The Hull City Project: Lived to see another day
Jeff Bradley...day of the 2009 English Premier League season. Middlesbrough at West Ham United. Newcastle at Aston Villa. Manchester United at Hull City. At the end of 90 minutes, again, I shouted the word, "Yes!" Only...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2009The Hull City Project: Free Fallin'
Jeff Bradley...left: away this Saturday at Bolton, home on May 24th against the greatest team known to man, Manchester United. Daunting to say the least, but not impossible. A win in one of those two matches...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyMore than fans of most other sports, soccer fans tend to distinguish between the final score of a match (the result) and the story of the match (the p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...Arsenal locker room. We'd miss all the Twilight references. That's why we were thrilled that Manchester United's Ryan Giggs was voted the best player of the year in England by his fellow...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...looking for the next free-for-all, you might check out today's Champions League game between Manchester United and Porto. These are by no means classic rivals, or close neighbors, and we don't...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyAround the globe, club soccer takes a break this week to allow players to switch teammates, tactics and allegiances, and line up for their national te...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...lot of drama off the field of play. The young Portuguese manager's "gamesmanship" so offended the Manchester United boss that Ferguson refused to shake hands after the first leg. Then, when Mourinho's team...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009The Hull City Project: Hull City 1, Fulham 0
Jeff Bradley...the back, managed a second successive clean sheet and up popped Manucho—the 2009 version of Manchester united loanee Fraizer Campbell—who stabbed the ball home from close range late in the match...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009Meet Hull City: America's New Team, Albeit From Britain
Jeff BradleyHull City was literally minutes from not existing as a soccer club. Now they're playing Man U. What happened, and why should the American side of the pond care?
Story | Conversation | February 06, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...25 million pounds more than last year and 110 million more than 2007. Some of this was Manchester City's recession-proof Arabian money, but what about Arsenal, the rich but frugal club with a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...messages have also been used by soccer players to sidestep difficult face-to-face conversations, as when Manchester United teammates Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo dissolved the tension after their World Cup row (Ronny complained...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009The World's Game According To Us: The Seattle Sounders
Austin KelleyThe Seattle Seahawks may have had a miserable 4-12 season this year, but football fans in the Emerald City still have something to look forward to on ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009The Sports Guy
Bill SimmonsThe new year is a time for resolutions. Or to answer a bagful of my readers.
Story | January 13, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...know that Andrei Arshavin, the baby-faced assassin, is sure to wear an Arsenal shirt soon, that Manchester City are gunning for Yaya, Kolo and all players named Toure and that Kenny "Franken" Cooper is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin Kelley...not giving Ronny our award because of his fancy moves, his 42 goals, or because he led Manchester United to the double. We're giving it to him because he "played" with the fans and...
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