The Donovan talk, the Donovan debate, the Donovan
backlash (in the direction Garber and the
league, not Landon himself) is a swirling pool of putrid projection and condescension. You want
Donovan to go back to England. Bill Simmons wants Donovan to go back to England. Your mom probably
wants Donovan to go back to England.
Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that Bill Simmons has a particular ability to tap the very
soul of modern-day American sports. Sure, he spends too much time on the NBA for my liking, and he
can sometimes loiter too long in the shallow end of the pop culture pool, but the man knows how to
speak to sports fans.
Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that Bill Simmons has a particular ability to tap the very
soul of modern-day American sports. Sure, he spends too much time on the NBA for my liking, and he
can sometimes loiter too long in the shallow end of the pop culture pool, but the man knows how to
speak to sports fans.
ESPN's Bill Simmons is one of the great sports writers, and writes of how soccer has officially
arrived in the US-
When Donovan scored that Cup-saving goal against those spineless
playing-for-a-tie-when-they-needed-to-win-by-two-goals Algerians, the moment resonated like no
other goal in American soccer history.
Well, other than STO and its sister sites, of course! In all seriousness, the media coverage of
the 2010 World Cup has exceeded the exposure of perhaps any other sporting event in world history.
Every player, manager and match has been analyzed ad nauseum by journalists and bloggers all over
the world.
