All Entries in the "February 2010" Category
The Rundown: Best Links Of The Week
While the content here at The Yanks Are Coming is nothing short of top-notch, we want you to know it’s OK to venture elsewhere in the blogosphere. To spare you from reading hours and hours of worthless crap, we present you five of the best stories of the week from other sources. Excuse us while [...]
History Of The World Cup (Part One)
This is the first in a weekly series of World Cup history lessons brought to you by our very own “Professor” Guy Bailey. He is not actually a professor; the only professor on staff is Jamie Clary. Well. sort of. The 1930 World Cup – Uruguay The first official World Cup actually came about because [...]
Player To Watch #19: Michael Essien
Number 19: Michael Essien Position: Central Midfielder Country: Ghana Club Team: Chelsea FC, English Premier League American-Based Professional Athlete “Soulmate”: Tony Parker, PG, San Antonio Spurs Murtaugh: See how easy that was? Boom, still alive. Now we question him. You know why we question him? Because I got him in the leg. I didn’t shoot [...]
You Stay Classy, Evertonia
When I fired up my coffee maker on Saturday, my every intent was to sit down and share my thoughts on Landon Donovan winning Everton’s Player of the Month award for January; however, I failed to factor in the distraction of an absolutely scintillating morning of football featuring our man of the hour. In his [...]
Digging Through The Archives…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally ran in January 2009 as “Super Sacha: Ready For Glasgow And The World?” Pittsburgh hockey fans still talk about the night Mario Lemieux scored five goals, each of a different variety. Even strength, power play, shorthanded, a penalty shot, and finally an empty netter. Super Mario’s super night on New [...]
All The Fun Of The Unfair
Despite being one of the richest and popular leagues on the planet, the English Premier League seems to view itself with comparative loathing compared to its transatlantic cousins the NFL, NBA and MLB over here. Specifically in that non-quantifiable currency – excitement. Their latest wheeze – a playoff between the teams finishing from fourth to [...]
A History Of World Cup Controversy
The World Cup is played on a razor’s edge. In every tournament, national pride, personal emotion, and competitive instinct are all at a fever pitch. Perceived slights can boil over and become international disputes. Legends can become villains, and ordinary men can attain infamous immortality. Sometimes the catalyst can be simple as failing to live [...]
Battle Armor For The Good Guys?
To start things off, I must concede that these are not the official kits (the red ones can be viewed here) for this summer; they’re only a rumor. Chances are we won’t be seeing these guys in June, but it’s still fun to speculate. And since I’m also a firm believer in looking good while [...]
The Art Of Office Football Watching
I almost got away with it. I was working on an important press release in my office but I had the door open so it wouldn’t look suspicious in case any of the big cheeses of my company walked past my door and had an inquisitive look. Being fairly new to the company and English [...]
Czech-ch-Czech-Czech-ch-Czech It Out
On May 25th the USMNT will continue to challenge itself by facing the Czech Republic in a pre-World Cup schedule that now has a catchy name (so you know it must be good) – The Send-Off Series. Furthermore, it’s rumored that the series has one more fixture yet to be scheduled, possibly against the Republic [...]
