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• Manchester United Likes 'Em Young

  Published: August 2, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: SoccerWitness the awesome footballing skills of Brisbane, Australia's own Rhain Davis, a 9-year-old wunderkind who was just accepted into the Manchester United Academy after the folks at Old Trafford watched a DVD of the boy's skills sent by his grandfather. The entire family is moving from Brisbane to Cheshire, near Man U's training

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• Premier League Season Preview, Part 1 of 3: The Big Four

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer, Featured StoriesThere are plenty of naysayers -- most of whom work for the L.A. Galaxy -- that will try to convince you that the Barclays Premier League is overrated and/or overexposed. What you cannot deny, however, is that this is the top Association football league in the country where the Football Association was first

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• Premier League Season Preview, Part 2 of 3: The Quest for Fifth Place

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer, Featured StoriesAs I mentioned yesterday in Part 1of our Premier League Season Preview, 5th place is the new 1st place in England's top flight. The Big Four clubs -- Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United -- have such a stranglehold on the top of the table that the rest of clubs competing in the Premier League are

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• Premier League Season Preview, Part 3 of 3: The Relegation Battle

  Published: August 10, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer, Featured StoriesDon't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of our Premier League Season Preview.Imagine for a moment that the worst baseball team in the major leagues was demoted to AAA, and the AAA champion took the demoted team's place.That, my friends, is what we call promotion and relegation, and it's been a staple of

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• Prem Wrap: Welcome Back, Keano

  Published: August 11, 2007, 10:10 am

  Tags: Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur. And just for a moment, Roy Keane once again stood atop the Premier League. It was a dreadful game to watch, though, as neither side could mount much of an attack, and Michael Chopra's goal at the end of stoppage time punished Spurs for their sloppy play.Derby County 2-2 Portsmouth. Sunderland

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• Prem Wrap: Big Blue Wall Stifles Man U

  Published: August 12, 2007, 9:10 am

  Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Manchester United 0-0 Reading. You've never seen a scoreless match this tense in your entire life. Manchester United was clearly the quicker, better passing side today. They outshot Reading 25 to 3. Reading's defense, however, proved utterly impenetrable. Even after Dave Kitson was given a red card for a studs-up challenge on

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• The Premier League Doesn't Want You to See Steven Gerrard Paint the Corner

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Premierleague

  Filed under: SoccerI was a little hesitant to post this clip here, because I have a feeling that the Premier League will find out about these guys and file lawsuits against them, just like they did against YouTube, but really, this Steven Gerrard free kick has to be seen to be believed. Clips like this would be a fantastic promotional tool for

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• Champions League Qualifying Begins Today

  Published: August 14, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: Championsleague, Premierleague

  Filed under: SoccerIf you thought last weekend was a great weekend for European soccer, what with the season openers for the Premier League, Bundesliga, and other domestic leagues, you ain't seen nothin' like what you'll see in the next three days.For starters, the Premier League plays eight games in the next two days, starting with tonight's

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• Prem Wrap: Blue Moon, You Saw Me Standing Alone in First Place

  Published: August 19, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United. Wigan's stay at the top of the Premier League table, predictably, lasted less than 24 hours. Deiberson Geovanni put one in the net for Man City in the 31st, and once again, the Red Devils couldn't score, despite once again dominating possession and appearing to be the faster, more agile

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• Mourinho Abruptly Quits Chelsea

  Published: September 19, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Chelsea, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer, Breaking NewsWell, well. It seems that 1-1 draw at home against Rosenborg finally pushed someone over the edge at Stamford Bridge. Less that 48 hours after that match, the turbulent three-year reign of manager Jose Mourinho came to an abrupt end.The official word from Chelsea's web site is simply that "Chelsea Football Club

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• Arsenal Suitor's Lawyers Are Shutting Down Blogs Left and Right

  Published: September 20, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Arsenal, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer, Featured StoriesYesterday, I suggested in this story that Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, is badmouthing Alisher Usmanov, the billionaire Russian steel magnate attempting to take over Premier League club Arsenal, because he wants to sell you a book he wrote about his experience in that former Soviet

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• Prem Wrap: Brummies Steal a Point at Anfield

  Published: September 22, 2007, 10:22 am

  Tags: Arsenal, Liverpool, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Liverpool 0-0 Birmingham City. It took all of two seconds for Rafa Benitez to take flak for changing his rotation again. The Anfield faithful booed their boys off the field at full time after they proved unable to break the deadlock for the second straight match. Fernando Torres came on in the 60th minute, but his bicycle kick

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• Prem Wrap: Red Card Ruins Blues' Rainy Day

  Published: September 23, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Chelsea, Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea. Leave it to referee Mike Dean to steal the show away from Man U and Chelsea. First he gives a red card to John Obi Mikel 30 minutes into the game for what was little more than a clumsy challenge. Then he gives Joe Cole a yellow card for what should have been a red, a move that screamed, "Make-up

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• Prem Wrap: The Plaintive Cry of Chelsea Fans

  Published: September 29, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchesterunited, Premierleague

  Filed under: Soccer Chelsea 0-0 Fulham. Blues fans sang Jose Mourinho's name once again as they watched their side struggle on the pitch and blow one scoring opportunity after another. Andriy Shevchenko gave the ball away like it was going out of style, John Terry left at halftime with a broken cheekbone, Didier Drogba was sent off with a second

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• Clint Dempsey Is The Enforcer

  Published: October 1, 2007, 9:11 am

  Tags: Chelsea, Clintdempsey, Premierleague

  Filed under: SoccerYou probably heard about John Terry ending up with a broken cheekbone on Saturday, causing him to miss the second half of the Chelsea-Fulham match. What you may not have known, however, is whose elbow broke that cheekbone. It was none other than the pride of Nacogdoches himself, Clint Dempsey, who put one on the Chelsea

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