Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Striker Carlos Tevez has officially been suspended from Manchester City.
On Tuesday night, in a game against Bayern Munich, manager Roberto Mancini told Tevez to go in the game during the second half, but Tevez didn’t budge from the bench. City lost 2-0.
Shortly after the game, Tevez explained his behavior by ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
It has become increasingly apparent over the past few days that English striker Wayne Rooney is looking to leave Manchester United. Rooney is currently at odds with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and has stated that he has no intentions of signing another contract with the team. The question is, ...
Posted in International Soccer, Soccer | 2 Comments »
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Read my week four picks here.
Record after week three: 36-10 (22-22-2 ATS)
Can't believe there aren't more good noon games today. I'm sleeping in. Yeah, who am I kidding? I have an eight-month-old son. I'll be up at 7 am and probably live blogging Gameday or something equally awesome.
7:26 am ET ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Former England national team striker Darius Vassell was sent packing this week.
Not by his team, Turkish club Ankaragucu. Instead, Vassell was told to gather his belongings by the staff of the Ankara hotel he had been living in since joining the Turkish side this summer.
Vassell didn't smash any mirrors, cause ...
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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, July 26th, 2009
Man do I love soccer rivalries. Not only do they often make things like Cowboys/Redskins look like a Twitter-fight, sometimes they allow for wonderful, wonderful moments like the above billboard. This would be so much funnier if Manchester City weren't the richest club in the whole, entire world. And yet, ...
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
Today's link dump is brought to you by Sloan, or Emmanuelle Chriqui, who needs a nickname in a bad way. I'd call her "Manny" if we were, you know, cool
I was JUST complaining about how no one makes these anymore - The Legend of Cecilio Guante
Matt Holliday to the Cardinals ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
A few days ago, we detailed Manchester City’s $161-million quest for AC Milan star Kaka. I said I didn’t think it would happen. I still don’t, though all the pundits think its all but a done deal.
City, who is owned by the uber-wealthy Abu Dhabi Investment Group, is reportedly prepared ...
Posted in AC Milan, EPL, International Soccer, Kaka, Manchester City, Serie A | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
So you’re in a two-team town. The city’s fan base isn’t exactly split 50-50 either. One team wins trophies; the other, well, it used to. One team is an international brand, while the other is more like Stephen Baldwin's political opinion, you know, an afterthought.
And no, I’m not talking about ...
Posted in AC Milan, EPL, General, International Soccer, Kaka, Manchester City, Manchester United, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Robinho | 1 Comment »
