welcomed [...]
“I watched the game, and I saw an awful lot of it.” – Andy Gray
Posted in English Premier League, Weekend Open Thread, tagged English Premier League, Opening Day, Saturday open thread on August 15, 2009 | 17 Comments »
This is it. For those of us who live, breathe, eat and sleep the English Premier League, these 12 weeks without it feel like a decade. But, it’s back. Twenty teams with twenty stories to tell. Three teams who have clawed and fought their way into the top flight will try to show enough grit [...]
MLS Pick’Em: Week 22
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on August 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We got distracted by the kickoff of the real European soccer season and almost forgot all about this again. Fortunately, we didn’t forget completely. Picks are after the jump. Enjoy not watching because Everton-Arsenal’s on! I’m actually kind of interested in the Seattle-L.A. game, but I’m almost positive I can’t squeeze it into my weekend [...]
Your Weekend Preview: The Sassenach Premier League Is Back Edition
Posted in English Premier League, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers on August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
D.C. United v. Toronto F.C. (Saturday) It seems like at least once a week there is a match between teams in the Eastern Conference that has implications for the clubs involved, but also for every other team in the East. This week it is United and the Reds in third and fourth places respectively, and [...]
