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ThursdayNovember062008

The Mafia Finds A Way To Infiltrate The Lucrative Gay Italian Market—Fake Beckham Memorabilia

We knew that David Beckham thought he was all gangsta gangsta hanging out with Snoop all the time, but this might be even a bit much for him. While he’s over in Milan on loan from the Galaxy, the...

ThursdaySeptember252008

Small Town Of Calabria Gets EU Funds To Rebuild Shitty Town, Town Decides To Funnel Funds To Italian National Team

Instead of incorporating public funds into their livelihood, businesses and schools, the small non-touristy town of Calabria (a town shunned by most of Italy) has received a considerable sum of money by the European Union in order to jump-start...

ThursdaySeptember112008

'Member?: The Angels Are Kings Of The AL West

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: The LA Angels of A won their fourth AL West division in five years with their win over the Yankees yesterday. The team’s reliever Francisco Rodriguez came within one save of Bobby...

WednesdaySeptember102008

Goal Of The Day: Mario Barotelli Needs No Finesse.

Sure we’re always galvanized by the finesse of strikers going head-over-heels to smash a ball into the net, but we’re also prone to admiring the straight-shooter. The guy who minces no words. The guy who’ll put a dagger in...

ThursdaySeptember042008

Was The Mafia Behind The Napoli Fan Train Attack?

So it turns out that the Neapolitan fans that caused all that damage on a train heading to their team’s match in Rome might have had some backing—The Naples Mafia, the Camorra. According to authorities, members of the Camorra...

TuesdaySeptember022008

Napoli Fans Take Last Train To Crazy Town

Apparently, fans of the Serie A Napoli team are a bunch of jerks. On Sunday, Napolese hooligans got on a train to Rome to watch Diego Maradona’s former club open the season against AS Roma. But en route, they...

TuesdayAugust192008

Italian Fencers Say Soccer Players Got Special Treament On Plane Ride Back Home... We Say 'Duh'

The women pictured to the right are members of the Italian Olympic fencing team, and they’re showing off their new shiny medals. They picked up five for their country before heading back to Italy when their competition was over....

TuesdayAugust052008

And We Thought California Courts Were Bad—Inter Milan To Pay $3000 To A Fan Because A Banner Hurt His Feelings

If you go to any stadium across the U.S., odds are you’ll find signs and banners that involve any of the following phrases or words: “[clever name for the opposing team],” “[euphemism for oral sex],” “[euphemism for anal sex]”...

WednesdayJuly022008

Francesco Totti Vacations And Makes Soccer's Offseason Bearable

Yes, we’ve been trudging along these last few days and bringing you the most up to the minute coverage of all your favorite soccer players engrossed in the fine art of looking ridiculously rich and enviable. Ok, we’re only...

MondayJune232008

'Member? There's No Such Thing As Powerhouse At The Euro 2008 Tournament.

Whas Happened In Sports This Weekend Euro 2008: Some people may call Italy’s style of defensive play effective, but we thought it was boring. In the end, Spain triumphed on the prowess of Iker Casillas at goal. Trust us,...

ThursdayJune052008

Soccer Over Sex? Most Euro Men Say Yes.

As we get closer to the beginning of the Euro 2008 championships, a lot of relationships may be endangered. That’s because a new survey out says that half of men surveyed would rather watch a soccer game they deem...

TuesdayJune032008

Jose Mourinho Insists There Is Nothing Special About Him

Finally. Jose Mourinho is back to coaching and he’ll be supplying his superpower, in your face style of coaching with Inter Milan in Italy. Yet, there’s one thing he asserts with the husky huskiness of a Portuguese guy with...

TuesdayMay272008

Stripping Girls Storm Italian Soccer Practice, Abstain From Flopping

While we feel the music should have erred on the side of “Yakkity Sax” in honor of Benny Hill, we can’t hate on this video of two scantily clad ladies (or as they call them in Italy, “women”) interrupting...

MondayApril212008

Goal Of The Day: Adriano Looks Better In Italian Threads.

Adriano’s stint at Sao Paulo may be over soon, so Inter hope a new and improved slug is ready to conquer the formidable presence of a cheating and whining an Italian defense. To think, Adriano is young enough to...

