United Paint the Town Red

Manchester United claim their third European Club Championship in dramatic style Wednesday night in Moscow

For the red side of Manchester, May 21, 2008 will go down as one of the greatest of European nights in their history. For John Terry, it will be a night he will forever be trying to forget.
Fifty years from the [...]

Videos of the Day: English Heartbreak

For fans of the Three Lions, disappointment isn’t a passing fancy, it’s a perpetual state of being. With England’s “Golden Generation” suffering yet another setback in their pursuit of glory, a troubling pattern has emerged: these guys aren’t worthy of their formidable hype. Yes, England has Superstars, but lacks world-class players. Their failure to qualify [...]

England Out of Euro 2008

“I read the news today, oh boy…” sang John Lennon nearly 40 years ago. If he were alive and writing the song today, he would have followed that line with “about an England team who shit the bed.”
With everything on the line for a floundering England squad, needing only a draw to qualify for Euro [...]

Field of Screams

Hope, horror, and joy run rampant when Liverpool meets Milan in a Fremont pub
Two years ago I stood under the setting sun amidst a throng of suede-headed, disaffected young men in a stadium in Vienna. Green and white flags waved around us, an incessant drumbeat led our cheers, and we hoisted our scarves toward the [...]