Retirement league or not, where would you rank MLS? We’re certainly well behind Turkey in terms of the quality and quantity of former greats. Players would rather risk terror attacks and Erdogan craziness than play in MLS (Champions League doesn’t hurt). In terms of player development, Belgium is better. Are we at…

I keep trying to type a witty comment...but I keep having flashbacks to Brazil...

In defense of the Rooney pick, he co-founded a charity that supported peace in Ireland way back in the 60's. So he had some experience with Irish issues and politics as well as connections in the Irish government.

Sometimes the FIFA corruption and the NFL’s greed gets to be too much and I wonder why I spend so much time following the sportsball. But moments like this remind me of the cross-cultural, pannational joy that sports brings. Borusse!

I would agree with points you raised more if smoking were the only option for medicinal marijuana

I love soccer commentators! They’re never afraid to call out players. “A year ago he would have gone down like a punk.” Unlike football commentators who have never seen a Blake Bortles pass they didn’t love.

British English uses collective plurals more than American English. “The government were” or “Liverpool are.” Not so much a convention of fandom as standard pluralization of (certain) collective nouns in British English. In any case, if it seems bothersome to you, at least it’s not as bad as that godawful chant.

As a Skins fan, I was worried about something like this when we didn’t get a long term deal done last year. I’m tired of always assuming the worst and always being right.

94.1 spent all of January talking about the Sixers making the playoffs. I can’t wait for my morning commute tomorrow to hear them going apoplectic.

My first car was a 280Se. Fell in love with the lines, was in rough shape, and I brought her back to life. I can say, if anything breaks on those cars, you’d better have a solid credit score. But I still love that car.

Toffee here as well and I completely agree. So many years we managed to lose close matches because of poor finishing. You would think our fans would appreciate someone who does so well to keep his shots well-placed and on target...

The problem with this line of thought is that not everyone can afford to work for free. Unpaid internships keep the poor and working class from gaining experience in fields they could excel in.