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Beat Report: MLS

The MLS announces playoff changes and a new schedule. Plus the US Men's National Team has their first post World Cup friendly. More inside..

posted on November 24, 2002 - Go to the detail view for this result

Ohio State heads to the national championships! You've called us boring. You've called us lucky. But we're also undefeated and heading to the Fiesta Bowl. A classic OSU vs. Michigan match up came down to the final second today.

posted on November 23, 2002 - Go to the detail view for this result

My team just won the US Open Cup! More inside.

posted on October 24, 2002 - Go to the detail view for this result

MLS Players to form union? Failing to secure a court appeal for their class action lawsuit against the league, some MLS players are now talking about forming a player's union to collectively bargain about salaries, transfer rights, and other hot topics. Will this help or destroy the league's chances of becoming successful?

posted on October 08, 2002 - Go to the detail view for this result

The English Premier League begins today! The link is a great preview of the upcoming season and each team. If you're in America and have Fox Sports World set those Tivos to "Premiership Soccer" to get the games. This is the year I pick my team (instead of lazily following Arsenal), any advice?

posted on August 17, 2002 - Go to the detail view for this result

Montreal wins the Grey Cup. And there's 16 ESPNs and of course it's not on cable. But apparently it was like one below and that's football weather and an exciting game to boot. Congrats to The Football Players Formerly Known As The Baltimore Stallions.

posted by Justin Slotman at 09:57 AM on November 26

NFL Week 12 RoundUp (aka ... NFL Week 12 RoundUp (aka That's Why They Play The Game Week)

Welcome to the alternate universe. Up is down and down is up. The madness just never stops - thank you parity.

Danny Freaking Wuerffel over Kurt (I'm Not Marc Bulger) Warner (even weirder: Mike Martz admits mortality, what next, Brian Billick? Nah.)

Ricky "Remember Me?" Williams piles 30 on the slipping Chargers

Here's a note for Mike Sherman: I understand you're unhappy about losing to the Bucs. But if you're going to pick a fight... why would you pick one of the scariest men in football? Next time, pick a kicker (not Todd Sauerbrun, though). I thought Sapp's shot was perfectly legal, by the way.

The Fire Morhinweg movement got ample fodder today, with the Lions braintrust choosing to kick the ball in overtime. Never mind that the receiving team almost always wins. These are the Lions, and they don't make much sense.

The Texans get another notch on their belt against the G-Men (Anybody ready to join the Shut The Hell Up, Jeremy Shockey club?)

Do you remember when the Panthers were 3-0? That was a long time ago.

Uh-oh, the Jets aren't dead yet. Please, don't allow that silly cheer into the postseason. ("I can spell! S-P-E-L-L! SPELL SPELL SPELL!")

There's this team named the Browns. I never see them on tv, but word is they beat the Saints. Good for them.

When you go 15-1 and miss the Superbowl, there is hell to pay. Welcome to purgatory, Vikings fans.

No guarantee from the Bungles Bengals?

Dallas won, Emmett carried the ball. Jerry Jones logic: Bench Him!

Cardinals vs. Raiders: New division, same Cardinals.

The Seahawks will be just fine as long as Jeff George keeps his hands tightly gripped onto that clipboard.

Baseball score 13-12 as Titans drop to the Ravens. Brian Billick polishes "offensive genius" award every night before bed.

Currently: Broncos are up vs. Colts (on the frozen tundra of Mile High Stadium)

Monday: Donovan "Franchise" McNabb to Koy "Mountain Man" Detmer? NFC East may be wide open...

Inside: A Turkey Day Letter from Owillis to Steve Spurrier

posted by owillis at 10:02 PM on November 25

What is up with the College ... What is up with the College football post?! I thought we agreed not to post gargantuan posts?!

posted by StarFucker at 08:28 AM on November 25

Beat Report: MLS The MLS ... Beat Report: MLS

The MLS announces playoff changes and a new schedule. Plus the US Men's National Team has their first post World Cup friendly. More inside..

posted by elsoltano at 07:49 PM on November 24

Ohio State heads to the national championships! You've called us boring. You've called us lucky. But we're also undefeated and heading to the Fiesta Bowl. A classic OSU vs. Michigan match up came down to the final second today.

posted by elsoltano at 03:28 PM on November 23

What does everyone think ... What does everyone think about having weekly reports of the NBA, NFL, NHL, etc.? Someone could post an initial link that highlights the week, and others could comment and post other links within the thread. Would it function too much like a discussion board? Is there room for this kind of post, since SportsFilter only covers sports? As others have mentioned before, it may be too much to ask that members find original sports content on the web. How can we enhance this site to make it a sports connoisseurs dream? If we had weekly threads that provided links within the thread (pointing to the best net coverage of a particular sport) as well as discussion, would it be annoying or beneficial?

posted by jacknose at 03:52 PM on November 19

English Premier League (EPL) ... English Premier League (EPL) Week 14 Report

Arsenal returns to the top, with a 3-0 win in the London derby against Tottenham. The Gunners nudged out my favorite team Liverpool, who contrived a scoreless home draw with Sunderland after peppering the goal with more shots than a band of drunken duck hunters. Meanwhile, Manchester United nearly lost to second-from-bottom West Ham.

