Spaniards Fail in Champions League Quest
The only member of Spain’s World Cup-winning squad playing in the Champions League finals is… [Fernando Torres?! →]
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Indignance Betrays Blanc’s Nerves
Europe’s qualification groups for the 2014 World Cup have been announced, [and all Laurent Blanc can do is whine about his fate... →]
UEFA Champions League running rant – Barcelona v. Real Madrid/First Leg
Welcome to the replay of our inaugural running rant of UEFA Champions League play here at Sports Nickel!
NTSF 129: Fighting Through Adversity…
Zach survives a harrowing week to wrap up thoughts on the Cricket World Cup, the Tour of Flanders and the state of tennis heading into clay season…
NTSF 109: Shifting allegiances in a digital age, Champions League groups hit halfway point, Olympic medal for sale and more…
Wednesday morning really left me with a lot of time to think, and boy was there plenty to think about. I was up before 4:00 am, waking up to drive my wife to the airport for a week away on business. (Sweetheart that she was, having been up awake all night unable to sleep, she [...]
Checking on predictions halfway through Champions League group stage
With the conclusion of Wednesday’s games, the UEFA Champions League is officially halfway through its group stage. When the groups were first announced, I made my predictions as to who would be advancing on to the knockout phase of the competition. Ranking every group 1-4, I pretty much laid it all out there on the [...]
NTSF 108: Uncrowded Commonwealth cause for concern, international competition galore and more…
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s [...]
NTSF 102: Final majors of 2010 in cycling and tennis, soccer’s tournament cycle begins anew and more…
Wow… seems that the beer my wife bought me last night really did a number on me. As I sat in front of the computer on Wednesday, digesting the 22 ounces of Bourbon County Brand Stout by Goose Island Brewery (13.0% alcohol by volume) and trying to finish up stage recaps from the Vuelta and [...]