Nine full-sized pitches will fit inside Great Strahov Stadium I’m not sure why, but this was one of my favorite challenges to construct- I hope that everyone had a good time trying to find the answers. As usual, only Andrew B. submitted his answers in full and on time…though I suspect that two or three [...]
Archive for January, 2011
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, Ligue 1, MLS, NASL, Serie A, Trivia, Western Mass Pioneers, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged "Lost"=Best Show Ever, Ajax, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Avram Grant, Birmingham, Blackpool, Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, Chivas USA, Daniel Agger, David Moyes, Emmanuel Adebayor, English Premier League, Everton, Frank de Boer, Fulham, Gareth Bale, Gerard Houllier, Great Britain National Team, Hatem Ben Arfa, John Rooney, Kolo Toure, Landon Donovan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Nani, Newcastle, Olympique de Marseille, Real Salt Lake, Robert Pires, Robin Fraser, Roy Hodgson, Sergio Agüero, Stoke City, West Brom, West Ham on January 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while Hurley was winning $150…
Miles Jacobson Gets an OBE
Posted in Whimsy, tagged Anyone Can Get an OBE, Gaming, Miles Jacobson on January 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My wife and I operate on two completely different timetables. She is a morning person: up by 5:00 AM, asleep by 9:00 PM. I, on the other hand, am a night person, and that time after she’s asleep is my time. There are a lot of very productive things that I could be doing with [...]
“We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized.”- Ian McNail
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Chelsea, Sunday open thread on January 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I found it funny that Steve McManaman picked Chelsea to come back this season and win the title in the Barclay’s Premier League. Macca has been a good addition to the ESPN family and has kept me from hearing Tommy Smyth for quite some time now, so I do owe him a debt of thanks [...]
“I spent 90 percent of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted!” – George Best
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on January 1, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Happy New Year! I hope 2010 was a good year for you and yours, and I hope 2011 is even better! We here at ATD HQ are thrilled that you have stuck with us and we hope to raise our awesomeness level to heretofore unknown heights this upcoming trip around the Sun. A big thanks [...]
Coming out of the Closet with Fuse: Please welcome Jeff!!
Posted in Bundesliga, Commentary, English Premier League, First Timers, Football Shirts, General, Guest Post, Introductions, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, Whimsy on January 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I put out the call for some commenter shirts that I could feature in the first 2011 installment of this long running (this is “episode” 35) series and, as usual, the ATD commenters came through. This week I’ll be featuring four shirts from the collection of commenter Jeff S. (jhawk90). As you will [...]
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