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/ 4331 days ago2014-15 Premier League Table Predictions: What’s Your Top 20?
For the past seven years, we've asked you — the reader — to predict how you think the Premier League table will finish up at the end of the season. The challenge is that we ask you this before the season kicks off, and before the summer transfer window ends. It's an opportunity for you to share […]
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/ 4331 days agoNBC Sports and Uber Launch Fleet of Premier League Mini Coopers in New York City [PHOTOS]
NBC Sports and Uber have teamed together to offer soccer fans in New York City a unique opportunity to ride in Premier League-themed Mini Coopers for free. In celebration of its second season as the exclusive home of the Premier League in the U.S., NBC Sports Group will unleash a custom-designed convoy of Mini Cooper […]
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/ 4334 days agoMen In Blazers' Roger Bennett to Join NBC talent as EPL Contributor
Following yesterday's story in The Wall Street Journal that NBC Sports has decided to sign the Men In Blazers to a weekly TV show that will appear during the Premier League season on NBCSN, more details have been released today. The big news is that Men In Blazers co-host Roger Bennett will contribute to studio […]
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/ 4335 days agoNBCSN to Debut Weekly Men In Blazers TV Show Starting Late August
NBCSN will debut a weekly TV show from the Men In Blazers every Monday night beginning in late August, according to The Wall Street Journal. The English duo of Michael Davies and Roger Bennett will be moving from ESPN to NBC after their successful World Cup show won over a large number of mainstream soccer […]
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/ 4335 days agoTopps releases limited-edition cards of NBC's Premier League announcing team [PHOTOS]
NBC Sports has teamed up with Topps to create several custom trading cards featuring Ted Lasso, Rebecca Lowe, Arlo White, Robbie Earle, Kyle Martino and Robbie Mustoe. The limited edition cards will be available in pubs in select markets across the United States where soccer fans will receive "Season Starter Kits" including Topps cards for […]
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/ 4337 days agoDeAndre Yedlin On Verge of Joining Tottenham Hotspur In $3.3 Million Deal, Says Report
Seattle Sounders and US World Cup star DeAndre Yedlin is on the verge of signing with Tottenham Hotspur in a deal that's reportedly worth $3.3 million, according to Goal.com. Sounders coach Sigi Schmid confirmed today that Yedlin is currently in Europe, where he was reported to be preparing for a medical. It's understood that Yedlin […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 4337 days agoWATCH Ted Lasso's Return to Promote NBC's Premier League Coverage [VIDEO]
Former Tottenham Hotspur Head Coach Ted Lasso has returned to US airwaves with a new video, to promote NBC's coverage of the 2014/15 Premier League season. After being fired by Tottenham Hotspur, Coach Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is back in the US-of-A, looking to make the most of his Premier League experience. In the video, there's […]
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/ 4338 days agoLandon Donovan to Retire From MLS At End of 2014 Season
Landon Donovan will retire at the end of the 2014 MLS season, confirmed a statement by LA Galaxy. According to the statement on the club website, Donovan wrote: “After careful deliberation and many conversations with those closest to me, I have decided that this will be my last year as a professional soccer player,” said […]
International Champions Cup
/ 4340 days agoInternational Champions Cup to Expand to Asia In 2015
With the success of the International Champions Cup soccer tournament, the event organizers have announced that the competition will be expanding to Asia in the summer of 2015. "The 2014 Guinness International Champions Cup featured the largest soccer crowd ever in the United States, continually put world-class soccer on display across North America, and Monday […]
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/ 4341 days ago2014 International Champions Cup attendances increase 20%
The second annual International Champions Cup tournament has ended, with the 2014 edition more than doubling the total attendance of the 2013 series. The 2014 International Champions Cup was attended by 642,135 US soccer fans across the United States, which was more than double the number of the 2013 series that had a total of […]
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/ 4341 days agoManchester United vs Liverpool, International Champions Cup Final; Open Thread
After 12 days of the International Champions Cup, with matches being played all across the United States, the tournament reaches its climax tonight with the final between the two undefeated teams in the competition — Manchester United and Liverpool. The International Champions Cup match will kickoff at 8pm ET tonight from Miami, with the game […]
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/ 4342 days agoManchester United and Liverpool to Play In Miami in International Champions Cup Final
On Monday night, England's two most successful clubs descend on Miami for the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup as Manchester United battle against Liverpool to determine who will be the 2014 tournament winners. Before the International Champions Cup kicked off this summer, there were so many interesting concoctions of who could make the […]
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/ 4342 days agoManchester United Fans Turn Ann Arbor From Blue to Red on Memorable Weekend
Saturday was a memorable day for Ann Arbor, and all of U.S. soccer. What started as a 90 minute soccer game quickly turned into a weekend event with the main event being Manchester United playing Real Madrid in the Guinness International Champions Cup at their football stadium, the Big House. Ann Arbor closed many of […]
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/ 4346 days agoFOX Sports Delivers Cheap Tricks In Its Coverage of Liverpool-Manchester City Game
FOX Sports has been using the International Champions Cup as a testing ground for a whole host of changes in its soccer coverage during the past week. Most of them, so far, have been poor. But tonight's coverage of the Liverpool-Manchester City game featured several cheap tricks that — yet again — give soccer viewers […]
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/ 4346 days agoEverton Signs Romelu Lukaku From Chelsea For £28 million
It's not often that a Premier League club officially announces how much they've paid for a footballer, but in the case of Everton Football Club, the Toffees proudly announced today via its Twitter account that the club has signed Romelu Lukaku on a five-year deal for a fee of £28million. For a club like Everton […]