There’s not much you can do during a blizzard. Well, besides shovel, I guess. It’s like being trapped in a prison, only the prison steadily gets more difficult to escape and then eventually melts. But this year’s big Nor’easter storm did give me plenty of time to prepare myself for United’s showdown [...]

It’s nice to get away every once in awhile. Never underestimate the positive effect of a vacation – a change of scenery can be surprisingly refreshing. For me, the new scenery was California. Last week, I packed up a small suitcase, bid farewell to the below-freezing temperatures of the East coast, and [...]

If you are looking for more certainty as to which clubs will advance to the knock-out round, Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League results did not help. Draws by the leaders of Groups B, C, and D drew trailing teams closer to the top, and while all the names at the top remain in the same, [...]

Groups A through D resume UEFA Champions League group play on Tuesday, as the tournament’s initial stage enters its home-stretch: the reverse fixtures; second-half of the schedule; the point after which we can start comparing teams with more certainty.
To this point, we can only be reasonably confident that (from these groups) Chelsea, Porto, and [...]

It was not as big an upset as Tuesday’s result at Camp Nou, but Milan’s late goal at the Santiago Bernabéu – handing Real Madrid their first home loss of the Galactícos 2.0 era – was enough of a shock to knock Rubin Kazan out of the headlines, earning the Italians a 3-2 win.
Perhaps as [...]

On the last Inside the Six, five guests and myself previewed the English Premier League. I closed each interview with seven, quick questions which asked each guest to predict how the Premiership would play-out.
Playing the role of Mr. Good Host, I stayed away from the fray, giving my guests their platform. But the [...]

Manchester United sign Michael Owen and Gabriel Obertan, while Rafael Benitez has a swipe at the current transfer market.

The transfer market heats up as Manchester United snap up Antonio Valencia, City try to lure Samuel Eto’o, and Arsenal nab Thomas Vermaelen.