Streaker + Mascot = Hilarity (NSFW)

Note this is NSWF as it shows ‘um…a man’s undercarriage’
This video was floating around my soccer team’s emails today.  What happens when a streaker is going about his business at a game, and comes in contact with the team’s mascot?
You’ll just have to watch to find out.
Apologies if you’ve seen this before, but I thought [...]

African Cup of Nations: Second Round of Games done with Ghana and the Ivory Coast moving on

Today’s Matches (first batch of Round Three match-ups):
Ghana 2, Morocco 0
Starpower took over as both Michael Essien and Sulley Ali Muntari scored to dispatch of Morocco, who will be kicking themselves for the loss to Guinea. Both goals were scored in the first half and booked the host nation in the second round with a perfect 3-0-0 [...]

Player Movements, Some Obstructed, Some Rumored; Memo to Foreign Coaches re: Houston

Time to check around the league, to make sure the movement has generally been normal and regular.
- May as well start with the problem: the blockage keeping Taylor Twellman from leaving the New England Revolution for England’s Preston North End. And, here I was, all set to bang out a “Free Taylor” post, only [...]

Super-Krunk: CONCACAF Champions League Announced

Once again, the official site gets beat to the punch: Goal.com just posted the schedule for the brand-spankin’ CONCACAF Champions League. I have to say, it’s a bit burlier than I thought it’d be: the tourney kicks off August 2008, but the final doesn’t come until the end of April 2009. Fortunately, at [...]

Everyone Please Read-We Are Bloggers, Not Journalists

(Please, I urge everyone to read to the end of this article, it might affect you some day)
I don’t speak for anyone that writes here on The Offside, for any other sports bloggers, or bloggers in general, but I do speak for myself.
I’m not a journalist. I’m a blogger. Those two things are [...]

Update on MLS Philly: “Harrah’s Is Down the Street”

The quote says everything. It’s “not a yes or not a no”, but there still is hope that the decision will be passed down by the original January 31st deadline.
Instead of provoking a bid for a bad day, instead of re-summarizing the article, read on for yourself.

FA Cup Round 5 Draw: ManYoo gets the Gunners; Round 4 Review

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND DRAW (to be played Feb 16/17)
Bristol Rovers vs. Southampton
Cardiff vs. Wolverhampton
Sheffield United vs. Middlesbrough
Liverpool vs. Barnsley
Manchester United vs. Arsenal
Preston North End vs. Portsmouth
Coventry vs. West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea vs. Huddersfield
Clearly the big match-up here is Manchester United drawing Arsenal in a battle that looks stacked in United’s favor. This is as long [...]