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It all seemed to be behind Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley. Time had healed wounds caused by the departure of Geordie legend Kevin Keegan. Promotion had eased the ignominy of relegation. Alan Pardew’s side has been punching above their weight to be the early surprise package of the Premiership so …
It’s funny because the Simpsons haven’t won a League title in the past 20 years either. Spotted on Caught Offside
Friday will mark the 93rd Anniversary of the end of the First World War. November 11th, observed as Remembrance Day in the UK and other Commonwealth nations, has become a solemnly revered anniversary in Britain. The red poppy, symbol of those who were killed in wars, has become ubiquitous, and …
The Olympics aren’t even until next summer, but there’s already a debate raging over who gets to use the competition’s showpiece. Various proposals from Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Leyton Orient have been considered, with varying ideas on whether or not the stadium should retain its running track and …
Ahh, WWE Events. In an arena filled with larger than life egos and over the top antics, it’d be hard to find a person whose life is more surreal and whose public persona is more flamboyant than the professional wrestlers onstage. Well, maybe not when Mario Balotelli is in the …
This cartoon, by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge, appeared in Saturday’s Star ahead of Sporting’s Eastern Conference Final against the Houston Dynamo in the MLS playoffs. Of course Sporting lost 0-2 and Houston, not the home team, will go on to the MLS Cup Final. But Judge’s mild …
With the MLS Cup Final now just two weeks away, there are already some compelling storylines surrounding the clash, like the always popular “David versus Goliath” angle. On one hand, you’ve got the high-spending, name dropping, Hollywood glitz of the Galaxy, bankrolled by their billionaire business and entertainment mogul, Phil Anschutz. On …
We’ve got quite the trifecta for you here, kids: a footballer being weird, “unique” celebrity baby names, and twitter. Peterborough United’s Gabriel Zakuani is such a fan of the social network, he’s named his new son “Trendy.”
Among the cheesier PR stunt options available to companies desperate to get their product some attention is the “Guinness Book of World Records” stunt. Usually, this involves getting a lot of people together to do something no right-thinking individual would think was worth doing, and all at the same time. …
Remember when we posted a photo of Amanda Knox sporting a Seattle Sounders scarf as part of her Halloween costume and assumed she was going as the Frenchiest Sounders player on the roster, Roger Levesque? Leave it to the Mirror to come up with an alternative theory that makes Knox …
Bill Simmons, love him or hate him, is one of the most influential sports writers in America. With ESPN and his pet project Grantland, he reaches more readers than almost anyone else in the business. And Sporting Kansas City, never ones to pass up a good gimmick, want to bring …
Now here’s a confession you might not be expecting: we’re kind of geeky here at KCKRS. Not in the 80s way, with super-thick glasses and graphing calculators, but in a modern, overly enthusiastic yet still casual sort of way. Anyway, we really like stats. Stats are great. Stats help us …
The Pepsi Refresh Project was set up to provide much needed funds to innovative social initiatives. After expanding the project beyond the US to Europe, Latin America and Asia this year, Pepsi Refresh is now backing an ambitious project called “The Sound of Football” that aims to use technology to …
The LA Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls played a tension-filled slugfest of an MLS playoff match on Sunday, complete with shining moments for most of the stars involved and post-game brouhaha that has much of the American soccer public talking (or, more accurately, bashing Rafa Marquez). The second …
This happens all the time to us. I get emails from my mom telling me she finds my Joey Barton jokes a tired shtick, we’re too biased against the New York Red Bulls, and I don’t call enough and talk to her.
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