Steve Soldwedel
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Side by Side: Dimitar Berbatov and Andy Garcia
I may be reaching a little on this one, but every time I see Berbatov I think he looks like a young Andy Garcia (but here's an old Andy Garcia...
Side by Side: Bobby Moore and Paul Scholes
While reading the Times of London's online edition today, I saw a photo of Bobby Moore and thought, "Wow, he and Paul Scholes look an awful lot alike."
Foreign Influence
With Alan Curbishly's resignation and the purchase of Manchester City by Arabs who have openly admitted they only bought the team to raise their international business profile, a lot of...
NUFC: Has Ashley Bitten off More than Even He Can Chew?
Great yarn from the Guardian today about Kevin Keegan holding firm to his position as manager rather than resigning.KK has purportedly delivered an ultimatum to club owner Mike Ashley, in...
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Hammers Boss Quits
With all the hubbub yesterday about Kevin Keegan's alleged sacking up at Newcastle, it seems the facade finally gave way in East London. West Ham manager Alan Curbishly has resigned...
Wait a Minute, says NUFC
Kevin Keegan's not going anywhere, says Newcastle, by way of the Guardian. Did Mike Ashley just make a democracy of the Toon?Yes, the sack talk could have been people jumping...
There Goes the Keegan
The second coming of Kevin Keegan was even shorter than the first, if reports are to be believed that the Geordie idol has been sacked as manager of Newcastle United....
HOCKEY 'ON ICE'
What the puck! Two hockey rinks at Chelsea Piers have been shut down because a section of wood pilings the building sits on were damaged after a boat rammed into...
Best Match of the Weekend: Stoke City v. Aston Villa
I wanted to write this piece on Saturday, and I should have, because it still stands out to me as the best match of the weekend. Newly promoted Stoke City...
Berbatov. £38 million? Really?
The talk of mercurial striker Dimitar Berbatov has been so omnipresent people who only call football "soccer" and don't even watch it have probably heard what's going on. This protracted...
Gory, Gory, Man United
The normally steamrolling Premier League champions looked anything but in their opening game at home against Newcastle yesterday. Manchester United looked pedestrian and, by comparison, Newcastle United looked creative and...
Brimstone (FOX 1998-1999)
John Glover as Satan. Need I say more?Peter Horton plays a 1980s New York City cop, Ezekiel Stone, whose wife was raped. He hunts down her rapist and kills him...
The Flash (CBS 1990)
Ever heard of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo? Maybe not, but aside from being responsible for bringing Rachel Bilson into the world, Danny Bilson was one half of a...
Space: Above and Beyond (FOX 1995-96)
A group of newly trained US Marine Corps aviators took to the dark vacuum of space to combat a ruthless, silent and murderous enemy bent on the destruction of humankind....
Otherworld (CBS 1985)
I just stumbled upon this one by accident. Has there ever been a show you've seen, but you saw it so long ago that you remember only details, can't quite...
Deadly Games (UPN 1995)
When the United Paramount Network launched in 1995, it's primary draw was "Star Trek: Voyager." The network ran a host of other shows to pad its line-up, including "Marker," "Live...
Live Shot (UPN 1995)
Here lies another victim of the Trekkies. "Live Shot" was another of the fledgling -- and now defunct (small wonder, there) -- UPN's early shows that didn't survive the network's...
The "Dream Move"
Is there any phrase more tired in English football than "dream move"? To back it up, maybe I should pore through all of the press on players seeking transfers and...
Robbie Keane, We Hardly Knew Ye
Commence hand wringing and decrying players' lack of loyalty; it can't be avoided. To be real, though, what would you do if you had the chance to move from an...