Tag: 2011-2012 season

  • The NBA Lockout Infographic

    An infographic showing how we got to the current NBA Lockout, ever since the latest deal between the players and owners was signed in 2005, through the direction David Stern took the league and how LeBron James and others took it somewhere else, he doesn’t like.

  • NBA Lockout Still Nowhere Near Ending

    One more week, 30 hours of negotiations, this time with a federal mediator George Cohen, with and without sick David Stern, and still, the NBA players and owners seem hundreds of millions of dollars apart, and more of the season getting cancelled is now in jeopardy.

  • Tottenham Beat Kazan, Udinese Stop Atletico in Europa League Night

    Another busy night in the Europe League, with two 5-0 wins by Schalke and Maccabi Haifa in the same group, Tottenham beating Rubin Kazan with a great Pavlyuchenko goal and Udinese beating Atletico Madrid 2-0.

  • No Respect for Alessandro Del Piero

    At 36, Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus’ all time leading goal scorer and most capped player, who has been with this club since 1993, who has won five (or seven) Serie A titles with the club, one Champions League title, and probably more importantly, went down to Serie B with the club in 2006-2007, needs to be shown the way out by club president.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Not Scoring is Better For Real Madrid

    Two straight wins, one in the league (4-1 over Betis) and one in the Champions League (4-0 over Lyon), might be proof that with Cristiano Ronaldo not scoring but trying to become more of a team player, Real Madrid just might be a better team.

  • Steven Gerrard Return Not Enough (Liverpool vs Manchester United)

    Steven Gerrard made his first start for Liverpool since March 2011, a 3-1 win over United at Anfield. Steven Gerrard scored his first goal of the season with a 68th minute free kick against a weak, confused and disappointing Manchester United, but it was only enough for a 1-1 draw after Chicharito snatched a late equalizer.

  • Before Manchester United Visit Liverpool

    Anfield hasn’t been the warmest of venues for Manchester United this past season, losing on their last three visits, including a fiery encounter last March, so far the best moment of Kenny Dalglish’s second tenure as Liverpool FC manager. Expect it to be just as, shall we say, warm, this Saturday.

  • Liverpool Plans and How They’ll Destroy the Premier League

    Liverpool FC managing director, Ian Ayre, speaks about the dangerous plans of the big Premier League clubs seeking individual TV rights contracts overseas.

  • First Two Weeks of 2011-2012 NBA Season Cancelled

    Another deadline not met, and here we are. One hundernd NBA games cancelled, no basketball of the first two “planned” NBA weeks, and David Stern saying there was a significant gulf on virtually all issues.

  • The ABC’s of the NBA Lockout

    The ABC’s of the NBA Lockout, a few days before we find out if regular season games from the 2011-2012 NBA season are going to start getting cancelled.