Topic
soccer
- Profile of Arsène Wenger
The Guardian's extensive profile and Q&A with Arsène Wenger, legendary Arsenal manager. “Arsenal had a style of play that was criticised, but there was a style of play,” he says. “I can understand that people want onl…
- Weekend Reading: MiLB, Naming Public Transit, and Soccer Playing Styles
⚾ Mapping the New MiLB Landscape Combining baseball and maps? Sign me up. The MLB has a plan to “improve” the MiLB system costs, standards, compensation, and other things through shuttering 42 ball clubs around the co…
- Liverpool's Comeback
I didn't get to watch the match live yesterday, but Liverpool's 4-0 trouncing of Barcelona at Anfield in the second leg of the Champions League semi might be the biggest (most improbable) win I've seen. Goals from Ori…
- Gary Neville on Mourinho
Gary Neville’s thoughts on the rumors of a Jose Mourinho firing: The Premier League’s fickleness with management is astonishing. It would be unbelievable to see the same level of volatility and shortsightedness in oth…
- 9 in a Row
The Premier League season is now a couple of months in, and the usual suspects are top of the table — City, Liverpool, Chelsea. What I didn’t expect was Arsenal in the top four, especially after losing the first two w…
- Robert Earnshaw
An unbreakable record: He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two (or the divisions under their previous names), the League Cup, the FA Cup and…