Blogcritics Category: Sports: Football (English)

In Praise Of The Unfashionable: European Football Round-Up

Jeff Perkins — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:15:49 EST

In a week that saw lowly Burnley dump Chelsea out of the Carling Cup, could the smaller teams cause any more shocks?
EnglandIt doesn’t take long in life to learn that money can’t always buy everything that you want. In football terms that can also sometimes be the case. In England this week we’ve seen lowly and comparatively skint Burnley knock the Chelsea ‘millionaires’ club out of the Carling Cup. Chelsea’s monthly wage bill,...

Alessandro Del Piero: Italy's Man Of The Moment

Jeff Perkins — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:17:51 EST

One man, one club, and one hell of a player.
When looking for a current day European football legend to inspire us all, whilst setting a superb example to young players, what better place to start than with Italy's Alessandro Del Piero? Last weekend the Italian legend celebrated his 34th birthday in style by scoring a typically inspired goal against Chievo. He is most definitely...

PSG v Lens, Again: L'Affaire de la Banderole Takes An Inevitable Twist

Jeff Perkins — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:39:28 EST

It just had to happen. PSG will play Lens for the first time since controversy swept France.
At last season's French Coupe de la Ligue Final between Paris St. Germain and Racing Club de Lens, controversy overshadowed the game's result.Lens are a team from the Pas de Calais region in the north of the country. The town itself is renowned for its mining tradition and is surrounded by the scars of its industrial foundations. Lens have...

Premier League Dominated By Familiar Faces: European Football Round-Up

Jeff Perkins — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:16 EST

Chelsea and Liverpool are tied atop the Premier League table, while Barcelona's Eto'o scored four goals over the weekend.
Welcome to Euroscore, BC Magazine's source for European football news and analysis. Here's a round-up of scores around the continent from November 8-10, 2008: England Chelsea and Liverpool are joint top of the Premiership with 29 points. Arsenal trail six points behind, whilst last season’s Champions Manchester United are 4th on 21....

Music Review - Various - 100 Greatest

Eric Whelchel — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:44:52 EDT

Shout Factory's exhaustive audio box set explores the triumphs and tragedies of modern history.
An ambitious release from the Shout Factory label, 100 Greatest is a collection of, um, 500 audio clips of some of the most memorable and culturally-impacting speeches, events, pop culture figures, sports moments, and sleazy scandals of the last 100-plus years. With a primary focus on Western (i.e., American) history, and featuring an impressive...

'Tis the Football Seasons

Chris Bancells — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:26:45 EDT

It's the most wonderful time of the year!
I love this time of year. The air is over flowing with anticipation, with possibility. It's time to go over what worked last year and puzzle over what will make this year even better. It's time to learn new faces and practice pronouncing new names. It's time to put on favorite shirts and fly the flag high. It's time to get the...

2008 Olympics: Final Drama

Geeves — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:34:14 EDT

The soccer drama increases as the number of Americans involved decreases.
It took a few days to have some truly entertaining Olympic coverage that was actually live, that I didn't ruin for myself by opening my Yahoo! homepage and seeing the results before they aired on television. As it turns out, there was drama to be had on the soccer pitch, especially within the men's bracket.The women's semifinal matches...

2008 Olympics: Morning Sickness

Geeves — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:12:03 EDT

Another rough day for the Americans, and Georgia gets back at Russia - sort of.
One definitely has to feel bad for, well, pretty much any fan of USA soccer who slept in past 7:00 AM today. I, on the other hand, happened to be awake this morning and witnessed the men's soccer team get themselves eliminated.That's right, folks, the very same men's soccer team that was three minutes of injury time away from clinching...

2008 Olympics: Shining Second Day

Geeves — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:42:18 EDT

Another exciting day at the pool featured The Relay, among other highlights.
In the words of Dr. Dre, it was a good day. At least for the United States it was. And, of course, "day" is relative since there are constantly events going on, so there's stuff that happened overnight... well, you get the idea.It will most likely be referred to as "The Relay" from here on out. Michael Phelps was the big...

2008 Olympic Soccer: Fourth Place - Day One Recap

Geeves — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:54:20 EDT

Muggy weather and sloppy play made for a rough go on the first day of Olympic competition.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the end of Day One of the 2008 Summer Olympiad from Beijing, China. O.K., that's not exactly correct. Today was actually Day Negative Two, since there are two days of Olympic competition prior to that large, multicolored parade we'll all have to suffer through Friday evening.Today's lone event was...