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/ 5556 days agoSoccer and NFL Stars Unite To Celebrate Super Bowl At Sea With ESPN Caribbean
There’s something surreal about cruising through the Gulf Of Mexico with the mountains of western Cuba visible on the horizon to the east while deep inside the bowels of the ship there are a few thousand passengers watching the 2011 Super Bowl beamed live via satellite to a giant-sized screen inside the main theatre. A […]
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/ 5557 days agoCrouchie's Having His Pringles!
On my recent journey to Mexico, I did a double-take when I walked into a souvenir shop in Cozumel to find a stack of Pringles potato chip canisters. One of which featured Peter Crouch, the man, the myth, the legend. The same bloke, of course, that The Guardian's sports editor Sean Ingle claims walked into […]
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/ 5557 days agoWayne Rooney's Overhead Kick Against Man City: Video
Video: FSMD: Righteous Rooney Wayne Rooney scored one of the goals of the season Saturday to defeat Manchester City in the hotly contested Manchester derby. In a drab game that had several uneventful spells mixed with possession-football by both sides, chances were few and far between. So it took a moment of brilliance from Rooney […]
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/ 5558 days agoPremier League Saturday: Feb. 12, 2011
It's been a very long time since the margin of difference in talent between Manchester United and Manchester City has been this thin. Whatever happens, it's going to be a very close game with so much on the line. A win for City will catapult their league title ambitions. A win for United will move […]
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/ 5558 days agoPoll: Who Will Win, Man United or Man City?
Saturday's early kick-off between Manchester United and Manchester City is being billed as The Most Expensive Game In History: According to analyst estimates, team statements and media reports, the players on the field and on the two benches in the Manchester Derby will have cost their teams roughly $850 million to acquire, or about as […]
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/ 5558 days agoUnited Road: Listen To Man United's New Anthem
Manchester United will play a brand-new song as their pre-match anthem tomorrow before the game against Manchester City at Old Trafford. The new anthem entitled "United Road" is by The World Red Army Featuring Richie and was written by Will Robinson & Daniel Ryan. While I'm not a Manchester United supporter, I find the song […]
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/ 5558 days agoWest Bromwich Albion Appoint Roy Hodgson to Replace Roberto Di Matteo
West Bromwich Albion have appointed manager Roy Hodgson to replace Roberto Di Matteo. Caretaker manager Michael Appleton will remain in charge of the West Brom team in their match tomorrow against West Ham United. Whether the appointment of Hodgson will be enough to keep West Brom in the Premier League by the end of the […]
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/ 5558 days agoSpecial 1 TV: Newcastle vs Arsenal Aftermath, Just Like That (Video)
Special 1 TV returns with another episode as they dissect what happened during the incredibly entertaining Newcastle versus Arsenal match from last weekend. Plus several other topics are discussed including whether Sven will return, and what life is like in the bottom three of the Premier League. Be champions!
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/ 5559 days agoNBC TV Show Community Features Man Utd vs Liverpool Storyline
Not since Manchester United found its way on to an episode of Entourage in 2007 has a mainstream television sitcom in the United States had a Premier League match as it's storyline. That is until last night when NBC's show entitled Community, starring Chevy Chase and Joel McHale, had a sub plot focused on a […]
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/ 5559 days agoRating Phil Dowd's Performance: Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal
Yesterday evening I finally got around to watching the entire Newcastle United against Arsenal match which was played almost a week ago and ended 4-4. When the game was shown on television, I was still aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Mexico, so alas, I wasn't able to watch it live. I did […]
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/ 5560 days agoFox Soccer Channel Sets New Record For Chelsea vs Liverpool Telecast
Fox Soccer Channel's live broadcast of the clash between Chelsea and Liverpool on Sunday, February 6 broke the network's record for their most-watched broadcast of all time. The telecast attracted 418,000 average viewers and 285,000 households, which are both network-records according to Nielsen Media Research which has been measuring Fox Soccer Channel since October 2008. […]
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/ 5560 days agoPoll: How Much Do You Care About International Friendlies?
It's time to take a pulse on how excited or not you are about the international friendlies this week. England plays Denmark, Wales played Republic of Ireland last night. And then there are a ton of other friendlies including Brazil versus France, Germany against Italy, Spain vs Colombia, Holland v Austria, Northern Ireland against Scotland, […]
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/ 5562 days agoWhy Premier League Clubs May Want To Dismiss The Middle Men
Video killed the radio star. But, in fact, it didn’t. It only transformed the industry. Radio still lives. It’s just not that important anymore. However, record companies surfaced a worse fate. Napster brought music piracy to the mainstream, while later iTunes revolutionized the industry making albums less important and singles more consumable. At the same […]
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/ 5563 days ago101 Great Goals: iPhone App Review
For soccer fans on the go, mobile apps are incredibly useful tools so you can follow your favorite sport wherever there's a cellular connection. So I was particularly interested to see that one of the most popular soccer video sites, 101 Great Goals, had launched an iPhone app recently. Its web site is a must-visit, […]
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/ 5564 days agoPremier League Sunday: Feb. 6 2011
The stage is set. The actors have rehearsed their lines. Now we're ready for the play to begin. Except today's two matches have no script and we have no way of knowing how they'll turn out. It's spontaneous theatre played out on the hallowed pitches of Stamford Bridge and the Boleyn Ground. The first match […]