Category Archives: Soccer

Yankees/ Red Sox — Now this is $$$$$$

June 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm

Stateside, baseball’s biggest rivals — New York and Boston — have been notorious for throwing good money after bad to get the slightest advantage over, well, New York and Boston. The Red Sox seem to have been making the wiser use of their load of Benjamins in the last few years.
The money these guys spend [...]

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Barca 2, Man U Nil

May 27, 2009 – 4:52 pm

Manchester United, defending Champions League champion, was undefeated in 25 consecutive Champions League matches. But, as Derek Rae would say, “It was not to be.”
The Catalans controlled the match for the last 80 minutes.
Oh, you know what . . . you don’t care. And, what am I going to do, keep on reciting stats from [...]

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Champions League Report, Part I

May 27, 2009 – 3:21 pm

First of all, don’t freak. It’s not like I’m going to be giving you up to the minute updates from Rome on the Champions League title match between Barcelona and Manchester United.
One, I’m not that astute an observer of soccer. Two, my interest isn’t that great, piqued mostly because I was able to buy a [...]

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How About Barca????

May 6, 2009 – 5:55 pm

Okay, maybe there are three or four of you who know what the Champions League is. You see the TV listing in the paper, and move on to baseball or golf or basketball . . . you know the American sports.
Soccer has proven over and over again that it’s a hard sell here in the [...]

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