MondayMarch102008

Referee Look-Alike Beaten, Unfortunately Not Frank Caliendo

We’ve all been there—a ref makes a horrible call and we’re out for murderous blood, even from our fellow fans. Some wouls say the target for our aggression shouldn’t be in the stands with us, but the with the...

TuesdayFebruary052008

Goal Of The Day: Jared Borgetti's Head Gives Mexico A Chance In The 2002 World Cup.

With his body spiraling, his leap distant, Jared Borgetti curled in a stunning header against Italy in the 2002 World Cup. In our opinion, a goal this beautiful is like a running back cutting through the defensive line to...

TuesdayJanuary292008

Italian Cristiano Lucarelli Loves Che Guevara, The Color Red

We stumbled upon an article by Brian Glanville in World Soccer magazine criticizing Parma player, and staunch Communist, Cristiano Lucarelli about his fascination with revolutionary leader and original hipster Che Guevara. Turns out Glanville doesn’t think to highly of...

TuesdayDecember182007

Antonio Cassano Throws A Tantrum On The Pitch

Real Madrid aficionados will remember Antonio Cassano as the slug who came with an ample amount of hype and no bite. His brief stint in Spain revolved around a Weight Watchers regiment (no jamon iberico) and counseling for lack...

MondayDecember172007

World Club Cup: So An Argentine, Italian and Brazilian Walk Into A Bar...

After all that crap about hatching a plan to stop Kaká last week, Boca Juniors put up the type of fight you would see between a bully and a blind kid. The one-sided affair was capped off by an...

FridayDecember142007

"Memo" Ochoa Still Craving Some European Love

Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has been lusting for some European love lately. Getting tired of pay stubs that read “IOU?” No worries Memo, someone will come a callin’ soon. Just let that be someone from the Western, kind of...

FridayDecember142007

Boca Juniors Plans To Stop Kaka From Scoring By Stating Their Players Are Better; Lero Lero Lero.

The FIFA World Club Cup Final is set, with Boca Juniors of Argentina scheduled to face Italian giants AC Milan in Japan this weekend (Sunday: the buck-crack of dawn). There’s no question, the bad blood between the two teams...

ThursdayDecember132007

Fabio Capello Is St. George's Savior. Maybe.

After a grueling set of meetings over the last two days, the FA have reached an agreement with Italian Fabio Capello to take over as head coach of defunctoids England. Thumbs up, dude. Way to go. Fabio Capello will...

ThursdayDecember132007

No Immediate Plans To Stop Dreaming About Real Madrid For Kaká

AC Milan midfielder Kaká has definitely found an odd way to distance himself from rumors that he’s on the move from Milan. In an interview with Spanish newspaper Marca, Kaká revealed that he’s in no way ever leaving Milanilandia...

TuesdayDecember112007

"Boca Juniors Is Argentinian So I Want To Win," Says Really Popular Brazilian Soccer Player

Can you guess who? AC Milan midfielder, and reigning European Footballer Of The Year, Kaka has made it clear he’s going after Boca Juniors with the vigor of 1000 Brazilians. The Brazilian star made no qualms about reaffirming that...

TuesdayNovember272007

Kaká Spawns, Set To Have The Next Evangelical Soccer Icon

Kaká’s woman, Caroline Celico, confirmed yesterday that she’s carrying her husbands first boy in her belly. “Yes, I am expecting a boy, and I am very happy,” Celico said. Ain’t that a relief. In five months we can expect...

WednesdayNovember212007

Kaká Is Mad At You, Us And Everyone Else Who Wrote About His Possible Breakup With Italy

Kaká wasn’t too thrilled when media outlets all over the planet began to run his comments about possibly leaving Italian Serie A club AC Milan because of the recent violence. He’s been so ticked about all the coverage that...

MondayNovember192007

Italian Gennaro Gattuso Ready To "Teach France A Lesson", French Just Keep Smoking Their Cigs.

After Italy’s close-call against Scotland this weekend, Gennaro Gattuso wasn’t too thrilled about helping France advance to the final round of Euro 2008. The Italian caught a whiff of some comments made by French national side coach Raymond Domenech,...

FridayNovember162007

Inter Milan Striker Adriano Sent Back To Brazil, Capirinhas Waiting.

Adriano’s Italian playing days are over…at least for now. The 25 year-old Brazilian has been battling booze and lazy-assitis the last year and Inter Milan think it’s time for him to straighten up. His punishment prescription: Adriano is scheduled...

