Articles tagged with "golden-ball"
Pato's Big Shave
By Ro | May 1st, 2009So Pato decided it would be a lovely idea to shave his head yesterday. If you haven't heard then you must be living under a ...
Iker for the Golden Ball!
By Corey | July 8th, 2008After a stellar performance from Iker this past season, and a European championship title as captain of Spain, the calls are coming for Iker Casillas ...
Kaka in Winning Ballon d'Or Shock!
By Martha | December 2nd, 2007Yes, it's finally official: Ricky Kaka is the best player in the world, ever, according to a group of international journalists who watch a whole ...
Golden Ball Predicted Top 10
By Martha | November 29th, 2007Probably the most prestigious individual award in world football, the Ballon d’Or will be awarded on Sunday in Paris. Barring an upset of epic proportions, ...
ZOMG Kaka's Going to Paris!
By Martha | November 28th, 2007Usually, La Gazzetta only report on footballer holidays over the summer, when there's not much going on and they can do some paparazzi-style stalking. Today, ...
Someone Told Kaka He Won the Golden Ball. Maybe.
By Martha | November 24th, 2007According to reports in the always reliable Italian media, Ricky Kaka has already been unofficially informed that the Golden Ball will be his. Apparently his ...
[Insert Wildly Clever Headline About Kaka's Golden Balls Here]
By Martha | November 9th, 2007Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a very confident post about how Gigi Buffon was going to become the first goalkeeper since Russia's legendary ...
Et Tu, Domenech?
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Apparently there is so little going on in French football these days that the top names still have nothing to do but bellyache about Fabio ...
Cannavaro, Zidane, Ronaldinho Finalists for 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year Award
By Bob | November 29th, 2006Fresh on the heels of the somewhat divisive announcement that Fabio Cannavaro had won the 2006 Ballon d'Or, we learn today the names of the ...
Apparently, Monica Bellucci's Canna Love is Newsworthy. I Love Italy.
By Martha | November 29th, 2006Clearly, we were not the only ones who noticed that one Monica Bellucci was having some trouble concentrating on the task at hand when she ...
Fabio Fallout: The Ballon d'Or Reaction
By Bob | November 28th, 2006How did you celebrate the news that Fabio Cannavaro received the Ballon d'Or as Europe's top footballer? I rushed out and bought this little ...
Monica Bellucci is (Quite Reasonably) a Big, Big Cannavaro Fan
By Martha | November 28th, 2006How hard do you think Monica Bellucci pushed for the "Handing the Golden Ball to the Winner" gig? Honestly, I envy her utter shamelessness -- ...
More on that Pesky Golden Ball
By Martha | November 27th, 2006Though it was just made official (Read: Reported in publications that, unlike ourselves, don't gleefully jump at the chance to engage in rumor mongering), it ...
Fabio Cannavaro wins the 2006 Ballon d'Or
By Bob | November 27th, 2006After much speculation and debate, Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro was handed the 2006 Ballon d'Or trophy today after being named Europe's top footballer. ...
Ah, the Eloquence of the Captain: "I Would Give Two Golden Balls!"
By Martha | November 15th, 2006Remember those reports a few weeks ago about Gigi Buffon becoming the second goalkeeper ever to be named European Player of the Year? And how ...
Freddie's Got Two Golden Balls
By Trent | November 14th, 2006Speaking of Sweden...Freddie Ljungberg has been named Sweden's footballer of the year. Congrats to Freddie on his second Swedish Golden Ball. Note to readers: do ...
A Golden Ball for Buffon?
By Bob | November 7th, 2006We've learned before to take rumors involving Gianluigi Buffon with a grain of salt, but this is another juicy one. Martha on the must-read ...
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