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A Method to the Madness
When I was teaching English in France a couple of years ago, I spent a large amount of effort trying to get my new European friends to fill out brackets for the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Not surprisingly, it was an … Continue reading
Chasing Choppers: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfer Window
I didn’t realize how much I’d miss the helicopters until they weren’t there anymore. I’m not sure what the lack of helicopter reports means really. Is it a slow news day just because no one lied to me about players … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Zamora, espn, fox, helicopters, NBC, Superman, Thunderdome, trade machine, transfer market, transfer window
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“FOX: We Report, You Decried,” or: What’s Up with Soccer Broadcasting in the US?
Eureka! I’ve found it. My Archimedian revelation. Not a theory, mind you, but a word. The perfect word. Here it is: Fergalicious. Football is fergalicious. It took all of my four-and-a-half year affair with the sport to figure it out, … Continue reading
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Tagged bob ley, champions league, curt menefee, espn, fergie, fox, goltv, hungaria, phil schoen, ray hudson, ucl
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