Articles tagged with "serie-a"
Thank God For Tom Cruise
By Martha | January 13th, 2007Just when you thought there wasn't a single good reason for the LA Galaxy and MLS to invest $250 million in a hard-working, tabloid magnet ...
Friday News Roundup: It's Almost Time for Football!
By Martha | January 12th, 2007•In case you missed it, Inter haven't lost a Serie A game in a really, really long time. In fact, if they beat Torino tomorrow, ...
Sampdoria Get Busy, Signing a Pair of (Former) Mortal Enemies
By Martha | January 12th, 2007Last time we mentioned Saadi Gadhafi (that's a phrase you hear about once in a lifetime), he was training with Sampdoria, and planning to turn ...
Mancini Leaving Rome?
By Martha | January 12th, 2007According to The Gazzetta dello Sport (and, suspiciously, only The Gazzetta dello Sport), Mancini is miserable at Roma -- despite scoring one goal and creating ...
Transfer Talk: Invasion of the Davids
By Bob | January 12th, 2007By my unofficial count, there have been 7,000,000,000 words written about David Beckham today so the transfer rumors and speculations that normally fill the papers ...
Mourinho To a Milan Club? Either One Would be Fine, Thanks.
By Martha | January 12th, 2007Though his unhappiness has been rumored for weeks, reports are flying out of England today that Jose Mourinho has had enough of (losing) the power ...
With Beckham Gone, Ronaldo Searches for a Shock! Move of His Own
By Martha | January 12th, 2007Though my newshound, football-ignoring brother assured me last night that Ronaldo will soon be following Real Madrid teammate David Beckham to the US, the Italian ...
WAG of the Week: Helen Svedin
By Martha | January 11th, 2007Alright, gentlemen and ladies who like ladies. I've created a special category for WAGs (that's "wives and girlfriends," for those of you who don't read ...
Inter: "Did We Say No Transfers?", Or: "To Moratti it Appeals to Also Ljungberg"
By Martha | January 11th, 2007In practically the same breath he used to produce a firm denial of any transfers in Inter's future, club kingpin Massimo Moratti expressed his (entirely ...
Figo Watch: He Speaks! Finally!
By Martha | January 11th, 2007After leaving us hanging for weeks and weeks, Luis Figo has finally talked publicly about his summer move to Saudi Arabia, where he will live ...
If You Know What's Good For You, You'll Shut Up and Pretend You Care About the Coppa
By Martha | January 11th, 2007I know we usually try to ignore all domestic cups just on principle, but since the Coppa Italia is all we have right now, it's ...
Inter Love Talkin' Transfers
By Martha | January 11th, 2007Man, you'd think a team with 58 wins in a row, on the verge of running away with the title would have better things to ...
The Return of YouTube Tuesday (On Wednesday), Or: More Figo!
By Martha | January 10th, 2007You know how I said I was sick of talking about Luis Figo? I'm over that now, thanks, and am all primed to discuss him ...
And Today, in Bizarro World, Adriano Can't Stop Scoring
By Martha | January 10th, 2007Look out world, here comes Adriano! The man who spent the first half of the season as unarguably the biggest waste of space in Serie ...
Nedved Was Just Kidding About That Whole Retirement Thing
By Martha | January 9th, 2007So, after all of his whining about Juve getting screwed, and how his life is now so hard and so unjust that he may have ...
Transfer Talk: Too Sexy for their Shirts and their Teams
By Bob | January 9th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
The Money Splashes in Rome
By Martha | January 9th, 2007Over the weekend, Luciano "Strikers? We Don't Need No Stinking Strikers!" Spalletti was rewarded for his magic at Roma with the offer of a contract ...
Mourinho to Italy? Don't Tease Me So!
By Martha | January 9th, 2007Last weekend was rife with rumors that The Special One had fallen even further out with Chelsea owner Roman Abromovich, leading to the widely held ...
Totti Hanging Up His Azzurri Kit?
By Martha | January 8th, 2007Say it ain't so! Since Italy's victory in Germany last summer, Francesco Totti has been "on leave" from the under-performing national team, supposedly getting healthy. Every ...
Forget it, Milan -- Mrs. Oddo Has Spoken
By Martha | January 8th, 2007Oh, Adriano Galliani. You thought that by talking to Massimo Oddo and his agent about your continued interest in the player, you thought you could ...
Spanning the Globe: Holders Held, Minnows Miracles, Kissing Adriano
By Bob | January 8th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
While You Were Sleeping: Developments in Milan
By Martha | January 8th, 2007•Figo is an Arab: After what seemed like months of speculation, highlighted by total silence on the player's part and a Figo-free unveiling in Dubai, ...
Cassano to World: Hey! I'm a Moron and a Huge Distraction! Buy Me!
By Martha | January 7th, 2007How old do you think Antonio Cassano will be when he finally learns to keep his mouth shut? 30? 60? 140 and in the ground, ...
Ince Loves Him Some Inter
By Martha | January 6th, 2007Paul Ince, a former England captain who is currently the staggeringly successful manager of English League Two side Macclesfield Town -- in his time in ...
Figo Watch: Oh, For the LOVE OF GOD
By Martha | January 5th, 2007[Edited to add the above image (thanks, Bob): Photographic evidence or clever use of a cardboard Figo cutout?] I never thought I would see this day, ...
Milan Licking Their Chops at Barca "Bust-Up"
By Martha | January 5th, 2007Ronaldinho showed up late at Barcelona's post-Christmas training camp, a screwup that reports in Italy are portraying as the event that will finally bring Ronnie ...
Things Suddenly Look Much Darker in Palermo
By Martha | January 4th, 2007A moment of silence, please, for Palermo's barely breathing title aspirations: The scan of Amauri's knee today returned the worst possible results, and he'll be ...
No News on Him, But: Look, Totti's Wife!
By Martha | January 4th, 2007It's been requested that, to offset the beefcake photos I just happen to have been choosing to illustrate posts lately, I post a picture of ...
Schizophrenia at Juventus, Sort Of. Also: CROUCHY!
By Martha | January 4th, 2007Roughly a million stories (give or take) have appeared in the last 48 hours about Juventus, and they all say different things. In one, President ...
We'd like to Introduce our New Signing, only we didn’t Sign Him
By Bob | January 4th, 2007The cameras were in place. The prepared speeches were written. The club’s general manager put on his best Ghutrah and sat next to ...
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