In honor of Andriy Shevchenko's upcoming reunion with Jose Mourinho in the Milan derby this weekend, I offer you this moving tribute to their time together at Chelsea. The text is a little hard to read, but it takes us through Sheva's dark early days at the club, then shows how his hard work, [. Click to continue reading...

If you were at RFK Stadium Saturday night, you might have noticed that the Jumbtron wasn't working (it's been a good year for RFK, eh?). Because of that, we were unable to show this tribute to the '98 team during halftime. Here it is for your enjoyment...

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I spent quite a bit of time last night, searching the web for relevant information on Cuauhtemoc Blanco. I fell asleep mid-story and woke up early this morning to finish it, early as in before 5.

So read it!

It's a bit of a tribute to Cuauhtemoc Blanco for SI.com.

The best part of the story I think is the links to various video clips. Click to continue reading...

The videos just keep coming. The first one courtesy of BehindTheBadge.com, the second very well done tribute is courtesy of an old friend.


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Greetings from radioland. I plan to spend more time here in the coming months and am well pleased to see the blog off to such a good start. I bring as tribute some audio material -- stuff culled from the sports report show I just hosted. This will become a tradition, I think... Click to continue reading...

James Milner completed a reported £12M move to Aston Villa today, and said he always felt undervalued at Newcastle. James Milner felt undervalued at Newcastle - pays tribute to Keegan One word on the fee, £12M is probably the highest amount reported, and it varies anywhere from £9M to £12M with Newcastle getting 80% of the fee, [. Click to continue reading...

James Milner completed a reported £12M move to Aston Villa today, and said he always felt undervalued at Newcastle. James Milner felt undervalued at Newcastle - pays tribute to Keegan One word on the fee, £12M is probably the highest amount reported, and it varies anywhere from £9M to £12M with Newcastle getting 80% of the fee, [. Click to continue reading...

James Milner completed a reported £12M move to Aston Villa today, and said he always felt undervalued at Newcastle. James Milner felt undervalued at Newcastle - pays tribute to Keegan One word on the fee, £12M is probably the highest amount reported, and it varies anywhere from £9M to £12M with Newcastle getting 80% of the fee, [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. (The Spoiler) Everton has peaked, for now. (Reuters Soccer Blogs) Captaincy is the least of England's worries. (Guardian Unlimited) Mutu thinks FIFA are guilty of human rights violations. Click to continue reading...

Claudio Reyna was honored at halftime of the Barcelona game this past week. Many people missed it since one tends to go to the bathroom or the concession stands at that point (should have happened at the beginning of the game - my opinion).

Nevertheless, the video is excellent.

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So despite my pre-match pessimism, Keane was on hand to score his 23rd goal of the season against Reading on Saturday to condemn them to even larger relegation worries. But rather than worrying about them I thought it fair to pay tribute to our stand-in captain who has had another terrific season at the club. Click to continue reading...