Last week saw nine Major League Soccer games, and also saw only two draws. Which if that pattern continues, means that our Pick’Em should be a bit more interesting this year. We are happy to welcome three new players in the Pick’Em this week: Mike B., weeszel, and Murphy. Mike B. and weeszel, along with [...]
Archive for March, 2011
MLS Pick’Em – Week 3
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on March 31, 2011 | 21 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: BEEP! BEEP! Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Odd Soccer News, Swiss Super League, The Scottish Cup, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Welcome. Below are this week’s eight questions. They are not particularly hard, but a few of them are a bit tricky and a few of them require a more specific answer than you might initially think. If you find any of these questions annoying, frustrating, or even boring please keep in mind that I discovered [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Ajax, Alberto Aquilani, Andy Carroll, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Chicago Fire, Christian Abbiati, Colorado Rapids, CSKA Sofia, David De Gea, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Internazionale, Joe Cole, Johan Cruyff, Juventus, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Levski Sofia, Liverpool, Lucas Leiva, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Neven Subotic, Robert Fleck, Valencia on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while proving Leonardo da Vinci wrong…
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in CONMEBOL, English Premier League, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, Serie A, South America, The More You Know..., Trivia, UEFA, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As you may have guessed from last weeks title and from the questions, the theme running through most of the questions was futility, or perhaps, “dubious achievements.” I thought it might be fun to shine a little light on those in the world football who have earned their notoriety for, well, doing it wrong. Another [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Amateur Criminology, Andy Carroll, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Asamoah Gyan, Australian National Team, Chad Ochocinco, Chelsea, Chivas USA, Croatian National Team, Didier Drogba, English National Team, Euro 2012, Euro 2012 Qualification, FC Schalke, Franck Ribéry, French National Team, German National Team, Ghanaian National Team, Harry Redknapp, Jens Lehmann, Jonathan Woodgate, La Liga, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Liverpool, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Manchester United, Niko Kranjcar, Nikolay Mihaylov, Pepe Reina, Portland Timbers, Rafael van der Vaart, Raul, Real Madrid, Robin van Persie, Sir Alex Ferguson, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA on March 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
What you missed while helping the FBI crack an encrypted letter…
The Greatest Shirt of All Time: Euro 2008 Holland Home
Posted in Football Shirts, tagged Holland, The Shirt Tournament of Champions on March 29, 2011 | 12 Comments »
The Shirt Tournament of Champions is our quest to figure out what the best football shirt of all time is. It may not be perfect, but we’re doing it our way, with some fun and knowledge. More information on the tournament and all current matchups can be found here, here, and here. We started with [...]
Defending The Truth…and My Turf
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, The More You Know..., The Weekend Wrapup, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on March 29, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Some of you may have noticed on your own or as a result of a link in our “About Last Night” feature yesterday that there was a “racist incident” during Sunday’s friendly match between Brazil and Scotland at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. Specifically, that a banana was thrown onto the pitch in the direction of Brazilian [...]
Mario Balotelli Needs Emotional Rescue
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Footballers Behaving Badly, Manchester City, Mario Balotelli on March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Presuming that you’re playing with a standard board and with standard rules (i.e., three darts per throw), the highest score available from a three-dart turn is 180 points. Called a “ton 80″, this score is achieved by landing all three darts in the triple-20 zone; simple math gets you to 180 points easily. That’s assuming [...]
The Commenter Survey: The Results, Part One
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, Introductions, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Power Poll, The More You Know... on March 30, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Today we take a look at the first half of the results from our recent “Commenter Survey.” Part One will focus on who we are: age, location, occupation, educational background, etc.. I hope you will find the results of our first survey of our readers and commenters as interesting as I did and I encourage [...]
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