Note to FIFA: As you’re clearly happy to throw domestic soccer into chaos, why not double the size of the goal and allow everyone to use their hands while you’re at it?
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Can Tough Guy Ronnie Lott Bring a Gentler NFL?
Today Ronnie Lott, the Hall of Fame defensive back, was named a co-chair of the NFL Player Safety Panel, a group of former players, coaches, and executives charged with figuring out ways to make football a tamer game. John …
FIFA’s Blatter Causes Qatar World Cup Gay Controversy
If ever there was a time for soccer’s main man to keep the funnies to himself, it would be now.
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Why Did We Take Brett Favre’s Streak for Granted?
The guy on the sideline, with the beanie and gray stubble, at times looked bored, and at other times happy he wasn’t the one out there getting pounded on the football field. Now that Brett Favre’s streak of starting 297 straight …
Chilean Miners to Be VIP Guests at Manchester United vs. Arsenal
The lengths some people will go to in order to watch a soccer match for free.
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Will Brett Favre’s Streak Collapse with the Metrodome?
Brett Favre is a Hall of Fame player who has been thrilling to watch over the past 20 years. But at this point, enough is enough.
World Cups in 2018 and 2022 Go to Russia and Qatar
FIFA has decided to award the next two World Cups to Russia and Qatar.
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Michael Vick: A Victim, A Lout, A Helluva Player
Just 18 months ago, Michael Vick was in prison. Now he’s setting NFL records.
Roo-Turn: Wayne Rooney Signs New Deal with Manchester United!
NewsFeed thought it had seen everything in soccer. But Wayne Rooney doing a complete u-turn and signing a new five-year deal with his club Manchester United has just blown our mind. (Via BBC)
NESV — Finally — Buys Liverpool Football Club
The longest running saga in sports business has come to an end.
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Reggie Bush Says He’ll Forfeit His 2005 Heisman Trophy
Amid reports that Heisman trophy officials would strip former USC running back Reggie Bush of the 2005 award, Bush, who since college has played football and dated a Kardashian sister as a member of the New Orleans Saints, has …
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USC Returns Reggie Bush’s Heisman Trophy
It’s shakeup day at USC.
Orange You Glad You’re Not Brazil?
Wow.
Well, my earlier criticism of the Dutch is that they’ve tended to play up or down to the level of whatever team they’ve faced each day—a tactic that got them through the group round, but risked being trickier to replicate in the knock-out stage against the cream of the world’s footballing crop. The Netherlands not only …