Keepers will be key to the EPL season
It's often said defense wins championships. That old chestnut may well be true, but it only holds in soccer if the goalkeeper can keep down the unforc…
Luis Suarez leads the EPL's Latin beat
Paris famously has its Latin Quarter, and this upcoming English Premier League season a quartet of Latino players based in the decidedly less cosmop…
Japan is the sports story of the year
I was sitting in Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday when one of the myriad television screens that pollute every departure gate in the world began showing t…
Germany rallies for women's team
Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the U.S. playing Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Women's World Cup is the support the German men's…
Margins of error at World Cup
I'm beginning to think Germany is the place to be in the summertime. Back in 2006, I got to spend one of the weeks of my life in Berlin at the World C…
Watch out for Kim Kulig
BERLIN -- Last year, from the depths of his Oberhausen fish tank, the late Paul the Octopus made a big splash at the World Cup in South Africa. Upo…
What the Eck?
Mr. Randy Lerner, let me get this straight. The EPL team you own, Aston Villa, flirts with relegation a season after flirting with Champions League qu…
Use Wambach off the bench
Perhaps the hardest job for any head coach in sports is assessing the status of a legendary player at the tipping point or beyond of their career. R…
Chelsea's 'aha!' moment?
Although Oprah Winfrey didn't name me as one of her all-time favorite guests, my biggest disappointment of the past few days is that the Goddess of Al…
Carlos Tevez is the EPL's MVP
Ell/Nikki, Lady Gaga and Scott Parker are an unusual combination. But they have generated some surprises of late. The Azerbaijani singing duo won the …
