In this issue: Champions League Final resources

Champions League Final is at 2:30pm: Manchester United vs. FC Barcelona. You want to be prepared? We'd recommend this ESPN The Magazine June 1, 2009 cover story...

Messi's play is the stuff of joy for Barcelona

The Hull City Project: Free Fallin'

"I don't know what the Hull City Project is." If that sounds like you, click here. I was forewarned. Get attached to a football team like Hull City,...

Two Themes, Seamlessly At Once: Kobe Bryant and FC Barcelona

...if you didn't --- Bryant, who spent some of his childhood in Europe, is a big FC Barcelona fan, as showcased in this video. Two weeks after Game 5, as Kobe expects to be in...

The World's Game (According to Us)

...of the match (the play). Often they invoke notions of justice, deciding whether a result was "fair." Barcelona fans tend to go a bit further, waxing philosophical about the grand mission of their team. They...

The World's Game (According to Us)

...t very good.) Back in 1974, Rinus Michel, whom some think is the greatest coach ever, led Barcelona to a league title and the Netherlands to the World Cup final. In 2006, another Dutchman followed...

Auction Block: On This Day

So many sporting events are in progress right now: The NCAA basketball tournament is down to its final 16 teams, with a couple of weeks to go before w...

The World's Game (According to Us)

...two sports have very different styles. Just watch the video we did with Kobe Bryant wearing a Barcelona kit. He can't stop talking about how short the shorts are, just because they fall slightly...

The Morning According to Us

...was a great film. Here's the real-life equivalent. Here's that Phelps pic, for posterity. Barcelona celebrates goal no. 5,000

The Fan Issue: All Videos in One Place

...the top of the page.) The cover boy is Kobe Bryant, speaking about his fandom for FC Barcelona. You can watch a video we made with the Lakers star embedded after the jump. All told...

...and he was doing stuff I'd never seen before. PLUGGED IN Pau Gasol grew up in Barcelona, so he keeps me in the loop. I follow games on the Internet, and even when we...

Fan Issue Teaser: Kobe on FC Barcelona Video

...knew Steve Nash was a soccer fan, you might not know that Kobe's a big FC Barcelona backer. Here's a video on the topic. And here's a photo gallery containing Kobe-in...

The World's Game (According to Us)

Aspiring soccer coaches can stop studying motivational techniques and polishing up their team talks. They don't need to send the squad to boot camp wi...

In This Issue: The Fan Army Goes To Work

...There's a ton of cool stuff in it, including Kobe Bryant discussing his affinity for FC Barcelona. Right now, though, this is what ya got: "The Fan Army." It's not a real army...

Reporting From ... Barcelona

There are 98,773 people at the Nou Camp stadium for the Barcelona-Madrid game Saturday. A mile away, at a Barcelona bar called Manolo's place, there are five...