To simulate or not to simulate, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to stay on one’s feet or hit the ground and try to gain an advantage (sorry, Billy). Yesterday’s incident with Fernando Torres once again throws one of soccer’s worst aspects up for inspection. Diving/simulation, call it what you will, is ruining our […]

Bob Costas, a legend of US sports television, announced Sunday night during halftime of the Denver against New Orleans NFL game that NBC Sports had acquired the rights to the English Premier League for seasons 2013-16. Here is audio of the brief but important announcement from the NBC broadcast: Video unavailable Bob Costas taking time […]

The New York Times ran a story this morning quoting a NBC executive who said that The Premier League is interested in doing news things in the United States." Unfortunately, the article didn't pinpoint what some of those new ideas are — whether it's simply having a new media partner (NBC Universal instead of FOX). […]

Feuerstein's Fire #122 Tuesday, October 30th 8PM EDT – 5PM PDT My Guests: Hosea Cheung of 24 hours Vancouver Newspaper talking about the Whitecaps MLS Talk Writer Robert Hay Jr. talking about DC United NASL Segment: Dir. of Communications Kartik Krishnaiyer talks Soccer Bowl 2nd Leg and champion Tampa Bay Rowdies Red Bulls Hour: Recapping […]

Welcome to the redesigned EPL Talk website. Over the past few weeks, we've been small tweaks here and there after rolling out a completely new website design. As with any change, some people will prefer the past, but there are several new enhancements that have been made that will hopefully win you over, over time: […]

Fifteen goals in four Premier League matches is a healthy return on a Premier League day — an average of 3.75 goals per match. If you missed any of the goals or highlights, here they are for your viewing pleasure (US readers only). Everton vs Liverpool Video: Everton v Liverpool Premier League Highlights 10/28/12 Newcastle United […]

Here we go again. There are fresh allegations tonight of a racial slur uttered in the Premier League. But it's not between players. Instead referee Mark Clattenburg has been accused of making a racist remark during Sunday's match between Chelsea and Manchester United. All of the details are below as well as the latest news […]

After NBC Univeral's announcement tonight, we now know a lot more about their Premier League coverage plans for 2013-16. Here's what we know so far: 1. NBC will make all Premier League matches available for viewing. 2. All of the Premier League games will be shown live. Games will not be shown on tape delay. […]

UPDATED: NBC Universal has acquired the exclusive US media rights to the Premier League from 2013-2014 to 2015-2016 for a fee that is believed to be $83 million per season. Per the agreement, NBCUniversal becomes the exclusive English- and Spanish-language media rights holder to all 380 Premier League matches across all platforms and devices in the […]

The referees in the Premier League now seem intent on trying to stamp diving out of the game based on the matches this weekend. The obvious examples were Fernando Torres and Antonio Valencia both being shown a yellow card for alleged dives in the Chelsea-Manchester United match, but Swansea's Angel Rangel was also shown a […]

The clocks have gone back one hour in Great Britain, so all of the Premier League matches today will kick off one hour later than usual. Vote for your favourite English Premier League footballers on Footballtop.com. We'll need our beauty sleep this morning as there are four enticing matches in store. The first is the […]

Very interesting news tonight from England where Manchester United vice-chairman Ed Woodward (no, not Ed Wood) has said that "We've seen amazing growth in India, China is still a massive opportunity but the US is becoming the No1 opportunity for us." The news comes hot on the heels that Manchester United is opening a US-based […]

It wasn't a day of sensational matches, but there surely were some spectacular goals on gameweek 9 of the 2012-13 Premier League, the Saturday edition. Here are the match highlights from all of the matches (video highlights are available for US viewers only): Aston Villa vs Norwich City Video: Aston Villa v Norwich City Premier […]

While much of the I-95 Corridor was preparing for a likely natural disaster, the New York Red Bulls put the finishing touches on the disaster known as the 2012 Philadelphia Union season. New York rode two tallies by Kenny Cooper and another by Thierry Henry to obtain the 3-0 victory, a win which ultimately earned […]

Chelsea has an opportunity to move seven point ahead of Manchester United in the Premier League table with a win tomorrow at Stamford Bridge. A win for the Blues would give a psychological blow to Sir Alex Ferguson's team, who will not only have to try to surpass Chelsea to get back to the top […]