Fantasizing
I started my first fantasy league–for NBA basketball–back in the early 90s, before the internet as we know it was up and running. Hands up if you remember having to […]
Grow the F?!ck Up
Thank goodness that two commanding victories–at Fenerbache mid-week and at Fulham this weekend–have slightly quieted the Arsenal drumbeat. If I hear the words “crisis,” “misery,” or “drought” connected with the club […]
Barcelona Back-Pass
Following up on my Tiki-Tatum post, one facebook commenter asked why I didn’t talk about Barcelona’s loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last year. That’s a fair question, […]
Tiki-Tatum
UPDATE (2 May 2017): Thanks to Bécquer Seguín for linking to this now somewhat dated article. I hope that it’s main argument still holds, and is of interest. It was […]
Streaking
Before you put too much weight on the US Men’s National Team’s current 12-game winning streak, currently the longest for a national side, or feel smug looking down at Brazil […]
Pick-up Trucks
NBC’s new promo to introduce their coverage of the Premier League includes a quick West Ham joke (at 2:21). The joke itself is more about class authenticity than football, and […]
Getting It Right
Credit to the boys at the Football Ramble for pointing out one of the areas in which the US is doing soccer the right way. MLS: Ahead of the game? […]
What’s Going On Here?
Stoopid American offers one view from the States on European football, particularly the English Premier League. Although football is the only genuinely global sport, many of the trends in the […]
Stoopid American 