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We knew all about Alexi Lalas’ fine album “Ginger” but this is a piece of Smithsonian worthy football memorabilia via GFOP Ben Kulo, who writes, “I’ve got a trove of Lalas memorabilia.  As my bro was buddies with him in college and it was already clear he was going to be a legend.  I found this cover art from his first studio album (I believe I’ve got the actual cd in another box somewhere) and I thought you guys might be interested.” Interested. Damn straight. For us, this is like finding the Ten Commandments somewhere in Sinai.  
We knew all about Alexi Lalas’ fine album “Ginger” but this is a piece of Smithsonian worthy football memorabilia via GFOP Ben Kulo, who writes, “I’ve got a trove of Lalas memorabilia.  As my bro was buddies with him in college and it was already clear he was going to be a legend.  I found this cover art from his first studio album (I believe I’ve got the actual cd in another box somewhere) and I thought you guys might be interested.”

Interested. Damn straight. For us, this is like finding the Ten Commandments somewhere in Sinai.

 

NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual MiB Review Show

Much as we did last year, we want to feature your thoughts on this latest Premier League campaign. Please send us your best and fastest ravens with your answers to the below to meninblazers@gmail.com. The finale depends upon it.

Here are the categories:

  • Your favorite player to watch this season and why?
  • Your favorite Von Trapp to watch this season and why?
  • Your favorite moment of the season and why?
  • Your favorite chant of the season?
  • The poem which most sums up your feelings for the season and why?
  • Which two players would you most like to join your book club and why?
  • Your favorite MiB podcast guest of the year and why?
  • What life lesson did you learn from this season and who taught you it?
  • What names are in your three envelopes?
  • If there is anything else you would like to tell us, please insert it here.

Vote early, vote often. We cannot wait to hear from you.

Men in Blazers w/ Dirk Nowitzki

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Grüß Gott, great friends of the pod.

We’re only days away from Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and their legions of supporters descending on London for the all-German Champions League final. And to help contextualize the occasion, the Men in Blazers welcome everybody’s favorite German, Dirk Nowitzki for a special, extended interview. Dirk offers Michael and Roger his thoughts on the Mavericks’ footballing equivalent, what Mark Cuban can learn from Dortmund, Jurgen Klinsmann’s Teutonic streak, and ultimately weighs in on LeBron James’s questionable claims to the beautiful game.

One would expect the rest of the pod to be devoted to the final weekend of the English Premier League. But one would be wrong. Though the pod was a timeless classic, due to some technical difficulties, it’s gone on to podcast heaven. May it rest it peace.

The Agony and Fleeting Ecstasy of Being an Arsenal Supporter

image There’s too much football, so says MLS commissioner Don Garber. But for the Men in Blazers, there’s not hardly enough. In this week’s pod, Michael and Roger consider it all — from these fine shores to Prussian dominance on the continent — before returning to recent developments in the English Premier League. It’s around the football world in 60 minutes of suboptimal podding.

We start things off in the US of A, dateline 2013. Michael and Roger hail the reported news that MLS will soon welcome a proper oil sheik to its mix of owners — all it needs now is a Russian oligarch with an affinity for miniature giraffes to be considered a bona fide top flight. And in keeping with the Stars ’n’ Stripes palette, Good Morning America’s Josh Elliott returns to the pod to discuss the agony and fleeting ecstasy of being an Arsenal supporter. Though he’s a recent convert, his apocalyptic prescription for the season’s conclusion shows he’s true Gunner through and through.