The World's Game (According to Us): Manchester United Wins the World Cup ... Kinda
Austin Kelley...Club World Cup. First of all, seven teams compete. We don't know of any other major tournament with a seven-team format. It must drive the organizers crazy. The teams are not simply Continental...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...peace in Cyprus and every pressing back-story to the world's richest and most popular club tournament. Let's break them down by categories, shall we? FASHIONSince Fashion Week has just blown through New...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME ... ACCORDING TO US
Austin KelleyIf we learned anything from the men's Olympic soccer tournament, besides the fact that it's too hot to play at noon in midsummer Beijing and that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...the routine of loss to deal with—the team has never made it into a major tournament—and danger. The most recognizable face of Georgian soccer is Khakaber (or just Khaka) Kaladze, the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 20, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...The U.S. men's team, playing a man down for 87 minutes, were eliminated from the tournament by Nigeria. Maybe the loss put us in a bad mood, or maybe it's the six...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...For a long time, when he was asked what would happen if preparations for the big African tournament didn't proceed smoothly, he would say, "South Africa is Plan A, Plan B and Plan C...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 10, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...York bar—and just about everywhere else. Contributing to the near $400 million UEFA got from tournament sponsors, the brewer spent a third of its worldwide marketing budget on a Euro blitz meant to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 02, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin Kelley...ll have to go back to our normal lives. Some England fans have warded off the post-tournament ennui (or non-tournament ennui, as it were) by creating a sticker book called Losers 2008 which...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2008THE WORLD'S GAME (ACCORDING TO US)
Austin KelleyJose Mourinho, the Portuguese coach who wears his designer suits with the same panache that he wears his oversized ego, made huge news the other day. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "tournament" make the list?