Articles tagged with "serie-b"
Get Ready again: The Serie B is also about to Start!
By Bruno Romani | May 12th, 2007Ok, ok. Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, is the one that draws more attention. But Série B, the second division, is ...
Emerson: Who Needs Logic When You Have Irrational Rage?
By Martha | April 6th, 2007In an interview on Italian TV yesterday, Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Emerson -- who, you may recall, fled from Turin when Juve were relegated last ...
Newsie Bits For a Sleepy Saturday
By Martha | March 10th, 2007Does anyone else get the feeling that calcio is resting, trying to prepare itself for the derby tomorrow? Well, it's what I'm doing, anyway. •Adriano, not ...
Tonis and Gilas and (a) Frenchman, Oh My!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007Apart from those about Figo and Zidane coming to New York, this is definitely the best rumor I've read in months: Tuttosport (which, you may ...
Catching Up, Or: So Much News, So Little Time!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007• You may not have heard, but Kaka is now Italian. This is good for Milan because it means he's no longer and non-EU player, ...
Toni to Turin? (Insert Further Alliteration Here)
By Martha | February 7th, 2007I'm so relieved the end of the transfer period didn't mean the end of the rumor madness. Where would we be if Juve wasn't linked ...
And the Whining Begins
By Martha | February 7th, 2007Among the less politically savvy club bosses, opposition to the government's planned crackdown on below-par stadiums is on the rise. While high-profile folks like Massimo ...
Di Vaio Comes Home, Hoping to Find the Scoring Boots he Left in Parma
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007After plying his trade in Spain and France, Marco Di Vaio is back (or he will be later today), hoping to regain the form that ...
Stop Press: Pavel's Back, and He's Plenty Bitter
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Hey everybody, guess what! Pavel Nedved's five-game suspension -- initiated, you might recall, but an evil, Juve-hating referee named Stefano Farina -- is finally over, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
It's the New Year, and No One is Going Anywhere
By Martha | January 2nd, 2007In a very unsettling change of tone, the Italian press today is full of flowers and sunshine -- instead of transfer rumors, today's news is ...
The Most Boring Transfer Rumors Ever
By Martha | December 29th, 2006Don't get me wrong -- you know I'm all about transfer rumors. Today's collection, though, is bland enough to put even the most devoted Serie ...
A Roundup of Your Non-Figo News
By Martha | December 28th, 2006•If Corriere dello Sport is to be believed, we should add the perpetually unsettled Franck Ribery to the novel-length list of Juve transfer targets. Though ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Pavel Nedved Threatens to Call it Quits….Again
By Bob | December 6th, 2006One of my daily tasks while manning the World Cup Blog shop was to try to figure out if Pavel Nedved was or wasn't retired ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oh, and Speaking of Maradona ...
By Martha | November 7th, 2006He's coming back. No, really. According to a recent interview, when Juve and Napoli return to Serie A (they're currently tied for fourth and sixth, ...
A Golden Ball (Suppressing Very Strong Immature Headline-Writing Impulses Right Now) For Buffon?
By Martha | November 7th, 2006Press leaks are suggesting Italy and Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon has been voted winner of the much-maligned-but-still-cool Ballon d'Or. While the award won't be given ...
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