History/Culture
Sir Bobby Robson: 1933-2009, “Thank you and rest in peace.”
By: Kevin |
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So, here’s the thing about Sir Bobby Robson, the man who, when people call Alex Ferguson “Sir,” make me think “Here’s a big, fat dose of ‘Whatever, dude.’”
Robson is my real “Sir.” He only had a season at the reins, 1996-97, a season in which he brought in Ronaldo, a.k.a. “Fenomeno,” still the best striker [...]
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Our Barca hearts swell with pride (thanks, Tajh!)
By: Kevin | 7 Comments
There isn’t a whole lot to say about this one, except enjoy!
Justice, passion and l’affaire Eto’o (a musing)
By: Kevin | 49 Comments
So. On Sunday, we lost a meaningless game, playing with a B side, Bojan and Eto’o.
Our very own (as I call him) Cranky Cameroonian squandered chance after chance after chance as he sinks, knees-deep into a scoring malaise.
My review gave him a 1, a score that, surprisingly, nobody argued with. Cries went up to [...]
L’escut del Barça
By: Isaiah | 96 Comments
A day or two ago, reader Andrew asked what was going on with Atletico Madrid’s crest (a bear and a strawberry tree? Say what?) and Anthony Al over on the Atletico blog kindly responded with a full post explaining el Oso y el Madroño. Reader Ursus checked in with some ursine links of his own [...]
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