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Scientific American February 2009 Gary Stix |
Taming the Madness of Crowds Is an increased police presence in riot gear the best way to combat the hooligan crowd mentality at sporting events? |
AskMen.com April 24, 2013 Simon Kuper |
Soccer Hooligans In April, Britain was suddenly jerked back into the 1980s. First, Thatcher died. Thatcher been so outraged by the hooligans that she nearly banned professional soccer. Then, the weekend after her death, 1980s-style hooliganism briefly resurfaced. |
Sports Central October 30, 2006 Will Tidey |
English Soccer Fans: All Hooligans? If you believe the stereotype, England soccer fans are drunken hellions with a rabid thirst for violence. |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Anthony York |
Calm before the storm? Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. |
Reason November 2002 Joyce Lee Malcolm |
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. |
AskMen.com Rob Fox |
Thierry Henry Won't Save Soccer In America Beyond the money, it's difficult to see why a player of Henry's stature would want to compete in a league that's seen by many outside of North America as a golden retirement home for European and South American pros. |
Sports Central June 30, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: England vs. Portugal The British are back in the quarterfinals for the second straight World Cup, and this time they will be looking to exact a measure of revenge against the Portuguese, who knocked them out of the quarterfinals in the 2004 European Championships. |
Reason April 2008 Michael C. Moynihan |
Rant: Take Them Back to Dear Old Blighty Drawn by a plummeting dollar, the British are arriving en masse on American shores, pumping much-needed money into the American economy, and providing us with a long-overdue corrective to our self-image as lesser Brits. |
Sports Central June 22, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: England vs. Ecuador England has not been as impressive as their fans might have hoped. And now they will be facing one of the surprise teams of the tournament. |
Salon.com June 12, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
Sacre bleu! Dios mio! It's the Bizarro World Cup! France fades into Sartrean nothingness, Argentina dances the tango of despair and the United States and Japan, titans of world baseball -- sorry, I mean soccer -- rise up. |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Coming of age U.S. men's soccer joins ranks of the world's best... |
Sports Central June 1, 2010 Bob Ekstrom |
Can L.A. and Boston Just Get a Room Already? Welcome to senior prom, NBA style. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
The Decline Of Drinking In English Soccer Drinking on pro soccer teams was a carryover from the British military, but these days athletes' bodies are treated as finely tuned machines. |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: NBA Finals Matchups Before the page is turned on this magical 2007 season, let's flip back in history and relive the top 10 NBA Finals matchups. |
Salon.com July 2, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
Ten things I learned about life and soccer from the 2002 World Cup There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian. |
Sports Central March 7, 2007 Will Tidey |
World Cup 2018: U.S.-Bound? U.S. soccer fans seem destined to have the world's greatest sporting event on their doorstep sooner rather than later. |
Sports Central January 12, 2012 Bill Hazell |
Can Lob City Overtake Showtime? Sometimes it's easy to forget that the Staples Center is the home to two NBA franchises. |
Sports Central November 7, 2007 Will Tidey |
World Cup 2018: England Expects The English Football Association is to bid for the 2018 World Cup and it's almost certain England will not only win that, but the whole tournament, too. |
Sports Central March 29, 2007 Kevin Beane |
European Soccer Gluttony The biggest country-level soccer competition besides the World Cup is probably the UEFA European Football Championship. |