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AskMen.com March 26, 2004 Harry Marks |
Top 10: Euro 2004 Stadiums Several stadiums have been erected or renovated in Portugal for Euro 2004. If you're a big soccer fan, consider visiting Portugal and checking out a world-class soccer match at one of these 10 great venues. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
Brazil Soccer Soccer players once fled Brazil for a better life; now, they're returning to play for home 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 July 31, 2013 Simon Kuper |
2013 Soccer The seven most powerful European clubs -- Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain -- start the season with a new manager. |
AskMen.com September 19, 2013 Simon Kuper |
The Real Effect Of Major Sporting Events On Host Cities Since the 1990s many academic economists have researched the effects of hosting these tournaments, and they pretty much agree: Hosting doesn't make you rich. |
AskMen.com Geoffrey Lansdell |
Top 10: Hardcore Fans Hardcore sports fans are groups of die-hard fanatics who express their loyalty in ludicrous ways, complete with unique rituals and organized cheering methods. |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Coming of age U.S. men's soccer joins ranks of the world's best... |
AskMen.com June 16, 2014 Simon Kuper |
Why We're Seeing The Return Of Attack Soccer (And Why It's Better For The Fans) We know what viewers want: stars playing attacking soccer. |
AskMen.com Andrew Jordan |
The World Cup From A to Z Comments on the games, country by country. |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
soccer betting What do we think about when high-budget sporting franchises come to mind? Baseball? Basketball? Hockey? Although all of these might be valid answers to the question, soccer should also be added to the list. |
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. |
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 Simon Kuper |
2014 World Cup Roundup: Part 4 With matches growing scarce, we camp followers are finally catching up on sleep. The tournament is winding down. All that remains is to discover the winner. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 John Blau |
Securing the World Cup At the FIFA world championships in Germany, those responsible for ensuring the public's safety will have a few high-tech tricks up their sleeves. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
Brands In Soccer A team's fans often exist locally; successful branding opens up worldwide markets. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
3 Big Questions (And Answers) For Soccer In 2011 Question One: Will Jose Mourinho leave Real Madrid if he fails to take the Spanish title from Barcelona? |
CFO June 1, 2007 John Goff |
Pitch Fever American investors spend it like Beckham -- and borrow heavily, too -- to buy UK soccer teams. The big lure: global branding. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Can Football Be Saved? In Europe, football is more popular than ever -- but the losses keep mounting. What can be done to fix the business? |
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Roger Bennett |
The World Is Watching the World Cup A spectator's guide to the soccer tournament in South Africa. Whom to root for -- or against -- and who has the coolest uniforms |
Sports Central March 9, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
NFL Team in London? Let's Hope Not Talk once again has turned towards the possibility of a permanent NFL team in London. According to a senior league official, London could have their own team within 10-12 years. |
AskMen.com December 1, 2013 Simon Kuper |
5 Big Questions To Prepare You For The World Cup Draw However, even that might not be enough to match Maradona in legend. What the older man did in 1986 is essentially unrepeatable: to win a World Cup with a minimum of help from his teammates, hardly any of whom is still remembered today. |
AskMen.com May 19, 2014 Simon Kuper |
The Only Way To Experience The World Cup Is By Actually Attending. Here's Why. Over time I've discovered the truth about the World Cup: The soccer isn't the best bit. It's the stuff that happens away from the stadiums that you really remember. |
AskMen.com James Raiswell |
A World Cup Tour Of Berlin Even outside of World Cup time, there's plenty to do and see in Berlin. Here's a three-day itinerary. |
AskMen.com June 17, 2014 |
After Yesterday's Win, Is Soccer Back? Alexi Lalas Remembers Its Golden Age In America The summer of 1994 changed my life. I experienced the power of what a World Cup can do to an individual, and I milked it for all its worth. |
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 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. |
Sports Central July 15, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
A Penalty Kick in the Pants Forget that famous head-butt. The real tragedy, the true outrage, of this near-classic match is the way it ended. |
Reason April 2005 Michael Young |
Wide World of Sports A book review of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, by Franklin Foer: Soccer mirrors globalization and its discontents. |
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. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Most Profitable Sports Teams Which five squads were the most profitable sports teams in major professional sports during the 2005-06 seasons? Hint: it's not the Yankees or the Red Sox. |
AskMen.com July 9, 2014 Leo Moynihan |
R.I.P. Brazilian Flair: The Real Reason Brazil's Style Dried Up, As Told By The Locals Don't just criticize Luiz Felipe Scolari for suddenly taking the Cachaca out of the country's footballing Caipinrinha. The modern game and its day-to-day business is just as guilty as those choosing Brazil's tactics. |
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. |
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... |
AskMen.com January 6, 2014 Simon Kuper |
Who's Going To Win The 2014 World Cup? A surer prediction for the World Cup: plenty of protests. Before past tournaments, host countries worried about hooligans or terrorists. This time, the bogeymen are demonstrators. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Mike Cohen |
The World Cup: No Winner in South Africa The soccer fest was supposed to help boost the economy, but fans are balking at the travel costs. |
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 March 31, 2005 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Fever, Anyone? Sports fans who find themselves lost between seasons, or in the midst of boring ones, may find that soccer fills the void quite nicely -- particularly, the high-stakes, world cup level. |
Sports Illustrated May 21, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Soccer coverage SI's coverage of soccer is expanding -- just not as fast as, say, boating... |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
Why Man U? Why are so many people are obsessed with Manchester United? |
Sports Central May 10, 2006 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Fan Looking For a Vacation? If you want to mix tennis tournaments into your vacation plans this summer, you have several wonderful locations to choose from. And it is not as expensive as you think. |
PHONE+ April 22, 2009 |
Case Study: Cardinal Rules Apply at Digital Stadium The state-of-the-art University of Phoenix stadium used by the Arizona Cardinals football team sports the latest wireless technology that makes today's stadiums a more enjoyable and safe experience for millions of fans. |
Sports Illustrated August 31, 2001 |
Donovan's big chance Every indication is that 19-year-old American soccer player Landon Donovan will get his first World Cup qualifying start on Saturday when the U.S. meets Honduras. |
Salon.com June 22, 2002 Gary Kamiya |
Welcome to the world In defeat, the U.S. soccer team won an epic victory: It brought America into the world of sports. |
AskMen.com July 23, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Soccer's New Dream Team Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, David Beckham. This quartet of footballers represents the most potent starting lineup to be assembled in any sport, at any time. When it soccer, this year's edition of Real Madrid is in a stratosphere of its own. |
AskMen.com April 17, 2002 Mark Simmons |
The Unearthliness Of The World Cup South Korea and Japan have not exactly joined forces in their planning, nor have they pooled resources in their deployment, when it comes to organizing the World Cup Finals in 2002 that they will co-host... |