Tomorrow sees that magical mark of 100 days until the 19th World Cup begins and the chase for places outside of the main names is really beginning to hot up. Fabio Capello will probably have a definite idea of around 10 names who will certainly be on the plane to South Africa injury willing. James, […]

Landon Donovan has impressed David Moyes and the Everton FC brass enough to justify a purchase, though the Toffees' gaffer is resigned to losing the American star when the player's loan expires this month. Once the Galaxy star returns stateside, the precarious labor situation could put Donovan's Liverpool future on hold indefinitely, regardless of whether […]

Sunday, February 28, 2010 marked the final day of Setanta US's history. The US division of the Irish broadcaster has gone out of business and most of its rights have been acquired by Fox and will be shown on Fox Soccer Plus, which launched March 1. For many of us, Setanta has a been a […]

Michael Ballack's Saturday performance has been heretofore overshadowed by the traumatic injury suffered by Aaron Ramsey, but while there has been a debate as to the fairness of Ryan Shawcross's tackle on the Welsh protégé, there can be no doubt about Ballack's embarrassing attack on Carlos Tévez. The score was 3-1, Manchester City in the […]

Manchester United players such as Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney star in a new comedy video to raise money for the Sport Relief charity in Britain. The new video (see excerpt above) features Smithy (the Gavin & Stacey character played by James Corden) leading the players in a workout routine (Richard Simmons, watch out). Rio […]

Instead of providing a match report about the Carling Cup Final (great game, congratulations United on the win), I want to write about a different but related topic and that is the advertising boards sprinkled around Wembley which contained messages from supporters from both clubs Sunday. You may have seen some of them in between […]

Fox Sports International launched the redesigned FoxSoccer.tv today to coincide with the launch of Fox Soccer Plus. FoxSoccer.tv is the broadband portal that previously offered delayed broadcasts of Premier League matches. But with the acquisition of many of the rights from the defunct Setanta Sports, FoxSoccer.tv is now able to show some Premier League matches […]

The MLS season opener is 24 days away, and as of right now, it's going ahead as scheduled. Of course, the "as of right now" part of that sentence is key. The collective bargaining agreement expired last month and it's hard to envision a scenario in which two sides are farther apart than the league […]

Beer Cup Final & Another Big 4 Beaten by a Door Knocker. Landon, You"ll Never Get One Easier Than That Congratulations to Manchester United for picking up the first piece of silverware on offer this season as they came out on top of a 2-1 scoreline v Aston Villa in the Carling Cup Final on […]

How To Get Started With Boxee on Howcast Last week I wrote an article asking why Fox Soccer and the Premier League were not on Roku. In that same post, I also asked the question whether you'd be interested in seeing EPL Talk launch a video channel on the Roku platform. The feedback I received […]

A ridiculous question with what should be a simple answer. First, a cursory investigation. Is Barcelona on top of the standings in La Liga? Yes. Has Barcelona obtained sixty-one points from twenty-four matches, one more point than it had at the same point last season? Check. Does Barcelona have the edge in its UEFA Champions […]

Silverware was awarded, Stamford Bridge was invaded, and Arsenal was traumatically brought face-to-face with history on a memorable weekend of English football. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, Laurence McKenna, Kartik Krishnaiyer and host Richard Farley look back on the weekend's action, from League Cup, to the top of the table, to the […]

Fox Soccer Plus launched Monday, March 1, 2010 to lucky subscribers of DirecTV, DISH Network and Verizon FiOS. For the rest of us, it's an anxious wait until the powers that be decide that there's a spot on the programming dial for us. But for those of you fortunate to have Fox Soccer Plus, what […]

Ryan Shawcross had no intention of turning Aaron Ramsey‘s leg into putty when he went into his tackle yesterday. Martin Taylor had no interest in seeing Eduardo’s leg shattered in two when he went studs up against him two years ago. Dan Smith took no delight in the crunching sound of Abou Diaby’s ankle being […]

In the Jewish faith, the act of becoming a man at thirteen is a huge step. Standing before your family, friends, and the community as a whole, you are recognized as a full member of the community. For me as a Jew, that is the moment that I became a man. For most of you, […]