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  • Liverpool Managers Since the Last Title in 1990

    A lot has changed since Kenny Dalglish’s last league title (1990) with Liverpool till his return, which lasted 18 months, and produced only a Carling Cup. Liverpool haven’t won a league title for 22 years, coming relatively close twice, under foreign manager.

  • Best Goals in Euro History

    Nearly 24 years since Marco Van Basten scored his most famous goal – a stunning volley against the USSR, leading the Netherlands to their first and only major tournament title to date. We’re still waiting for some to score a better goal; come up with a more impressive finish.

  • 8 Clubs That Have Won the Treble

    Winning the treble is a rarity. It usually happens once or twice in a decade. Eight European clubs, since 1967, have won the treble which includes the European Cup/Champions League and the league title. No club has done it twice, while great clubs like Real Madrid and AC Milan have never completed it.

  • Longest Title Droughts in English Football

    Sergio Aguero’s goal three minutes into stoppage time gave Manchester City their third league title and first in 44 years. While being a very very long time to wait between titles, it’s still not the longest fans had to endure before witnessing glory once again.

  • Most Wins of the NBA Regular Season MVP Award

    LeBron James hasn’t been oficially announced as the MVP yet, but it’s pretty close. With the 2012 regular season award coming to him, he’ll be the eighth NBA player to win the award for a third time, putting him level with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Moses Malone. He does need that NBA title that the rest of the guys on the list have.

  • Kobe Bryant Won’t Win a Sixth Ring Without Andrew Bynum

    Kobe Bryant won’t be winning a sixth NBA ring this season. Well, at least he’s not supposed to. The Thunder and the Spurs are better teams than the Los Angeles Lakers, and the problems the Nuggets are presenting to the Lakers suggest that this team just doesn’t have what it takes to go all the way in the 2012 NBA Playoffs.

  • Floyd Mayweather’s Future – Between Retirement and Pacquiao

    Floyd Mayweather is heading towards an unclear future. Yes, he’s added another championship belt to put on the wall, but next up isn’t a big fight; It’s time for prison, for 87 days. And after that? Pacquiao is what everybody wants to see, but Mayweather just might call it quits on the sport, not for the first time.

  • 10 Best Dunks of the 2011-2012 NBA Season

    Blake Griffin, despite being in a shortened season, pulled off enough impressive dunks and alley oops to fill a top 10 list on his own, but you have to give some other guys, like LeBron James, Josh Smith and Gerald Green their fair share of the posterizing spotlight.

  • Famous Curses in American Sports History

    The Curse of the 1994 San Diego Chargers which took another ugly turn this week after the death of Junior Seau has now claimed the lives of 8 players from that Super Bowl team. Some relate it to the bigger curse on San Diego sports teams and their inability to win a title. What is certain is that there is no shortage of curses being the explanations of title droughts and deaths in American Sports.

  • Most Wins of the NBA Coach of the Year Award

    Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs became the 40th head coach to win the NBA Coach of the Year award since its inception in 1963, guiding the Spurs to the first spot in the Western Conference and a 50-16 record, his 14th 50 win season with the team in 16 years of coaching them.