The Kings of the Champions League lost their crown in stunning fashion last night. Up 2-1 on aggergate heading into the second leg at the Bernebeau, the tie looked all but over until Ajax came out and sucker punched Real, going 2-0 up in the game and 3-2 on aggeragte 17 minutes into the game.ContinueContinue reading “Ajax 4 Real Madrid 1: The Greatest Upset in UCL History”
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Jurgen Klopp’s Excuse Train is in Full Steam
After a disappointing o-o draw in the Merseyside Derby against Everton, manager of Liverpool Jurgen Klopp came up with one of the greatest excuses of all time as to why his team didn’t play well. When asked about the 0-0 draw, he said: “Very diffficult game for different reasons. I know people don’t like itContinueContinue reading “Jurgen Klopp’s Excuse Train is in Full Steam”
No, the NCAA Shouldn’t Pay Its Athletes
Sorry for the hiatus from writing everyone. I had to take a little break to deal with a work and personal issue. But here I am, back again. One topic that I want to discuss is the never ending debate, in which some people state that NCAA athletes should be paid. I for one, doContinueContinue reading “No, the NCAA Shouldn’t Pay Its Athletes”
NFL, Please Stop Pandering to Casual Fans
As a businessman and someone who owns an athletics company, I cannot comprehend what the NFL have been trying to do the last few years when it comes to marketing their brand. I am not a hardcore NFL fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do follow the NFL pretty closely and IContinueContinue reading “NFL, Please Stop Pandering to Casual Fans”
“GOODBYE OAKLAND, ITS OVER!” The Wildest Night of My Life
Winning and Cleveland are two words that do not go together often. Me entire life, I had grown up hearing ever joke about this city, how it was a, “mistake on the lake”, and how it was a no good town. The sports team had been historically terrible, the city was in an economic slumpContinueContinue reading ““GOODBYE OAKLAND, ITS OVER!” The Wildest Night of My Life”
CHOKER! The 7 Worst Choke Jobs of Recent Memory
Some fan’s misery and pain is others glee and joy, here are the seven biggest chokers of recent memory. 7. Cleveland Indians, 2016 World Series Its hard to label this one a choke, as the Indians were not even supposed to be in the World Series. With only two true starting pitchers being healthy headingContinueContinue reading “CHOKER! The 7 Worst Choke Jobs of Recent Memory”
THE CHAMPIOOOOONNNNSSSSSS League Round of 16 Predictions
Everyone’s favorite club football competition is soon to be back: the UEFA Champions League. Now, more than ever, the competition is wide open heading into the knockout stages of the competition. Below, I will (probably not) correctly predict the winners of the ties, and who is moving on to the last 8 of the competition.ContinueContinue reading “THE CHAMPIOOOOONNNNSSSSSS League Round of 16 Predictions”
RESPONSE To the Allisson Fan Boys, Here Is Why He Is Left Out
After receiving quite a bit of stick as to why I left Liverpool’s Allisson out of my GOALIE TIME! World’s Top 10 Keepers list, I am now going to provide my reasons why he is left out. Virgil Van Dijk. When I was coming up with the list, I wrote a list of about fifteen goalkeepers downContinueContinue reading “RESPONSE To the Allisson Fan Boys, Here Is Why He Is Left Out”
GOALIE TIME! World’s Top 10 Keepers
Goalkeeper, the position everyone wants to try once as a kid, but then go running away from once they play it. It takes a special type of lunatic to want to play goalkeeper past the age of twelve, here are the ten best goalkeeping lunatics in football right now: 10- Thibaut Courtois – 26- RealContinueContinue reading “GOALIE TIME! World’s Top 10 Keepers”
What Luka Modric winning the Ballon d’Or Means to Football
On December 3rd 2018, Luka Modric was crowned winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or, beating out Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann to the award. In doing so, Modric ended the ten year reign of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo winning the award. Immediately following the announcement, there were plenty of couch fans jumping on TwitterContinueContinue reading “What Luka Modric winning the Ballon d’Or Means to Football”