Handicapping the big relegation races
England: Two games remaining Queens Park Rangers (20th place, 25 points), Reading (19th, 28 pts.), Wigan (18th, 35 pts.), Newcastle (17th, 38 pts.), N…
Friday Four: Intrigue in the Prem’s twilight
Anybody left out there who still believes that the EPL is the strongest league in Europe? After watching Germany outscore Spain 8-1 in this week's Mig…
Food for thought as Suarez plays hero, villain
Say what you want about Luis Suarez -- and I'm sure on the balance of evidence in Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Chelsea, many opinions will be put forth -…
Friday Four: Action at top and bottom
Most weeks, we carefully sift through the football marginalia for something interesting to serve as our Friday Four introduction. But sometimes we jus…
Friday Four: Battles In Basement; Spurs' Spring Swoon
While England and the U.S. were left feeling different emotions following their respective World Cup qualifying away draws -- the Three Lions' tepid 1…
Will win in Munich galvanize the Gunners to finish in the top 4?
Oh, what could have been. Arsene Wenger can take much heart in his team's 2-0 win over Bayern at the Allianz Arena even though it still ended with Ar…
FA Cup draw between Chelsea and United raises more questions
FA Cup games are rarely transformative events. Just ask anyone who lumbered through Millwall vs. Blackburn earlier in the day. But the drama at Old Tr…
The Champions League's frustrating glory
In the eyes of many football fans, the knockout stages of the Champions League represent one of the more engaging and entertaining times of the year. …
Friday Four: Avoiding the trap
Oh, dear. The midweek internationals brought two unexpected results: England beating Brazil (we would not have predicted that) a couple of hours befor…
Eden Hazard will be held to highest contempt
By now you've emailed the animated .gif to friends, replayed the video and read the tweets. Chelsea's Eden Hazard kicked a ball boy. That actually ha…