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Sports Central April 24, 2014 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups C and D The author examines eight teams in groups C and D and predicts the likely winners. |
Sports Central June 3, 2010 Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's 2010 World Cup Preview It's that time of the decade, where half of you (Americans) will take an interest in soccer for three weeks and then put it to bed for four years, and the other half will revel in your prideful ignorance. |
Sports Central April 10, 2014 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups A and B With the World Cup scarcely over two months away, it's time to roll out the previews. In this first of a four-part series, I will be looking at groups A and B. |
Sports Central November 22, 2007 Kevin Beane |
A New Dawn For Ohio State and Russia Ohio State will indeed be playing in the National Championship Game. Also, in soccer, Russia has an excellent chance to get beyond the group stage of a major competition. |
Sports Central May 20, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group A One of the weakest groups in this summer's World Cup features the host nation Germany, along with Poland, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. |
Sports Central December 14, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
World Cup Group of Death? The greatest sporting event in the world is taking place just a few months from now. No, not the Super Bowl, not the Olympics. The World Cup of soccer. |
Sports Central May 22, 2014 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups G and H The author predicts the likelihood of success for teams from the USA, Germany, Portugal, and more. |
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. |
Sports Central June 1, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group D Group D is about as straight-forward as you get: Two soccer teams (Portugal and Mexico) flooded with distinguished players, and two teams (Iran and Angola) who are clearly not. |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 |
The Top 50 Coffee Countries See which countries consume the most coffee. |
Sports Central May 9, 2014 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups E and F Groups E and F include Switzerland, Ecuador, Argentina, and more. |
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... |
Sports Central June 4, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group E The United States finds itself smack dab in the middle of the second group of death in this World Cup. If the United States are to advance out of this group, it would be a monumental achievement of the highest order. |
Sports Central June 8, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group H This group should be pretty straight-forward, with Spain and the Ukraine leading the way -- but Tunisia could pose some potential problems. |
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. |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
Get your World Cup scorecard! Everything you need to know about the players and teams... |
AskMen.com June 12, 2002 Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Most Attended World Cup Games Pride is one thing, but facts and figures are another. This list looks at the most watched World Cup finals in terms of average attendance at each game. |
AskMen.com Al Saunders |
Top 10: 2006 World Cup Stadiums In Germany Organizers have announced that approximately 2.6 million World Cup tickets are being sold for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
Sports Central September 13, 2007 Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Quick Hitches A brief look at sports topics includes predictions for Saturday's college football games and the Rugby World cup. |
AskMen.com David Stoll |
Top 20: Soccer Players Of All Time Basically, a footballer who is a national hero or a club legend must obviously be considered one of the greatest. Read these players' biographies and decide for yourself whether they would be included in your top 20. |
Sports Illustrated May 21, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Viva Italia 32 teams will clash in Japan and South Korea for soccer's utlimate prize. Here's how we see the field -- and why the Italians will have reason to celebrate... |
Sports Central October 8, 2008 Kevin Beane |
The Super Sports Day Here are the big games across all sports. |
Sports Central June 30, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
So Close to Glory, But Getting Closer The US soccer team is the most skilled and talented than they have been in the past. |
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 May 24, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group B The Group of Death this group is not, but it won't be a cakewalk for the favorites to get through. Here's who and what you need to know as the games kick off. |
AskMen.com June 9, 2012 Simon Kuper |
Euro 2012 Underdogs Of all the soccer competitions on earth, the European Championship is the underdog's paradise. |
AskMen.com Andrew Jordan |
The World Cup From A to Z Comments on the games, country by country. |
Sports Central June 6, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group F It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Brazil will win this group. The race for second, though, is anything but clear. |
AskMen.com July 2, 2012 Simon Kuper |
Data Analysis And Soccer Just two years ago, data analysis was still not very widespread in international soccer. Penalties are the most obvious piece of data to analyze, yet big teams like England and Argentina entered their knockout games in 2010 with barely any statistics on their opponents' penalties. |
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 |
Digital Divide: How Europe Stacks Up Technology policymakers in Europe have their work cut out to close a digital divide between the continent's northern and southern countries. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
Soccer In 2012 The year's highlight should be the European Championship, team for team a considerably stronger competition than the World Cup. Spain hopes to become the first side to complete the treble of Euro, World Cup and then Euro, and judging strictly by personnel, it should do it. |
Sports Central November 20, 2008 Kevin Beane |
CONCACAF Reviews and Previews Here are predictions about World Cup qualifiers. |
Sports Central June 28, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Blame Begins With FIFA The referees have come under even more scrutiny in this World Cup than in previous ones, and that is truly saying something. But if you are looking to blame anyone, don't put it solely on the referees. |
Sports Central June 29, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Italy vs. Ukraine The second World Cup game on Friday features a depleted Italy squad against a goal-challenged Ukraine side in what is easily the least anticipated quarterfinal of the 2006 World Cup, unless you are an Italian or Ukranian fan. |
BusinessWeek October 30, 2008 |
Land of the Free? Where the U.S. ranks as a free-market economy. |
Sports Central June 2, 2011 Kevin Beane |
2011 Gold Cup Preview Nearly a year has passed since the World Cup has passed, which is usually the beginning and the end of United States interest in soccer. |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2011 Sean Williams |
Germany: I Told You So! Don't say I didn't warn you about this once safe-haven investment. It definitely is making me think twice before considering an investment in foreign money center banks. |
Sports Central June 7, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group G There should be very little drama with who finishes at the top of Group G, but after that nothing is certain. |
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. |
Sports Central July 4, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: France vs. Portugal The second semifinal of the World Cup features a resilient Portugal squad against a surprising French team that has overcome a slow start and ferocious competition to advance this far. |
Sports Central March 27, 2008 Kevin Beane |
World Soccer Recap Pro soccer teams the world over are compelled to release their players to go play for their country. |
Sports Central June 16, 2011 Kevin Beane |
Gold Cup Heats Up In my last column, I previewed and predicted the Gold Cup. Now that the quarterfinals are set, how did I do? |
BusinessWeek January 6, 2011 J. Webb et al. |
Joining the Euro: Poland and the Czechs Delay They were eager to join, but weakness in other nations makes it better for them to back off for now |
Sports Central July 6, 2006 Will Tidey |
World Cup: Zidane Bows Out on Top Zinedine Zidane, arguably the most extravagantly-gifted player of his generation, will showcase his mesmeric skills for the last time in Sunday's World Cup Final. |
AskMen.com June 6, 2012 Simon Kuper |
Euro 2012 Host: Poland When soccer's traveling circus descends on Poland and Ukraine this week, in Poland, at least, visitors might be pleasantly surprised. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Rich Smith |
Natuzzi Needs Reconditioning Italian sofa magnate Natuzzi reports a crushing 14% decline in the number of units sold during its fiscal 2007 third quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
The Euro Is in Trouble If you invest abroad, you must stay aware of how currency moves affect you. If you're not careful, they can often turn what would be a gain into a loss. |
AskMen.com October 28, 2013 Simon Kuper |
2014 World Cup Preview Possibly the four best teams on earth today -- Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain -- are intent on providing more attacking thrills than we've seen in many a tournament. |
Sports Central May 27, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group C Aside from tournament contenders Argentina and the Netherlands, both Serbia and Montenegro and the Ivory Coast have the talent to get out of this deep group. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 Milton Ezrati |
No Easy Answer to Euro The only solution, apart from dissolution of the euro, may be a long, painful adjustment in the economic fundamentals of Europe's periphery. |