Archive for the ‘EPL’ Category
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
English Premier League club Portsmouth F.C. is in financial crisis. It can’t pay its players nor its creditors.
On Tuesday, the EPL placed Portsmouth on a transfer embargo for being unable to pay off debts owed on prior transfers. This all the while being owned by billionaire oil-rich Saudis, who claim to have ...
Posted in Cristiano Ronaldo, EPL, International Soccer, Portsmouth FC | No Comments »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Earlier this year, Oregon football head coach Chip Kelly reimbursed a disgruntled fan after the Ducks were beaten at Boise State. Tony Seminary sent Kelly and e-mail with an invoice of his expenses for his trip to Boise and asked for a refund after Oregon’s embarrassment, which included LaGarrette Blount’s ...
Posted in Cade McNown, Chicago Bears, Chip Kelly, EPL, International Soccer, Tottenham, University of Oregon, Wigan Athletic | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Imagine your a pro sports franchise and you’ve just been told you can’t improve your team over the next 18 months.
And no, this isn’t a post about the Pittsburgh Pirates.
English Premier League power Chelsea was banned from adding new players for two transfer windows after FIFA ruled the club illegally ...
Posted in Chelsea, EPL, FIFA, International Soccer, Roman Abramovich | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
The English Premier League season begins this weekend, and as you know, we hear at Rumors and Rants are big footie fans.
We try to keep you in the loop each and every EPL season. And for the most part, we're wrong. We always overrate Tottenham and believe this is the ...
Posted in Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn, EPL, Fabian Delph, Hull City, International Soccer, Jack Wilshere, Jozy Altidore, Nenad Milijas, Nikola Kalinic, Wolverhampton Wolves | 4 Comments »
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Have a gander at Eclipse, the world's biggest private yacht. It boasts a missile defense system, two helipads, and an escape submarine along with many, many other ridiculously expensive features. It cost 300 million pounds (about $600 million) to build in German shipyards and is scheduled to be delivered to ...
Posted in EPL, Soccer | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 11th, 2009
At 3pm ET, Newcastle United is taking on Middlesborough in a game that could all but seal the Mags' relegation to the Championship or nearly save them from it all the while making Hull fans very, very nervous. Even though the teams suck, you're in for some very entertaining soccer. I'm ...
Posted in EPL, General, McD: Soccer Dilettante, Newcastle United, Soccer | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 24th, 2009
For those unaware, Frank Lampard is an international soccer star. The 30-year old Chelsea star is one of the best English players in the game and has a knack for scoring vital goals for the Blues.
Well, Franky split from his girlfriend, the mother of his two daughters, and it has ...
Posted in Chelsea, EPL, Frank Lampard, International Soccer | 3 Comments »