Meanwhile, check out Soccernet's cute iconic Team of the Week, which reuses graphics from their Fantasy League.

Other EPL links you may find useful:

1. My stupendous live EPL Internet radio page (on SpoFi): A list o' links to live radio commentary (some have archived commentary, too) hosted by each of the teams. Most are free, but the greedy pay ones are noted, too.
2. ESPN's Soccernet is my top soccer read for results, reports, the occasional live text commentary, and stats (top scorers, attendance, fair play, discipline).
3. The London Times Online's soccer page: Erudite renderings of games, often crossing over into epic poetry, I think. Also has a daily "The Premiership Today" feature that contains snippets on each team.
4. The Guardian's soccer site is the center of snark soccer, with hilarious, biting sportswriting wit, in the form of ... well, just about all the articles. And live, text commentary of mid-week games (incl. Euro cup games) -- low tech fun that includes emails to the commentators. And, of course, there's Ormondroyd's Virtual Match Report, a smorgasbord of stick figure soccer sass (see also: Ormondroyd's own site).
5. The venerable BBC's soccer section has news, live scores and game commentary (although the commentary seems to be written by robots, with canned descriptions of gameplay).
6. PhysioRoom.com's EPL Injury Table: Counts and lists all reported injured players and their injuries (and estimates of how long they'll be out) from each team. This week's injury leader is Man City, with 10 injured players.

Please feel free to add your favorite EPL links and comments.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:48 PM on November 18

What does everyone think ... What does everyone think about having weekly reports of the NBA, NFL, NHL, etc.? Someone could post an initial link that highlights the week, and others could comment and post other links within the thread. Would it function too much like a discussion board? Is there room for this kind of post, since SportsFilter only covers sports? As others have mentioned before, it may be too much to ask that members find original sports content on the web. How can we enhance this site to make it a sports connoisseurs dream? If we had weekly threads that provided links within the thread (pointing to the best net coverage of a particular sport) as well as discussion, would it be annoying or beneficial?

posted by jacknose at 03:52 PM on November 15

The silly season.
This is the time when baseball writers and fans try to pass the time until spring training. Thankfully, a list has been provided of things to do for a fan of each team. Not mentioned: look for ANY baseball articles I haven't read yet. Sigh.

posted by grum@work at 01:12 PM on November 14

What does everyone think ... What does everyone think about having weekly reports of the NBA, NFL, NHL, etc.? Someone could post an initial link that highlights the week, and others could comment and post other links within the thread. Would it function too much like a discussion board? Is there room for this kind of post, since SportsFilter only covers sports? As others have mentioned before, it may be too much to ask that members find original sports content on the web. How can we enhance this site to make it a sports connoisseurs dream? If we had weekly threads that provided links within the thread (pointing to the best net coverage of a particular sport) as well as discussion, would it be annoying or beneficial?

posted by jacknose at 03:52 PM on November 14

What does everyone think ... What does everyone think about having weekly reports of the NBA, NFL, NHL, etc.? Someone could post an initial link that highlights the week, and others could comment and post other links within the thread. Would it function too much like a discussion board? Is there room for this kind of post, since SportsFilter only covers sports? As others have mentioned before, it may be too much to ask that members find original sports content on the web. How can we enhance this site to make it a sports connoisseurs dream? If we had weekly threads that provided links within the thread (pointing to the best net coverage of a particular sport) as well as discussion, would it be annoying or beneficial?

posted by jacknose at 03:52 PM on November 14

SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy ... SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy League WEEK 13 Leader: StarFucker!
Wanna play? ID#: 574, Password: spofi
[full standings and trash talk inside]

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:51 PM on November 13

SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy ... SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy League WEEK 13 Leader: StarFucker!
Wanna play? ID#: 574, Password: spofi
[full standings and trash talk inside]

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:51 PM on November 12

SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy ... SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy League WEEK 11 Leader: StarFucker!
Wanna play? ID#: 574, Password: spofi
[full standings and trash talk inside]

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:52 PM on November 06

SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy ... SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy League WEEK 10 Leader: StarFucker!
Wanna play? ID#: 574, Password: spofi
[full standings and trash talk inside]

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:47 AM on October 30