Articles tagged with "news"
Figo Watch, Day Two
By Martha | December 28th, 2006I've been busy shaking out my mourning clothes and ironing the black bunting for the site, but since yesterday morning there really hasn't been any ...
A Roundup of the Holiday Odds and Ends
By Martha | December 27th, 2006•Francesco Totti, whose current contract doesn't run out until 2011, is already talking about a three year extension which would see him ending his career ...
The Latest from Turin
By Martha | December 27th, 2006Whenever they can get their whiny Czech to shut up for five minutes, the news out of the Juventus camp is all about the big ...
As if Things Weren't Hard Enough for Palermo Already
By Martha | December 27th, 2006According to La Gazetta dello Sport, Palermo's monumentally in-form striker Amauri damaged knee ligaments in his clash over the weekend with Siena keeper Alex Manninger, ...
News to Ruin My Morning, Or: Figo is Going Where?!
By Martha | December 27th, 2006For those of us who pay attention to such things (we are small, pathetic group), the first half of the season brought endless rumors about ...
Real to Cassano: Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry?
By Martha | December 26th, 2006My grandfather used to wander through the room, handing out coats during family events when he wanted to go to bed. Suddenly, mid-conversation, you'd find ...
Stop Press: France Football Proposes Love of Materazzi!
By Martha | December 26th, 2006According to the magical of Google translator, it appears as if France Football -- AKA the journal that awards the Golden Ball -- is suggesting ...
Mutu Hearts Florence
By Martha | December 20th, 2006The transformation the team-trotting Adrian Mutu's image has undergone in this last few years is amazing -- arguably the most in-form foreigner playing in Serie ...
Juve Win With a Handball -- Where Have We Heard That One Before?
By Martha | December 20th, 2006Karma, meet Pavel. Pavel, meet Karma. The wise among you may have blocked out Pavel Nedved's endless whining by now, but the man has been ...
Saddest News of the Week: Say Goodbye to the Holy Rollers
By Martha | December 19th, 2006Yesterday everyone, from lowly bloggers like myself to the hallowed mainstream media, was in a gleeful tizzy at the thought of a Vatican football team ...
A Matrix-Heavy News Roundup
By Martha | December 19th, 2006•There's a pretty great piece in The Guardian's Sportsblog today about Materazzi, and how beloved he is by Italian fans despite his sometimes idiotic behavior. ...
Breaking Down Those Player of the Year Votes
By Martha | December 19th, 2006In selecting the FIFA Player of the Year, each national team captain and coach voted for three players, ranking them first through third, and points ...
Adriano Goes Walkies
By Martha | December 19th, 2006As if Adriano didn't have enough problems, he turned up missing (best expression ever?) for training yesterday, and reportedly hasn't been seen since. Since I'm ...
Another Award For Canna
By Martha | December 19th, 2006At an event with the completely surreal theme of Football Meets Mozart, the rumors suggesting wee Fabio Cannavaro would take home the FIFA World Player ...
Palermo Boss: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Christ, talk about a hard gig: After his team's dismantling by Roma, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini decided that not only is he bummed out about ...
Cagliari Dump Coach, Pretend that Will Help
By Martha | December 18th, 2006After his team had their asses handed to them by an Udinese squad playing with 10 men for the entire second half, Cagliari coach Marco ...
Yes, the Pope Will Pay Football. Wearing That Giant Hat!
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Sorry, that's a total lie. But, really, what Vatican-related story isn't made better by the addition of that mental image? That's what I thought. While His ...
Monday's Mostly Ill-Tempered News Roundup
By Martha | December 18th, 2006•More whinging about the referees: This time, it's Messina chief Pietro Franza who is playing the corruption card, blaming his team's loss to Inter on ...
Morning News to Reminds Us That, Sometimes, Nobody Really Cares Where Kaka Plays
By Martha | December 16th, 2006Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, two players in the Juve youth setup, died yesterday after falling into a freezing lake on the Juve campus. The ...
That Other Cup. You Know, the One With All the Teams Nobody Knows Anything About.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006I was going to talk about the UEFA Cup draw (yes, that also happened today -- talk about bad timing), but first things first: Parma ...
The Latest on Italy's Whiniest Czech
By Martha | December 15th, 2006In the week or so since Pavel Nedved went all self-righteous on us after receiving a five game ban, he has in no way become ...
Oh, Snap: Berlusconi in Sheva Smackdown Shock!
By Martha | December 15th, 2006Ah, old love. Why, just a few weeks ago, Silvio Berlsuconi was waxing nostalgic about the good times he'd shared with Andriy Shevchenko, and publicly ...
Champions League Draw: It's Getting Serious Now, Bitches.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006The draw for the first knockout stages of the Champions League took place earlier today, and all three Italian team had their most fervent prayer ...
Breaking News: Berlusconi, Kaka Declare Eternal Love
By Martha | December 14th, 2006Not surprisingly, the recent flurry of press reports about Kaka leaving Milan for Real Madrid have led to an explosion of denials from Milan's powers ...
Whoa, Check it Out: A Rumor That Was Actually True!
By Martha | December 14th, 2006About two weeks ago, we mentioned Juve's rumored love for the gawkiest scoring machine this side of Peter Crouch, AKA Miroslav Klose. And, what do ...
Today's Milan Rumor Roundup, Or: Whatever Will We Do When the Transfer Window Closes?
By Martha | December 13th, 2006On any given day this week, I swear I read 10 different rumors about which players Milan will be bring in to rescue them from ...
Jonathan Zebina on the Wrong Side of the Bed
By Martha | December 12th, 2006There's been so much inspiring press coming out of Turin lately -- Juve are at the top of the table on the verge of promotion, ...
Kaka Going Spanish? For Real (ha-ha) This Time?
By Martha | December 12th, 2006It looks like Milan's dismal season is making a certain wildly gifted Brazilian midfielder doubt his commitment to the club -- and, believe it or ...
Ancelotti is Gone! (It Must be True, the Papers Say So)
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Despite the endless love and votes of confidence being draped all over Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti by Silvio Berlusconi and the non-blackmail paying (just so ...
Ascoli Are SO Hating Life Right Now
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Until today, the only thing that was keeping poor, poor Ascoli off the bottom of the table was the fact that Reggina started the season ...
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