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Photo: Fox SportsBobby McMahon is the analyst for the Fox Soccer Report, a nightly soccer news show
on Fox Soccer Channel. For many of us here in North America (and around the world), McMahon is an
authority when it comes to what's going on in ...
A photographic portrait by Dean Freeman of David Beckham, accompanied by his own autobiographical
text. While much is written about him, Beckham remains an elusive character. Here he tells his own
story and talks of the artistry of his soccer skills, his personal heroes and influences, his daily
life in soccer and the celebrity world, and his hopes for the future.
Whilst thumbing through The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer in bed the other night, I
wondered to myself "when is someone going to do the first book about Becks in America?".
With Europe's bookshelves already rammed full of books about our David it was only a matter of time
before someone got in the act over on this side of world.
Declan Hill's book The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime details the Canadian journalist's
investigation of match-fixing in some of the world's biggest competitions. An excerpt of his book
ran in the Sunday Telegraph and is available here. Hill spoke on the CBC television show The Hour.
His interview is here.
Today I had to return my hardback copy of David Goldblatt's The Ball is Round: A Global History of
Football to the library because I'd had it for a year and they wouldn't let me renew it again. My
heart sank as I deposited it in the return box, an inestimably useful synthesis of world [...]
Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer by John Foot This, and God Save the
Fan, have been my two favorite recent reads and I recommend both highly. I am not a serious fan of
Serie A or Italian soccer in general. But thanks to the funny tales of James Richardson (a former
[...]
I just noticed that the Brad Friedel book, Thinking Outside The Box, is now listed (but not yet
available for pre-order) on Amazon.com. I'm adding to my wish list just after Footballer's
Haircuts.
Hey y'all. Hope that you had a good holiday break from whatever it is you need a break from (work,
school, reading/writing blogs). I'm back from my holiday slumber and am now prepared to blog more
than once every 3-4 days, which is sure to be a disheartening piece of information for my
detractors.
If there's one thing that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hates, besides getting
whomped in nether regions [Daily Mail], it's not being kept informed of what's going on in the
boardroom. In this case, it's the Premier League's new decision to tap into the rich vein of
foreign money that's there to be made.
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
Thanks to my friends at Nation Books, I have five copies of John Foot's Winning at All Costs: A
Scandalous History of Italian Soccer to give away for FREE. All you have to do is answer this
simple question: Who scored the game winning goal for Italy against Germany in the 2006 World Cup
semifinals and who [.
Don't forget that you can win a free copy of John Foot's history of Italian soccer by clicking here
and taking part in Fighting Talker's little contest.
This isn't a book review proper as he hasn't released anything new, but I just wanted to take the
time to highly recommend the work of British journalist Andrew Jennings. He specializes in shining
the light on the dirty, dirty work of the IOC and FIFA. I first ran into his work when I was [...]
DC United skipper Tom Soehn is probably not having a good morning...or season for that matter.
After giving up 3 points to Toronto last night I'm sure he's got a lot on his mind, what with many
of the American soccerati observing a death watch for his career today.
That's got to be stressful and when I'm stressed out I like to get stuck into a good book.
Alright you ingrates, Father's Day is sneaking up on us like VC in a rice paddy so you might want
to think about getting a gift or something. Unless for some reason you don't want to be mentioned
prominently in your old man's will. I haven't read it --although I do read his blog-- but the
honorable Kenn Tomasch wrote a book that might be a perfect gift a little while back entitled
Fatherland: Dads & Sons at the World Cup.
You won't find Among the Thugs, the brilliant account of Bill Buford's time with a Manchester
United firm in the 80's, here simply because I've spoken of it recently, and he really doesn't need
any more press. You also won't find Nick Hornby's excellent Fever Pitch, a must for anyone who's
felt the pain and euphoria of a loving a particular team, nor a footballer's autobiography, despite
the
Shit man it's like Reading Rainbow around here today...you'd swear I was pre-Star Trek/"Geordi
LaForge" Lavar Burton with all the book babble I am inclined to throw out today. I refrain from
posting a book piece for 4 months then suddenly I start getting the itch & content to get all
literary.
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
For all you bookworms and historians out there, here's an opportunity to add some serious girth to
your footie library. TOR has a few copies of David Goldblatt's colossal & comprehensive soccer
history tome, The Ball is Round, and I'm going to give them away to 3 lucky winners. One of the
most thorough books out there on world football, this sucker weighs in at a shelf-buckling 992+
pages.
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
HEROES Benjani Mwaruwari Scoring the winning goal in the Manchester derby is not a
bad debut in anyone's books, even if you are only there for the money!
And the winners of the free copies of The Ball is Round are dmarcus, gbamit and the intriguingly
named novemberbeardclub. If this is you send me an email with your address and I'll get them out to
you asap.
I've got some more stuff to giveaway in the next few weeks so keep an eye out for more free stuff
from TOR and whoever I can trick into handing over the goods!
I finished up a new book last night, The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the
Outlaw Racing World by Alex Roy. So this guy Alex Roy is a rich New Yorker who decided to take up
endurance road rallying. Well, that's nothing new, dozens of the idly rich take part each [...]
This isn't a book review proper as he hasn't released anything new, but I just wanted to take the
time to highly recommend the work of British journalist Andrew Jennings. He specializes in shining
the light on the dirty, dirty work of the IOC and FIFA. I first ran into his work when I was [...]
Conor O'Callaghan is a poet, but his 2004 memoir, Red Mist: Roy Keane and the Irish World Cup
Blues, feels more like an investigative account of a crime. While the drama surrounding the Irish
captain's departure from World Cup preparations is well-known among footie fans over here, very few
of us understand the impact of Roy Keane's actions.
The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup is much better than I thought it would, once I got
through the irritating writings by Sean Wilsey. I've liked almost everything I've read so far,
except for a part of the piece on Italy (written by Tim Parks). It was good, up until near the end,
when I read the following:My wife slept through it all as she always does, beautifully unstirred,
secure in the
The title of this post is a quote from American sportswriter Chuck Culpepper. It's from his recent
book "Bloody Confused! A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer"
to describe his initial euphoria with discovering that soccer is not as evil as the old guard of
sports media would have you believe.
I love to read, but find precious little time to do it during soccer seasons. So my stack of
'currently reading' books gets sort of high. Since I occasionally post book reviews, I figured I'd
post my current list of books I'm slowly reading through in case any of you have read them already
or [...]
I love to read, but find precious little time to do it during soccer seasons. So my stack of
'currently reading' books gets sort of high. Since I occasionally post book reviews, I figured I'd
post my current list of books I'm slowly reading through in case any of you have read them already
or [...]
