February 2012
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Feb 24th
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Has Andre Villas-Boas Been Sacked Yet? →
Feb 24th
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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An Open Letter to Piers Morgan →
We can take no credit in this letter. It’s the sole work of the fictional Jimmy Corkhill from the British soap Brookside. But what a missive it is.
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 3rd
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The Unknown Legend
On this week’s pod, we have the honor of interviewing 73-year-old Gerry Baker, former US international and the first American ever to score a hat trick in top-flight English soccer. Last week we enlisted your help to find Gerry after Clint Dempsey’s impressive hat trick against Newcastle was headline-making news. Dempsey’s achievement was remarkable, although Baker had achieved a similar...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Six Degrees of Wojciech Szczesny
GFOP Chris Swanson did the dirty work for us on Kevin Bacon look-a-like and Arsenal GK Wojciech Szczesny. The cinematic treasure Goal being the key, as it so often is. Wojciech Szczesny played with Thierry Henry at Arsenal Thierry Henry played with Zinedine Zidane for France Zinedine Zidane appeared in Goal! (2005) with Tony Plana, the main character’s father Tony Plana was also in the...
Jan 31st
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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“I’ve never wrote a letter in my life. I couldn’t write a letter. I...”
–  Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur manager
Jan 26th
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Jan 24th
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WatchWatch
Something to clean your palate after the Arsenal mess on FOX. Clint Dempsey becomes the first American to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
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“They abruptly waived me into another room where I was interrogated by the...”
– Deadspin just unearthed a Bill Simmons column from Sept. 2000 where he documents his fateful meeting with Michael Davies. Read the complete tome here.
Jan 19th
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Jan 17th
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WatchWatch
Apparently, hyperbole is spelled M-L-S. Today at 12:00pm ET the 2012 MLS SuperDraft coverage begins on ESPN2. The Montreal Impact pick first.
Jan 12th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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