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Billy Haisley
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Not to defend the Dutch Hooligans, but I do have a story about what usually happens before/after AS Roma games. Read more

When you can out-bribe and out-corrupt European soccer, you have won some kind of international competition. Some kind of... World Cup... of bribery and corruption. Read more

de Puniet was complaining loudly after his second-place finish in the race. At first, course officials thought that the winner may have done something illegal, but it turns out that de Puniet was just butthurt. Read more

Damn, this was the wrong post to read with 2 hours left in the workday and deadlines to meet. This is a great article and dovetails into so many other larger topics about the blurry line between re-appropriation vs. homage vs. outright "biting" in rap. Read more

I think Big Sam's comment was a bit tongue in cheek, trying to poke a little fun at LVG and United, but also alluding to the fact that long balls are what he is known for. In the end, it was just banter after a frustrating draw which he probably thought his team should have won. Read more

Siqueira/Ansaldi are fine, but the former, specifically, is quite shaky defensively, and I think it has mostly been his fault Atleti's defense have performed a smidgen worse than they did last season. Filipe Luis was a special player, and while they've replaced him with a couple pretty good ones, Filipe was much Read more

As a Bayern fan, I really liked Mandzukic. However, apparently he fell out of favor really quick with Pep and developed some attitude problems with not getting the chances to start every game. I'm glad he's with Athletico and helping to make La Liga a 3 club race instead of 2. Read more

Employees, including athletes, are not indentured servants, so why on earth should one take less money to experience less success and professional fulfillment? Would any fan of any club do that himself for his self interested boss? This is especially hilarious if and when a player gets injured or has a dip in Read more

This was originally missing a necessary modifier; Croatia, of course, finished third at the 1998 World Cup. (Thanks to those who pointed this out.) Read more

If Barca paid that much for Suarez assists, so be it. I have no issue with that pass to Neymar. Read more

I forgot who made this handy guide but it deserves to be placed alongside this story.

While I am totally in line with how pathetically corrupt the MLS is....I have to say that acquiring Giovinco actually ISN'T against the rules (as of yet). Read more

How can you write this article and leave out the new Dipset single Read more

I haven't seen this many bombs dropped over sub-par apps since I was in the men's room on Wednesday at Chili's. Read more