WednesdayNovember142007

Scotland's Soccer Team Could Teach England A Thing, Or Two

While interim England captain Steven Gerrard is out bashing the foreigners and distancing himself from his country’s impending doom, Scotland striker James McFadden is mesmerized by the idea of possibly taking out world champions Italy this weekend. If the...

WednesdayNovember142007

Diego Lugano Inquires About That Possible South American Soccer Superstar Vacancy In Italy

With reports coming in that Brazilian star and AC Milan badass Kaka may possibly take a permanent leave of absence from Italian soccer, Diego Lugano of Turkish club Fenerbahce is looking to trek across the European continent with the...

WednesdayNovember142007

Kaká Considers Leaving Italy, Real Madrid Prez Drops Bocadillo And Heads To The Phone

Kaká, Italy’s highest paid player, recently disclosed his concern over the latest episode of soccer violence in Italian football. It didn’t take too long for the Brazilian star to consider jumping ship and heading towards calmer waters—ahem, cue Madrid....

TuesdayNovember132007

Kaká Preaches To Italy After Fan Shooting

After the tragic shooting of a 26 year-old Italian soccer fan on Sunday, AC Milan superstar Kaká has voiced his concern that in the future, great players from around the world are going to steer clear from Italy. “All...

TuesdayNovember132007

Italian Soccer Officials Won't Stand For Any Kind Of Violence... For A Couple of Weeks, Anyway

Fan rioting has done what a betting scandal couldn’t—shut down Italian soccer. After Sunday rioting at a Lazio F.C. match left one fan dead from a cop’s bullet, the Italian Football Association has decided to shut down the Serie...

FridayNovember092007

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos Is AC Milan's Newest Crush

AC Milan are keen on revamping their aging defense next year and they’ve been linked to a possible attempted luring of Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos. Former Milan manager Arrigo Sacchi commenced the smooth-talk by comparing Ramos to legendary...

FridayNovember092007

Maradona Crazy Watch: Diego Owes $87Million In Taxes To Italy.

It’s been a few weeks since Diego Maradona has peeked his coked-out head out from under his weight of arrogance, but news came today that the Argentine owes 34million Euros ($87million Washingtons) in back taxes to Italy. Around 23million...

FridayNovember092007

Move Over Beckham. AC Milan Player Kaká: Soccer's New Fashionista And Jesus Ambassador

We came across the November edition of England’s Esquire mag and smack on the cover was Brazilian star Kaká. When it comes to a supermodel’s life, the AC Milan star is taking steps to join the ranks of the...

ThursdayOctober252007

Face Bashing Soccer In Italy: "Calcio Storico" Is Serious Business

“Calcio Storico” has been the scene of bludgeoning and pillage-training for more than six centuries in Tuscany and it takes place every June for three weeks. Object of the game? We aren’t too sure. Teams compete for 50-minute halves,...

WednesdayOctober172007

Italian Cyclists Danilo Di Luca Just Another Adamant Ball-Shrinker

Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca has been suspended for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) over steroid use. Di Luca was linked to Carlo Santuccione in a case called “Oil for Drugs.” We have no clue what...

MondaySeptember242007

Adriano Has Forgotten How To Count Sheep

Inter Milan striker, Adriano, confessed to using that old Nyquil remedy to help himself catch some z’s. His time in Inter last year saw the Brazilian star drop out of the sky like a shit rocket out of a...

ThursdaySeptember132007

Today's Sports Cheaters Suck: McLaren Formula-One Comes Under Fire.

From steroid users to coaches sending spies to steal signs from opposing teams, we’ve been inundated with stories of cheaters getting caught with their pants around their ankles. The latest saga takes us to Italy where Formula-One racing group,...

ThursdayAugust232007

Karma Is A Bitch: Materazzi Feels The Wrath After Trying To Sell His Insults In New Book

You know you’re swimming in dirty water if you ever to call someone’s sister a whore and then base a book promotion on named insult. We’re ecstatic karma fanatics, so when Marco Materazzi—the guy who solidified his role as...

TuesdayAugust212007

Marco Materazzi Reveals The Sweet Nothings He Whispered In Zidane's Ear

Marco Materazzi—the Italian defender who goaded Zinadine Zidane into famously headbutting him during last year’s World Cup—is on a book tour. How is he promoting it? By telling the world what he said that sent Z into a fury...

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