Will Soccer in America Ever Get an Infusion of Cool?
Anyone who knows anything about pop culture, and hasn’t been living under a rock for the last 2 decades, knows that Snoop blows a lot of smoke, literally. However, when the Daily Record reported last year that “Snoop Lion was ready to shell out big bucks to invest in the Celtics” (the soccer club that […]
Art: Kehinde Wiley
The Kehinde Wiley Legends of Unity Exhibition, featuring portraits of three of Africa’s greatest footballers is a definite must-see. This LA-born artist has been compared to some of the greatest portrait painters of our time and his colourful realist creations are truly mesmerising.
Learning from the Ghanaian model of Football
Great article… The US might want to take a few pointers.. Following England’s limp exit from the World Cup much has been made of the relatively high average age (28.1) of Fabio Capello’s squad, with questions being asked as to the structure and effectiveness of youth football in this country and the manner in which […]
Cosmos are Back… Again
They were the Galaticos in the alternate universe of American soccer in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. They were a collection of global superstars bankrolled by a worldwide entertainment conglomerate, Warner Communications, long before the words soccer and synergy were uttered in the same sentence, long before the Real Madrids and Manchester Uniteds of […]
Nate Robinson will wear No. 10 with the Nuggets to honor Lionel Messi
Throughout Nate Robinson’s career, he has opted for single digits, using Nos. 2, 3, and 4 at his various stops. With his preferred No. 2 retired for Alex English, Robinson has decided to go in a different direction. He will wear No. 10, in honor of one of the best athletes in the world, Lionel Messi.
How a Soccer Star Is Made
The youth academy of the famed dutch soccer club Ajax is grandiosely called De Toekomst — The Future. Set down beside a highway in an unprepossessing district of Amsterdam, it consists of eight well-kept playing fields and a two-story building that houses locker rooms, classrooms, workout facilities and offices for coaches and sports scientists. In an airy […]
Why player doesn’t necessarily mean fan
In an interview with #5 Magazine promoting his new movie with dad Will Smith, Jaden Smith told Man Utd’s Rio Ferdinand that he plays soccer & is a fan. He said he loves the game and grew up playing it, but doesn’t really watch or have a fav team, which reinforces our theory of why American […]
Ronaldo and Puig Kicking It
Christiano Ronaldo and Yasiel Puig kicked around at Dodgers Stadium prior to the Yankees game.
African and Muslim
Assimilation is one of the most discussed topics in global football as players make foreign leagues their homes. The fate of African players was thrown into the spotlight this week when Senegal’s Papiss Cisse showed how differences can sometimes cause difficulties.
