Dave’s Football Blog

We all love a good underdog story. There’s a reason the NFL keeps bringing out Joe Namath and his 14-point underdog New York Jets every year. (This year more than others.) It’s the same reason college basketball fans look back fondly on 1983 and 1985, the same reason we enjoy Leeds United’s 1-0 FA Cup [...]

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We’ve already seen Usain Bolt have a mini-kickabout at the Bernabeu, but how is he when he has the option to use his hands? The boys from Kerry County found out recently, as they taught the world’s fastest man a few of the finer points of Gaelic Football. Given Bolt’s height and speed, I’m surprised [...]

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Let’s be fair. This is not the worst thing Prince has ever written. If you dig around the Crystal Ball collection or The Rainbow Children for a while, you’ll find a few things more unbearable than this. Plus, the man did give us the best Super Bowl halftime show ever. That said, is this a [...]

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If Major League Soccer follows through on its threat to lock out the players union, does that mean Landon Donovan gets recalled from Everton? I haven’t seen anyone else ask, and I figure I should, because if it’s true, it would suck on several levels. Donovan played awfully well in his first Premier League match, [...]

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My interest in the NFL playoffs seems to have hit an all-time low. I’m still paying attention, of course, but aside from being utterly transfixed by that shootout in Arizona, I haven’t actually been watching all that much. Saturday’s Wild Card playoffs were mostly background noise in my living room, while the Ravens’ win over [...]

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Second-division soccer in the U.S. has been saved. Sort of. After opting not to sanction either the USL or the breakaway NASL for 2010, the U.S. Soccer Federation quietly grabbed everyone by the ear, yanked them into a smoke-free back room, knocked their heads together and said, “Okay, this is how it’s going to be [...]

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