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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:41:50 -0500

this is crazy, a riot in uruguay after danubio beat nacional 1-0...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:43:39 -0500

this is crazy, a riot in uruguay after danubio beat nacional 1-0 got so out of hand that the entire domestic league has been shut down.

The Uruguayan Football Association has suspended all premier division matches following clashes between fans of the league’s top two teams.

Supporters of Danubio and Nacional invaded the pitch, beating each other with iron rods and corner flags.

It took more than 100 police to quell the violence, although there were no arrests or injuries reported.

just wondering, but if it took 100 riot police to break up rabid fans beating each other with iron rods, how were their no arrests or injuries?

and since my favorite writer, eduardo galeano, is an uruguayan soccer fanatico, i quote from his impressive book on the game, soccer in sun and shadows:

The city disappears, its routine forgotten, all that exists is the temple. In this sacred place, the only religion without atheists puts its divinities on display. Although the fan can contemplate the miracle more comfortably on TV, he prefers to make the pilgrimage to the spot where he can see his angels in the flesh doing battles with the demons of the day.

ronaldo and nani are really, really, good friends.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:23:27 -0500

ronaldo and nani are really, really, good friends.

so when a pitch invader is trolloping around the field acting a...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:21:00 -0500

so when a pitch invader is trolloping around the field acting a fool and interrupting a match, what recourse do you, the player, have?

perhaps a flying knee to the face?

yes, that will do.

Cristiano Ronaldo: “I am the first, second and third best player in the world.”

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:14:00 -0500

Cristiano Ronaldo: “I am the first, second and third best player in the world.”:

ha, what an arrogant prick. his ego knows no bounds.

This weekend trouble broke out in Greece, as Panathinaikos and...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:13:01 -0500

This weekend trouble broke out in Greece, as Panathinaikos and Larissa fans caused their league match to be held up for 10 minutes while law and order was restored. Chaos disrupted proceedings, with fans seen tossing lit flares and other projectiles into the opposing sections of supporters, while other fans were found battling out with the riot police…

match of the day: 2 good, 2 bad

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:38 -0500

match of the day: 2 good, 2 bad

“I’ve often played a great match after having sex. Watch the 4-0 of the Roma-Juve match. I had...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:27 -0500

“I’ve often played a great match after having sex. Watch the 4-0 of the Roma-Juve match. I had sex that Sunday morning with one of the many friends I had at the time. It was even easier in Madrid because we were in a hotel, all on the same floor, so it was easy to invite whomever I wanted from upstairs or downstairs and meet her during the night. I had a friend who was a waiter. His job was to bring me 3 or 4 croissants after I had sex. He would bring the croissants up the stairs, I would escort the woman to him and we would make an exchange: he would take the girl and I would take the croissants. Sex and then food, a perfect night.”

-Antonio Cassano

Capello's Ketchup Fatwa...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:02:42 -0500

England players appear to have had their chips after coach Fabio Capello revealed he had taken the traditional British favourite off the menu.

The Italian has also slapped a ban on tomato ketchup after impressing on his squad the importance of healthy eating in their quest to qualify for the next World Cup.

fulham defender john pantsil employs a curious defensive tactic...

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:46:49 -0500

fulham defender john pantsil employs a curious defensive tactic against yakubu

Wayne Rooney loses £65,000 in two hours gambling

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:24:02 -0500

Wayne Rooney loses £65,000 in two hours gambling:

it’s not malaria…

A football player was hit by a firework launched by opposition fans moments after the whistle was...

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:12:40 -0500

A football player was hit by a firework launched by opposition fans moments after the whistle was blown at the end of a cup final match last night.

Conor Hagan fell to the ground after being struck in the back by the rocket before it exploded.

His team Linfield had just suffered a 2-1 defeat by sectarian rivals Cliftonville in the County Antrim Shield final at Windsor Park in Belfast.

best response to a yellow card. ever. andre luis of botafogo,...

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:01:36 -0500

best response to a yellow card. ever.

andre luis of botafogo, you sir are a visionary.

what assholes...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:37:19 -0500

Chelsea have already booked their hotel for this season’s Champions League final in Rome. (Daily Star)

have to win in france, fuckers.

things i can do to get my mind off of the election results

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:12:00 -0500

thehairdryertreatment:

watch the champions league game and hope liverpool looses

read general assembly disarmament resolutions and amendments

fuck around on google reader, but only in my music and sports folders

eat green and black’s dark chocolate

cheer the ill maxi rodriguez goal that just went down (fuck you liverpool)

think of that smoking sicilian wag featured on the spolier’s wag gallery

read the nyt sports section (maradona on the front page!?!?)

try to understand this iverson-to-the-pistons trade

consider which lineup and formation man u should employ against celtic

read ‘the bottom billion’ book i keep avoiding

look forward to playing soccer tonight after work

read high-level statements on the food crisis

memorize un acronyms

curse chelsea

figure out which albums to review next

think about my duty free johnnie green, grey goose, and french absinthe

laugh at jamie carragher

consider how awesome rachel maddow is

read the spokesperson for the sec-gen’s noon briefing

read up on the humanitarian situation in the congo

brew another cup of yerba mate

consider the limitation of peacekeeping mandates

shed a tear for tevez

write stupid lists

yes, this man is the new coach of the argentinian national team.

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:35:13 -0500

yes, this man is the new coach of the argentinian national team.

william gallas, smoker. not able to defend against long...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:40:15 -0500

william gallas, smoker.

not able to defend against long throw-ins from newly promoted sides.

Nuns buy shares in Croatian soccer club

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:36:25 -0500

BELGRADE, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A group of Croatian Benedictine nuns have bought shares in a leading Croatian soccer club, the Vecherniy List paper said on Wednesday.

The 19 nuns, from a convent located some 150 km (93 miles) away from the coastal city of Zadar, bought 50 shares worth around $4,500 in Hajduk Split, the nine times champions of Croatia.

The club recently became a shareholder company. The purchase made the nuns one of the club’s top 20 shareholders.

"I think Sepp Blatter is in danger…or has reached a point now where he is being mocked within..."

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:33:48 -0500

“I think Sepp Blatter is in danger…or has reached a point now where he is being mocked within the game. Whether he is getting too old, I don’t know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa.”

- Sir Alex Ferguson

Beckham to Buy $14M Private Jet

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:28:03 -0500

Beckham to Buy $14M Private Jet