"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but people just don't notice him, don't notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew, the players all knew he was the most important.

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The Steve Nash Foundation hosted the Showdown in Chinatown in NY last month, a pick-up game starring such notables as the recently retired Claudio Reyna, Barca's Thierry Henry, Jason Kidd, Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, and Juan Pablo Angel. Click to continue reading...

Well, this wouldn't be a proper blog without some "celebrity" stuff now would it? So this is Gruffgoat's first installment of what might become a fun diversion from the normally serious world of football. If tons of celebs start showing up at matches - ahem - then we could turn this in to a weekly sightings post. Click to continue reading...

I never thought I would see Soloman Kalou score off a Jason Kidd assist, but I did today. I never thought I would see Jozy Altidore play in New York again, but I did today. Sh*t, I never thought I would see Claudio Reyna score in New York, but I did today. That's the kind of fantasy world Steve Nash & Claudio Reyna's "Showdown in Chinatown" was. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry, Juan Pablo Angel, Claudio Reyna, Jozy Altidore and a host of other stars from soccer and basketball, will be playing a charity 8 v 8 soccer game in Chinatown at 5pm today! The best part about it? Its open to the public!

Run out of school kids.

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Apologies for the lack of posts; the wife and I are sick as dogs and life at TOR Towers is not unlike that inside a leper colony. Except in the leper colony they probably still don't have to go to work.

Hopefully I feel better soon so that I can make down to SoHo tomorrow evening for what's swiftly becoming "Steve Nash's Soccer-Basketball Mutual Appreciation Society All-Star Rich Guy Fest". Click to continue reading...

More blows for Birmingham City shareholder Carson Yeung. A day after his UK advisor Steve McManaman refused to stand for elections to the Birmingham board, the businessman has been rocked with the potentially damaging news that Birmingham co-owners David Sullivan and the Gold brothers, chairman David and Ralph have increased their stakes of the Midlands [. Click to continue reading...

Former Liverpool and Real Madrid star Steve McManaman has distanced himself from a possible director's role at Birmingham City just days after it was reported in the British press that the struggling Premiership club's leading shareholder Carson Yeung was eager to make Macca his representative at St. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Mail report that a rather bizarre situation is emerging at St Andrews. Carson Yeung, Birmingham's biggest shareholder, wants a place on the board for none other than former Liverpool and Real Madrid winger Steve McManaman. "He (Yeung) is determined to have a voice and has petitioned other shareholders in the public company to ensure [. Click to continue reading...