Karl Sears

This weekend's EPL Talk review show features Laurence McKenna, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Richard Farley discussing Chelsea downing Arsenal, the stalemate at White Hart Lane, and Liverpool's victory in the Merseyside Derby. That, a close look at the relegation battle, a look at England's Euro 2010 draw, and a look back at Friday's news: John Terry, […]

John Terry has been removed as England men's national team captain, the FA confirmed this afternoon. Fabio Capello is said to have given the Chelsea captain the verdict during a short meeting on Friday at Wembley. The FA released a statement from Capello outlining his decision: “After much thought, I have made the decision that […]

If Arsène Wenger and Arsenal can take a page from Sir Alex Ferguson's book, the Gunners can replicate last year's result at Stamford Bridge. Then – November 30, 2008 – Arsenal got two goals from Robin van Persie, winning 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Ahead of Sunday, with van Persie recovering with a long term ankle […]

Stewart Robson made 150 league appearances as a midfielder for Arsenal in the first half of the 1980s before moving on to stays with West Ham and Coventry City. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Robson talks about his playing career and his view of the Premiership from his role with Arsenal TV. […]

Oliver Kay is a Chief Football Correspondent for the Times. He joins us on the Thursday edition of the podcast to talk about the current state of the Premier League, the John Terry saga, the state of the England national team, his background in sports journalism and the future of coverage in a struggling print […]

Gary O'Reilly is a former defender for Spurs, Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion who now works as a commentator with TWI. He joined Kartik Krishnaiyer earlier this week, when he was interviewed for this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the only Premier League interview […]

On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, I talk to Dave Clark. Dave covers the Seattle Sounders at SounderAtHeart.com, but while we talk about the Sounders' past and upcoming seasons, the main focus of the podcast are two pieces of analysis Dave's recently published: a look at MLS versus USL results, and […]

Simon Hill is a broadcaster for Fox Sports in Australia, where he covers the Premier League was well as the A-League and major competitions throughout Asia. This weekend, he joined Kartik Krishnaiyer to talk about the Premiership and broadcasting the league in Australia. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the only Premier League […]

As Landon Donovan continues to make an impact on the blue half of Merseyside, we are starting to read the first reports of Everton's desire to make the short-term loan a permanent move. This weekend, Donovan made another start for the Toffees, playing the first 75 minutes of Everton's visit to Wigan Athletic. Donovan was […]

In the third part (of three) in our series on Major League Soccer's labor negotiations, I talked to Major League Soccer Talk contributor Brian Zygo. After talking to legal and sports business experts in the series' first two parts, I've asked Brian on the show to help bring the issues back to the pitch. Bring […]

On Thursday, Major League Soccer and the Major League Soccer Players Union announced that they will continue negotiating for a new collective bargaining agreement until February 12, implicitly agreeing to twelve days of working under an expired bargaining agreement, should no accord be reached in the interim. While it is good news that the relationship […]

On Thursday, Women's Professional Soccer announced their cornerstone franchise – the Los Angeles Sol – will fold. Formerly owned by Anschultz Entertainment Group (owners of the Los Angeles Galaxy, part-owners of the Houston Dynamo), the Sol leave WPS after an inaugural season where they finished with the league's best record before losing to Sky Blue […]

In the second of three podcasts Major League Soccer Talk will be devoting to collective bargaining and labor negotiations, I was joined by Joel Maxcy. Joel is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia where he also serves as the Sports Management Program's coordinator. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Washington State University, […]

In the first of three podcasts Major League Soccer Talk will be devoting to collective bargaining and labor negotiations, I was joined by Jeffrey Standen. Jeffrey is an instructor at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he teaches (amongst other things) Sports Law. He joined me on Tuesday to walk us through the important concepts […]