Richard Scarry's Busytown : Best Reading Ever
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
The fiasco that passed off as a “goal” at Vicarage Road when Reading visited Watford once again raised the question of video technology. Hell! – I am still recovering from the second “goal” in the 1984 FA cup final! Steve Sherwood clearly had the ball in both hands before that cheating Andy Gray headed it [...]
Fair Trade Sports (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
I'm reading through an advance copy of Seth Godin's new book called Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. As usual, it's quite good. I've been a fan of Godin since my high tech days, even sending him a soccer ball when we first launched Fair Trade Sports two years ago. Godin talks alot about marketing; [...]
Soccer Insider (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Here is the article from Saturday's Metro section, detailing the possible Cuban defections. For a closer look at tonight's match, read this story....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
LONDON — Rio Ferdinand this week hit out at the inadequate punishment that one of world football's most respected authorities handed out for racist behavior. No, not the three-game suspension the Football Association gave Reading defender John Mackie after he admitted making racist remarks to Sheffield United striker Carl Asaba. Read the full story
Premier League (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Ah, you have to love this recent quote from new Liverpool winger Albert Riera. It seems like Rafa's new man isn't afraid to speak his mind, and that is definitely apparent after reading his current comments on Liverpool striker Fernando Torres! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Albert Riera ...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Busy night in TV: The Office, a new show that looks decent (Life on Mars), ACC football, and baseball. At the outset of the postseason, we predicted a Dodgers-Red Sox World Series, and we’re sticking to it. Phillies will win tonight, but we’ll take the Dodgers in six. Required reading: TJ Simers, who blasted San Diego [...]
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Book Club: Cricket features memorably in our book club choice, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland. Robert Murphy suggests American sports novels for further reading.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Something happened to Boone's James Washington about midway through last year's football season. He started seeing the field and reading his blocks better, and he took the next step as a running back.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
I haven't been able to get my cousin off my mind. Visions of him flash through my head while watching football games, reading books and viewing movies.
PM (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Just been reading an interesting contribution by Simon Barnes in the Times to the whole global financial meltdown story. The problem is panic and lack of belief he says so " the implication is obvious: if we all believed that there was money, there would be money. If we all had confidence the problem would no longer exist. The solution is psychological. We don't need money: we need belief". He links...
4sportsake.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Reading the opinions of Arsenal fans on various football websites is starting to get funny. Whatever Wayne Rooney says about the league being between Chelsea, United and Arsenal, we know Wayne probably isn't the guy to go to for incisive analysis. It seems that a lot of the Gooners aren't over their six months of embarrassingly pre-emptive gloating last season. First off, it took Arsenal a late equaliser...
ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Rob Wilson is MP for Reading East and Shadow Minister for Higher Education. Four years ago, when he was Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw accidentally shook hands with Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean President. Straw said at the time, “Because it was...
CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Martin O’Neill is planning a January raid that looks like a damn good bit of business, as he looks to offload one average player to Reading, whilst taking their prized asset in return…plus some cash as well though of course! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Martin O'Neill will allow ...
And From These Ashes..... (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Depressed readers of this blog will maybe have noticed that Ross Kemp has been mentioned a few times. His mind seems inelastic, unfortunately, and he delivers his lines like that guy reading out football results on Grandstand. (Always a home win, in case you care - up at the beginning, down at the end. Numbing, excruciating, maddening.) He would need a good few promotions to reach average, in any...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
For seven days and six nights, more than 1,000 people will read from Genesis to Apocalypse live on state television. The first segment ends with a spirited Roberto Benigni. In the beginning Pope Benedict XVI read these words: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth."
