Inspired by the ESPN’s Zach Lowe weekly column on the NBA, I write about random things I like about players, teams and trends at the World Cup.
Jose Mourinho needs to be bold and embrace the audacity of pragmatic football instead of its weaknesses or else the next three…
During the summer of 2008, Roger Federer lost the Wimbledon final to Rafa Nadal in what many consider to be the greatest tennis game of all time. Rumor has it that Roger took it personally; he spent more time in the training room watching film of Nadal’s game. He changed some his…
Movie sequels are usually horrible. Don’t take my words for it, just watch The Hangover 3, Transformers 17 (?) or the infamous Dumb and Dumber Too. The problem is that sequels try too hard to capture their predecessors’ magic but in the process end up being predictable. We know Paul…
Messi is the best football player of all time. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact. The question is: why?
“Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n’attend point le nombre des années.” — Corneille Le Cid
Pokemon Crystal was the first game I ever beat. Sure I’d played games before, — Super Mario Brothers 3, Mario 64, and Pokemon Stadium come to mind — I loved them to be sure, but…
Inspired by the great Tevis Thompson, I write short response to video games I’ve played in the last few years. They are mainly current-gen (Xbox One, Playstation 4) games but I will occasionally include games from the past. They were all meant to be brief, but some are long, some are short.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s Third Law is elegant in its simplicity and happens to be crucial in the beautiful game. In fact the concept of balance has always been extremely important in football. Much so that in the nineties and early…
