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The quickest way to relevancy for any club is to have someone really super rich buy the team. If that really super rich person also happens to be a local and an actual fan of the game, even better: Hence, Everton fans have start a petition for famous blue nose …
By know you know Sir Alex Ferguson, the venerable and obscenely successful manager of Manchester United, is retiring after this season. Ferguson’s retirement is the event that launched a thousand tributes, be they wordy odes to his managerial greatness or lighter takes on the importance of proper gum-chewing in football …
Last night at the Home Depot Center, it was Landon Donovan bobblehead night. Five thousand lucky fans received the plastic trinket that vaguely resembles the midfielder. When Donovan missed a first have penalty kick (see video) that would have given LA the lead, and then LA went on to lose …
3,000 Portland Timbers fans witnessed something amazing today. Fulfilling the wish of Atticus Lane-Dupre, an 8-year old afflicted with cancer, the Timbers staged a game between the team and the Green Machine, Atticus’s youth side. Atticus scored four goals, and the Green Machine won 10-9. Will Johnson got a “red …
Because people are weird and death is scary, there are “memorial reefs” off the coast of Florida when the remains of those who have departed the earthly realm are laid to rest in cremated form. Despite the internet spreading the rumor that this statue of a lion with his paw …
This tweet just showed up on Sepp Blatter’s verified Twitter account. Promising, no? If this is a hack job (and it most certainly is), expect hilarity to ensue. Updates as events warrant, but be sure to watch this space. Remember kids, screenshots save lives.
Quick, look around. Do you see that? That golden hue that clings to the world of football magazines? It’s there, thanks to publications like Howler, The Blizzard, and XI Quarterly. Also in that group is Pickles Magazine, a stunning visually rich UK publication that also features a slew of quality …
Last time we checked in with Baltimore art student Meen Choi, he was dropping a series of fantastical player portraits for the likes of Neymar, Rooney, and Iniesta. Now he’s back, and this time he’s take things up a level. Presenting the evocative “You’ll Never Walk Alone” visualization complete with …
Modify Watches first ever “March Modness” competition, a bracket-style tournament for designs submitted by fans of the brand, includes a soccer design based on the Studs Up work of KCKRS’s own Chris Toy. The Footie Cookie looks delicious. Bonus penguin!
Belfast-based designer Sean Rainey set out to honor the greats of World Cups past with his minimalist “Legends of the Game” series. From Bobby Moore, hero of England ’66, to England-killer Maradona, star of ’86, Rainey uses simply visuals to evoke memories of those great players and their amazing feats.
Early Wednesday morning UK time, venerable London paper The Times released a bombshell exclusive about a proposed biennial summer super tournament meant to attract Europe’s biggest clubs to the Arabian desert by means of a massive payday. The author of the story was Oliver Kay, a man with a sterling …
…or, “Here’s a thing that will make you want to drink poison today.” Although really, everyone involved deserves each other so the rest of us can just stand back and laugh. Here’s the background: With Justin Bieber set to play a series of shows in London, Joey Barton politely expressed …
Lewes FC is a small East Sussex club currently playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English soccer. Known as the “Rooks”, Lewes plays at the colorfully named Dripping Pan, a ground with a capacity of 3,000, and their home since 1885. Since 2010 the club …
Landon Donovan’s sabbatical has taken him to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where he is…well, I don’t really know, but I imagine it involves kicking the ball around with these guys since he’s in this picture and the tweet was tagged #soccer. Find that passion, Landon. Find it and bring it back …
It’s “Jersey Week” in MLS circles, which means many of the 19-adidas outfitted MLS clubs are releasing new jerseys of one type or another. Some are alternates, special edition third jerseys that will make only a few appearances over the course of the year. Some are primary and/or secondary (away) …
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