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European Football

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    May 1, 2012

    There's Really No Excuse Not to Get Trousered and Watch Soccer at a Pub This Week

    "Fucking bullshit," a man in a perfectly starched shirt muttered as he walked out of the Londoner in Uptown yesterday, apparently unpleased with his afternoon. Manchester United had choked against Manchester City, coughing up a chance to cinch the Premiership. But what's bad for Man U is good for ca ... More >>

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    October 10, 2011

    English Premier League Teams Kicking Around the Idea of Going After FC Dallas's Brek Shea

    ​Reports out of England have Liverpool and Manchester City of the Premier League taking a long, hard look at FC Dallas's Brek Shea, the 21-year-old College Station-born star just called to the U.S. National Team at September's end. Problem is, Shea -- a chief contender for MLS's MVP award -- is un ... More >>

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    September 8, 2011

    Sound the Horn

    ​Reports out of England have Liverpool and Manchester City of the Premier League taking a long, hard look at FC Dallas's Brek Shea, the 21-year-old College Station-born star just called to the U.S. National Team at September's end. Problem is, Shea -- a chief contender for MLS's MVP award -- is un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Breakfast Worth Waking Up Early For, With a Side of Premier League Soccer and Beer

    ​The Premier League kicked off this weekend, lulling Dallasites out of the summer doldrums with the promise of cooler weather, hearty breakfasts, and lots of beer. For the uninitiated, the big games in England are piped into a handful of pubs early on weekend mornings. The games make for an i ... More >>

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    May 19, 2011

    The Hoops Get Real

    ​The Premier League kicked off this weekend, lulling Dallasites out of the summer doldrums with the promise of cooler weather, hearty breakfasts, and lots of beer. For the uninitiated, the big games in England are piped into a handful of pubs early on weekend mornings. The games make for an i ... More >>

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    November 12, 2010

    Ex-Canadian PM Brian Mulroney Says His Pal Tom Hicks Is "A Man of Principle and Honour"

    ​Tom Hicks is friends with Brian Mulroney, who served as Canadian prime minister from September 1984 to June 1993 -- and was, at one time, a senior counselor to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Anyway. In the you-gotta-pay-to-read-it UK Times today, Mulroney op-eds about Liverpool fans' vilification ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Live from the George Allen Courts Building in Beautiful Downtown, the Liverpool FC Hearing

    Left: Rob Ashfield, a native-born Englishman with season tickets to the LFC. At right: Tony Godfrey of Burleson.​Or perhaps not.When last we left this saga we were told that 'round about 8 a.m. this morning, 160th District Court Judge Jim Jordan would rule on that temporary restraining order Tom H ... More >>

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    August 5, 2010

    Friendly Competition

    Left: Rob Ashfield, a native-born Englishman with season tickets to the LFC. At right: Tony Godfrey of Burleson.​Or perhaps not.When last we left this saga we were told that 'round about 8 a.m. this morning, 160th District Court Judge Jim Jordan would rule on that temporary restraining order Tom H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Carpenter for Barron: One Man's Trash is Another Man's ... Trash?

    To get Bobby Carpenter outta town, any old Alex would've done the trick.​The Dallas Cowboys finally admitted Monday what we've all known for years: Bobby Carpenter is a blonde bust. Drafted 18th overall in 2006 before stars like Antonio Cromartie and Joseph Addai (thank you, Bill Parcells), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    If Memory Serves: White Sausage

    Dave Watson​If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining why I'm so damn warped.On this day a couple years ago I was with some friends at the Christmas market in Nuremberg.Actually, me and another guy spent Saturday afternoon in a sports bar watching Bundesliga actio ... More >>

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    November 2, 2009

    At This Point, It's Almost Like Tom Hicks is the Bad Guy in a Really Good British Soccer Movie

    This is Anfield, devoted to all things Liverpool FC, posted today a rather lengthy laundry list of all the things Tom Hicks has done wrong, far as Reds fans are concerned, since he bought the club with George Gillett more than two years ago. The sum-up -- headlined "Hicks & Gillett love the gree ... More >>

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    July 23, 2009

    Oh Yeah, That Football

    This is Anfield, devoted to all things Liverpool FC, posted today a rather lengthy laundry list of all the things Tom Hicks has done wrong, far as Reds fans are concerned, since he bought the club with George Gillett more than two years ago. The sum-up -- headlined "Hicks & Gillett love the gree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Amidst Accusations of "Financial Doping," Tom Hicks Not Ready to Sell Liverpool

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Can You Imagine If Bear Stearns Sponsored the Dallas Cowboys?

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    U.K. Cops Warn Tom Hicks to Stay Outta Liverpool Tonight. Not Gonna Happen.

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Tom Hicks Choose Arlington Over Anfield. Rangers Fans ... Um ... Rejoice?

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    Man, They Really Hate You in Liverpool, Tom Hicks

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Tom Hicks Not Buying AS Roma, Not Selling Rangers or Stars. Damn It All.

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Hicks Against the Pricks

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2007

    Tom Hicks: Makin' Friends Everywhere!

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2007

    Tom Hicks: The Ugly American?

    Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

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    March 22, 2007

    North and South

    Guatemala visits Frisco

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    February 23, 2007

    That's All She Rote

    Guatemala visits Frisco

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    April 6, 2006

    Cuppin' It

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    April 21, 2005

    Make Tracks

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