Articles tagged with "serie-a"
You Many Not Have Heard, But Roma and Lazio Are Playing This Weekend
By Martha | December 8th, 2006In case you've been in a personal media blackout or something, a little thing called "The Rome Derby" will be taking place on Sunday. Needless ...
A Totti-Heavy Rumor and News Roundup
By Martha | December 7th, 2006•Don't look now, but it sounds like the great and saintly Totti might have been photographed with (gasp!) a lady who wasn't his wife, and ...
Sheva Loves Chelsea And Would Totally Leave. Wait, What?
By Martha | December 7th, 2006Sigh. Just when we thought we'd examined every nook and cranny of the Shevchenko saga, another wrinkle pops up: We're finally hearing from Sheva himself, ...
It Seems Inter Are Preparing to Do a Little Shopping
By Martha | December 7th, 2006You know all the endless talk about how Beckham is headed to the USA next season, what with the rule being named after him and ...
Champions League: So Tell Us, Carlo, How Do You Really Feel?
By Martha | December 7th, 2006In the wake of by what all accounts was a pathetic capitulation by his team (Little tip: when the first word in a match report ...
UEFA's Team of the Year: This Time, We Can't Blame the Writers
By Martha | December 6th, 2006UEFA have announced the 60 nominees (players and coaches) for their team of the year (11 players, as you might expect, and one coach) -- ...
Juventus Players Enjoy Spanking Ass
By Bob | December 6th, 2006You would think that being relegated to Serie B because of all sorts of shady match fixing activities would be the low point in the ...
Champions League -- It's Almost Knockout Time
By Martha | December 6th, 2006Yesterday while I was away from the internets and my precious cable TV, Roma secured the point they needed (plus two more) to advance to ...
Stand Back Everyone, Pavel is Pouting!
By Martha | December 6th, 2006You surely heard yesterday about the massive, five-game ban handed to Pavel Nedved as a result of his sending-off against Genoa last weekend. The extreme ...
Oh Look, Another Scandal
By Martha | December 6th, 2006Man alive. I spend a day traveling and in meetings, and all hell breaks loose -- in addition to the Champions League excitement, there's the ...
An Award for Adriano! Woot! Oh, Wait ....
By Martha | December 4th, 2006Adriano may be virtually useless on the pitch, but that doesn't mean he's being forgotten by the football fans of Italy. In fact, listeners to ...
More on That Unmentionable Match in Parma
By Martha | December 4th, 2006I don't know about you, but sleeping on it didn't help me -- I'm still incredibly depressed by the memory of Palermo's performance yesterday, and ...
Inter = Dirty, Dirty Cheaters!
By Martha | December 4th, 2006You know how Inter came through the whole Calciopoli thing not only unscathed, but with an extra Scudetto in their pockets? And how that seemed ...
Week 14, Or: When it Became a Two-Horse Race
By Martha | December 4th, 2006I know there's really no excuse for the endless sucking of Milan this season, but look at the injury list they carried into yesterday's game ...
Parma v Palermo: I Think This is Officially a Crisis.
By Martha | December 3rd, 2006Those of you who recorded the game and plan to watch it later, ERASE IT NOW. Those who, like me, watch it live, please join ...
Roma v Atlanta: Totti, Totti, Totti!
By Martha | December 3rd, 2006I can't tell you how much I love it when small teams comes out fully prepared to kick ass. Atalanta walked into the Olimpico with ...
Inter v Siena: Yawn.
By Martha | December 2nd, 2006Maybe it's because I'm not massive Inter fan or something, but good lord was that game a drag. There were some nice passes -- among ...
News and Rumors to Wet Your Proverbial Whistle for the Weekend
By Martha | December 2nd, 2006•Just so you know, Crespo has nothing but love for Chelsea, and has never said anything mean about the club. Ever. Well, at least he's ...
Dammit, Palermo. Win a Freaking Game Already.
By Martha | December 1st, 2006Alright, I'm officially worried: Just as Milan start to win, Palermo start to lose. Could it be that the world had (miraculously, gloriously) tilted on ...
The WTF Moment of the Day: Figo Rejected by Red Bulls?!
By Martha | December 1st, 2006Yes, you read that right: Apparently New York Red Bulls manager (and deeply annoying egomaniac) Bruce Arena has told the press he's not interested in ...
Montella Going British?
By Martha | December 1st, 2006Have you heard the one about Vincenzo Montella leaving Roma in search of playing time? Well, it looks like it just might be true -- ...
Crespo Has Some Anger Issues. Or ... Does He?
By Martha | November 30th, 2006Apropos of nothing, Hernan Crespo wandered up the a reporter from London's The Mirror and told him Chelsea is an evil, seething cesspool of hate ...
Livorno (Very Nearly) Crash Out of UEFA Cup; Parma Continue to Roll
By Martha | November 30th, 2006I've always wanted to say "crash out" -- thanks, Livorno! And they lost points in the most painful way possible, too: Our of desperation, they ...
As the Sheva Turns
By Martha | November 30th, 2006Yes, friends, it's that time again -- time for your daily update on the endless Sheva soap opera. When last we met, life was hell ...
Coppa Italia Roundup, Or: Aw, Mariano González Loves His Teammates!
By Martha | November 30th, 2006There were a couple Coppa Italia games last night and, as you might expect, severely under-strength teams were trotted out by everyone in sight, what ...
Oh My God -- the Gadaffi Spawn is Back!
By Martha | November 29th, 2006Depending on how long you've been following Italian football (or what books you read), you may be unaware that (former?) part-Juventus owner and Libyan international ...
Don't Look Now, But Milan Have Won Two in a Row
By Martha | November 29th, 2006Sure, one of them was a Coppa Italia game against Brescia in which Borriello and Antonelli started but still -- wins is wins, right? With ...
A Milan-Heavy News and Rumor Roundup
By Martha | November 29th, 2006•So, it seems you have to pay to read Corriere dello Sport online. What the hell is that? And how do they have the balls ...
The Man Cracks Down on Zamparini, Or: That's What You Get for Speaking Your Mind, Punk
By Martha | November 29th, 2006You know how we talked yesterday about Palermo bigman Maurizio Zamparini pulling out the big corruption guns while discussing the (in his humble opinion) horrendous ...
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 ...
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