Author Archives: Adams Sibley

Your Passes are Quarter Notes in a Cartesian Plane!

Posted on March 21, 2012

Isaac Stern made a living playing the violin. If you don’t know anything about classical music, you probably still know that you have to be pretty damn good to make money at it. So what does it mean that a … Continue reading →

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The Cat’s Game

Posted on March 7, 2012

Tic-Tac-Toe is a game inexorably tied to the idea of stalemating. I knew this when I first started drawing three-by-three grids on the blank sides of Language Arts assignments sometime in early elementary school (probably Ms. Colbert’s class – she … Continue reading →

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Never Mind Your League, Here’s The EuroLeague Cup

Posted on February 29, 2012

What if we could determine the best league in the world once and for all? Wait. We can. There’s something magnificent about Yahoo Answers. I don’t even mean in a goddammit-there’s-a-whole-lotta-stupid-out-there kind of way, although that’s certainly part of the … Continue reading →

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The O87 Mailbag

Posted on February 24, 2012

We here at The Other 87 get a lot of fan mail, and until recently we’ve been nervously stuffing it in the freezer like Andy from Parks and Recreation. But now that we’re pretty certain our parents aren’t the only … Continue reading →

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Film and Footballers: A Dialogue

Posted on February 13, 2012

Adams and contributor Matthew McGraw discuss how soccer and cinema can be understood in similar lights. Adams: Let me ask you a question, Matthew. In a few weeks Billy Crystal’s animated corpse will once more walk among the living, stirred by … Continue reading →

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Failed Formation Friday

Posted on February 2, 2012

With the rise of blogs like Zonal Marking, the analysis of formations is increasingly becoming a talking point among soccer fans. However, when we celebrate the clever tactics of a Wenger or Mourinho, we often leave lesser known tactics by … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Ten: Fast Food Superlatives

Posted on January 31, 2012

Make every time a good time. We love to see you smile. Have you had your break today? Foods, folks, and fun. Over the years, the marketing team at McDonald’s has produced some of America’s most recognizable campaigns. You’d be … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Posted on January 24, 2012

Let’s get real about soccer superlatives. I’d like to pose a hypothetical, and if you’ll bear with me, it will indeed become germane. What if Leo Messi were a movie?  No, I don’t mean in a movie. Eric Cantona and … Continue reading →

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Philosophy Without Philosophy: Finding Our Inner Fans

Posted on January 16, 2012

Disclaimer: I’m talking to you, but not to you! One of the prerogatives of being an American following soccer abroad is not being tied down to a team geographically. That isn’t to say that it can’t be a motivating factor … Continue reading →

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Santa’s List

Posted on December 23, 2011

Ho ho ho! Today we wrap up our week of holiday-themed content with some exclusive intel from the North Pole. Santa stuffed his chimney with too much milk and cookies and unwittingly left his ‘naughty’ and ‘nice’ lists lying around. … Continue reading →

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