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The Anticlimactic Retirement of Jake Plummer
I didn't believe Jake Plummer when he said he was considering retiring. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was because I was looking forward to many more years of exciting, high-level Jake-the-Snake football... but I sort of doubt that....
The Money's Out There, You Pick It Up, It's Yours
Let's get caught up again with the orgy of NFL free agent activity. If you're an NFL player, and your agent couldn't work it out so you were a free agent this off-season, you should probably fire him....
Jake Plummer Will Spread Peace Everywhere But Tampa Bay
You've probably heard by now that Jake Plummer threatened to retire from the NFL just as the Broncos were attempting to trade him to Tampa Bay. Jake is serious with the retirement talk, according to those close to him, and he just might spend that retirement making the world a better place. Via Mich...
Hirshey: Too Much Drogba
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
That's How You Celebrate A Goal
Another reason to tentatively, cautiously warm up to soccer: When one of its players beats up a teammate with a golf club for refusing to join him in karaoke, he's not beneath celebrating a goal the next week by swinging an air golf club feverishly. This is like, say, Pacman Jones celebrating a touc...
Hirshey: Karaoke Hell
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Hirshey: Thierry Henry Makes It Difficult To Keep Up Decorum
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: Proud To Be A (Soccer) American
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: On The Scene For A Huge Arsenal Triumph
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: It Should Have Been Mourinho
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey's Holiday Week Off
We are sorry to disappoint, but our main man David Hirshey is taking a week off from his weekly windings on the world of the English Premier League. (That's soccer, in case you forgot.) He sends the following explanation/report:...
Hirshey: A Game Even Dumb Newbies Could Love
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: Sentencing The Children To A Lifetime Of Pain
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Jake Plummer Has No Qualms About Doing This Again
Everybody has a cross to bear. Some of us were always picked last in kickball and still harbor resentment about it. Some of us have a lifelong fear of spiders, or horses, or, say, snakes. Some of us become never-nudes. We all have to overcome something....
Hirshey: Hey, Have Somebody Taste That Wine
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: Meeting The Deadspin Three
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: Coach Fight!
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Hirshey: The Return Of Rooney
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Hirshey: Praising The Enemy, Begrudgingly
Though I would sooner have a wolverine or even Jermaine Defoe chew my arm off than be caught pimping for Manchester United, I do admit to having a soft spot for two players in the club's 114-year history....
Today In The Premiership...
Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth. Chelsea is again back at the top of the standings, thanks in part to Andriy Shevchenko's first goal at Stamford Bridge. Michael Ballack also scored, making it a goal each for Chelsea's two big off-season whores. Portsmouth goalie David James was about the only thing keeping...