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Browsing all posts from November, 2008.

COVER YOUR EARS, COLUMBUS

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Saturday I watched the Crew dismantle Kansas City with class, 2-0. IT WAS EASY. Maybe next year, the Wizards can cast a spell that makes them good. Ahem. A more interesting aspect of this game was the behavior of the Crew Massive, Hudson Street Hooligans, Nordecke, Local 614—whatever they want to be called. The crazy [...]

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KG, FUTBOL FAN

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Kevin Garnett, I know you are VERY tall, but you better bend over, because you DROPPED SOME NAMES. Ronaldinho, Drogba, Ronaldo, Messi, Lampard, Del Piero… the big names kept coming in an interview with Frank Dell’Apa of the Boston Globe. Apparently Garnett rubbed shoulders with Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Adebayor when the Celts played in [...]

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HOFFEN-WHO? HOFFEN-WHAT?

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In case you haven’t been paying attention, there’s a new team atop the Bundesliga table, Hoffenheim (translation “Yeah, We’ve Got One Stoplight In This Town, What Of It?”). O RLY? Hoffenheim is so small, the team plays in front of only FIVE THOUSAND. What’s worse? Leading a top European league and only playing in front of 5,000 [...]

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WHAT THE?…THE PREM, ROUND 11

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WHAT THE? is my weekly Premiership review with only the interesting events that should not have happened in the first place. The weekend games during Round 11 more than made up for the lame midweek games. Where to start? While the final score is not a surprise, the game was. Manchester United needed all of [...]

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Now I Hate Baseball Even More

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I recently complained about the MLS playing games on American football fields. I thought it couldn’t get worse in terms of venue for a professional soccer team. THEN I watched Columbus play at Kansas City in the first round of playoffs last night… ON A BASEBALL FIELD. Officials claim the converted Community America Ballpark accommodated [...]

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WHAT THE? THE PREMIERSHIP, WEEK 10

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WHAT THE? is my weekly Premiership review with only the interesting events that should not have happened in the first place. The mid-week games were pretty lame except one…hopefully the weekend will bring better results. New boys Stoke picked up a win against Sunderland 2-1 to get out of the relegation zone. Hull City, which [...]

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