City tops Chelsea in curtain raiser
There are two kinds of nights out with your significant other. You've got the "Hey, let's go grab a bite and catch a movie." And then there's the dr…
Is Edin Dzeko the odd man out?
The brooding Dimitar Berbatov sits is in a dark corner of a pub. Cigarette in mouth, the Manchester United striker takes a drag. Then he offers a sm…
Robin van Persie -- for love or trophies?
There are a few topics you shouldn't discuss at a fancy dinner party lest you be branded a rabble-rouser. Politics in general, and the Obama adminis…
Q&A with Barcelona's Xavi
Lionel Messi earns the plaudits for Barcelona, but much of what he does wouldn't be possible without the man in the engine room, Xavi Hernandez. Wa…
Chelsea exorcise ghosts of Moscow
The classic horror genre is predicated on the concept that a monstrous creature refuses to die despite being left for dead over and over again. Chel…
Looking ahead to Chelsea vs. Bayern
It's the last hurrah of the European club season, the Champions League final. Bayern Munich will be looking to polish its already shiny CV in Europe (…
Title drought is over for City
The result was what everyone expected, but the way in which Manchester City won the Premier League title -- its first in 44 years -- could never hav…
Turning points in Prem title race
So it's down to this, the final day of the 2011-12 Premier League season Sunday. We've seen it all -- as Fugazi once sang, "Tell me something I don't …
Cech, Chelsea hold on to win FA Cup
Gone in 52 minutes -- that's how long it took for Liverpool to lose the FA Cup final to Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday. Of course, the Blues' goals…
City's table-turning win over United
If you were to play a drinking game a few hours before the start of the United-City derby, whereby you had to take a shot of your chosen poison ever…
