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April 23, 2008

Administrative: I’m moving

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Hello few people around, Sorry for the lack of posts. I'm in the process of moving (not the website, myself). I should be all set at my new place soon enough, and I'm targeting Monday as my day to get back to writing. Cheers, Tavis Click to continue reading...
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April 18, 2008

MLS Nears Closer to True Parity

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Getting Closer to Every Team Finishing With 40 Points By Michael Davis With the MLS season underway, and a few perennial winners starting off slowly, it appears MLS is nearing it's true goal of having every team finish with forty points. One may ask the question, why make teams as evenly matched as possible, doesn't that make the [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Columbus Crew, Don Garber, Fans, Football, MLS, Soccer, U.S., Uncategorized, designated players, parity

April 11, 2008

Real Madrid Calls “Backsies” on Beckham Deal

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Lalas Forgot to Triple Stamp the Double Stamp By Ramón Garza In a shock move Real Madrid is calling backsies on letting David Beckham walk out the door of the Bernebéu and into waiting arms of America. With what could be called one of the worst mental lapses in history, reports are coming out of Spain that during [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , David Beckham, Dumb and Dumber, MLS, Real Madrid, U.S., backsies, la liga

April 10, 2008

Teams From Across the Globe Have Started Turning Toward Gymnasts

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Hope to Raise Level of Post-Goal Celebrations By Nigel Davies It's a strange world we live in when sliding across half the pitch on your knees toward your supporters is no longer an acceptable post-goal celebration. However, this is increasingly becoming the case as players have started attempting to "one up" each other with high-flying acrobatic maneuvers. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, Nani, Obafemi Martins, Soccer, backflips, goal, goal celebrations, gymnasts, world

April 4, 2008

Opinion: Bribes Should Be Out in the Open and Accepted by FIFA

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"I Can't Make a Proper Line If the Game May be Fixed!" By Your Neighborhood Bookie As a bookmaker and bet taker, nothing is more frustrating to me than getting screwed out of money. Bribes and purposeful tanking on the part of players are killing me. Not only does this stuff cost me lots of money, [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Derby County, FIFA, Football, Opinion, Soccer, bookie, bribes, great sums of £, opinion piece

April 2, 2008

Derby County to Play Gretna FC in a Historic Battle of the Worst

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One Time Exhibition May Turn into a Yearly Battle By Thomas McStewart After last Saturday's action Derby County have been mathematically relegated from the Premier League, however with one more crucial loss they can gain a new title and add a trophy to their case, for being the worst top-flight team in Britain. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Derby County, Gretna FC, pillow fight, relegated, trophy, world, ‘worst

March 31, 2008

Increasing Number of Teams Have Bought the Wrong Brazilians

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Many Clubs Confused by Players with the Same Name By Fred Watching the "Samba Boys" ply their trade across the globe can remind those in attendance that football truly is "the beautiful game." But there is another aspect of so many Brazilians playing abroad, one less recognized and infinitely more sinister. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Australian A-League, Brazil, DC United, FC Dallas, FID chip, FIFA, Football, Fred, Juninho, MLS, Soccer, denilson, mass confusion, mistaken identity, world

March 20, 2008

FIFA to Make Rare Beckham Exception

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To Allow David to Suit up for US By Nigel Davies In what is being temporarily called the "Beckham Exception", Sepp Blatter has announced that FIFA will not stand in the way of David Beckham switching associations and playing for the United States. The "Beckham Exception" is a proposed new FIFA rule that will allow players "who [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , David Beckham, England, Sepp Blatter is an idiot, USMNT, deep impact, world

March 18, 2008

Administrative: Bringing Some Structure to Ragtag Site

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I know there has been another lack of posts, and I'm sure any hardcore readers (do I have any?) will wonder what's going on. While I've had my moments of writer's block, I think it'll be best for my sanity to establish some sort of structure. Not to mention the internet deciding that it wants to [. Click to continue reading...
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March 13, 2008

An Interview With IFFU President Thierry Moreau

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Head of the International Federation of Football Underdogs While many football fanaticos have heard of the G-14, the former home of elite soccer clubs across Europe, it takes a true fan to have heard of the International Federation of Football Underdogs. Here to clear up any misconceptions and give us some basic history of the organization [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, IFFU, Interview, loveable losers, the french, underdogs

March 11, 2008

Art Project: How to Design Your Own Racist Banner

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Get In on the Fun! By Diedrich Schneider Football is truly the world's game, and what better way to get in on it than through blind hatred of another race, ethnic minority, or religion? This hatred is not indicative of the game itself, but rather the social and political ties that clubs often have. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Arts/Style, Football, Soccer, art design, gypsies, idiot, racism

March 10, 2008

Once Proud Bigsoccer Thread Now Lies in Ruin

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Haven For Trolls, Idiots, and Grammar Nazis By William Rendo It started out as a place for the free exchange of ideas amongst some of soccer's brightest minds, but how now become a laughing stock amongst the Bigsoccer community. As many posters return to check replies to the message they left only a few days ago, they've [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bigsoccer, FAILDogs, O RRY, U.S., a new hope, grammar Nazi, moderators

March 7, 2008

This Week’s Classifieds

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Pet For Sale: Selling one lapdog whose name is Avram. He takes orders very well, but lacks creativity and looks generally gloomy. Not licensed, although we're working on that as we speak. Simply don't have time for him anymore and need to upgrade to someone with slightly more personality. Contact R. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Classifieds, cavemen, dead grandmother, firesale, lapdogs, the Emperor

March 4, 2008

Administrative: Lack of Posts

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Hello people that are still checking in. Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I've been really sick. I should be working on some new articles very soon and The Silly Season will be in full swing. Should be back and ready to go in a few days. Click to continue reading...
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February 29, 2008

Op/Ed: I Can Make Ronaldo Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

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"We Can Rebuild Him, We Have the Technology" By Dr. Jonathan Williams Ladies and gentlemen, the future has arrived. We have the technology to rebuild Ronaldo's knee and make some other improvements as well. Originally, our medical staff wanted to simply remove Ronaldo's brain and insert it into a robot, however that plan wasn't feasible according to [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Cyborg Technology, Daft Punk, MLS, Ronaldo, Science, Six Million Dollar Man