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Tottenham Is As Dangerous As Anyone, When It Wants To Be
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 25, 2024
Soccer
An American Dumbass In London
258
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Drew Magary
April 11, 2024
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Soccer
Tottenham Gave Up
88
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Tom Ley
April 23, 2023
Soccer
Nobody Has Ever Wanted To Be Fired As Badly As Antonio Conte
139
Comments
Tom Ley
March 19, 2023
Soccer
Tottenham’s Marriage To Antonio Conte Has Reached Its Logical End
81
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
March 9, 2023
Soccer
Uh Oh, Here Comes Liverpool
138
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
March 5, 2023
Soccer
Gareth Bale Always Scored The Biggest Goals
110
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Luis Paez-Pumar
January 9, 2023
Defector Up All Night
Soccer Endings Don’t Get Any Better Than This
151
Comments
Lauren Theisen
January 19, 2022
Soccer
Tottenham’s COVID-19 Outbreak Is Worrying
63
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 10, 2021
Soccer
Chelsea Is Unstoppable Right Now
82
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 20, 2021
Soccer
You Can Always Rely On Soccer’s Coaching Carousel To Produce Humiliations And Threats Of Violence
55
Comments
Ray Ratto
June 28, 2021
Soccer
José Mourinho Leaves Spurs As A Hero And A Villain, Just As It Should Be
77
Comments
Ray Ratto
April 20, 2021
Soccer
The Premier League’s Top Four Race Is Going To Be Nuts
69
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 5, 2021
Soccer
Tottenham Embarrassed By Team Whose Coach Was Sentenced To Prison This Week
82
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 18, 2021
Soccer
Manchester United Got Its Teeth Kicked Down Its Throat And Then Liverpool Got Disemboweled On Live TV And It Was Amazing (Unless You Root For One Of Them)
88
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
October 5, 2020
Soccer
Eric Dier’s Bizarre Mid-Game Piss Break Motivates Tottenham To Victory
39
Comments
Patrick Redford
September 30, 2020
Soccer
VAR And The New Handball Rule Form A Two-Headed Monster That Is Terrorizing The Premier League
121
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 28, 2020
Soccer
Premier League Clubs Bail Out EFL By Paying For League Cup Opponents’ COVID-19 Tests
32
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 23, 2020
Soccer
Why Is Manchester United Still Operating Like A Top Club?
62
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 21, 2020
Soccer
James Rodríguez Is Perfect For Everton, Because He’s Bigger Than Everton
52
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 14, 2020