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MondayNovember242008

Goal Of The Day: Roman Pavlyuchenko Lifts Spurs From The Bottom

Who: Roman Pavlyuchenko, Spurs Opponent: Blackburn League/Tournament: EPL Que Paso?: Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon dished out this perfect pass to Roman Pavlyuchenko to knock a shot past Spurs’ former keeper Paul Robinson. The score got the team not only past...

MondayNovember172008

Goal Of The Day: Heurelho Gomes Will Be Resting For A Bit

Here at the Goal of the Day headquarters, we always highlight the great goal scorers. But what about the other side of the coin. the goals that go in because of incredibly inept goalkeepers? Enter one Heurelho Gomes, Tottenham’s...

FridayNovember072008

Where Will Giovani Dos Santos End Up? Mexico? Chelsea? Tottenham?

One of the bigger offseason moves that Tottenham made was to bring Mexican striker Giovani Dos Santos over to White Hart Lane from Barcelona. But while Spurs have had a resurgence of sorts under their new coach Harry Redknapp,...

TuesdayNovember042008

Did The Lack Of English Skills Doom Juande Ramos At Tottenham And Hinder Nani's Development At Man U

Since soccer is “The World’s Game,” as it’s been called so many times, why should one language be the dominating tongue that dictates the ebb and flow of it? Two stories out of The Sun highlight the struggle two...

MondayNovember032008

'Member?: Dallas Sure Could Use Tony Romo And His Pinky Right Now

Whas happened in sports last night. NFL: In the four games since Tony Romo got the boo-boo on his pinky, Dallas has gone 0-4 and have been outscored by an average of 13 points a game. Worse than that,...

ThursdayOctober302008

Goal Of The Day: Aaron Lennon Sets Northern London Ablaze

Spurs fans were sure to add Aaron Lennon in their prayers last night one of the mainstays from Martin Jol’s squad sent in the equalizer in the 93rd minute to secure a tie with Arsenal. It secured a point...

ThursdayOctober302008

'Member?: 2008 Philadelphia Philles Are The 2008 MLB Champs

Whas happened in sports last night. World Series Game Five… Continued: Well that was a weird ending to the 2008 MLB season. First the fifth and eventually deciding World Series game gets postponed due to rain, and then for...

WednesdayOctober292008

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas And Arsne Wenger Perfect Their Trash Talk Against Tottenham

Bulletin board material is nothing new in sports. Talking trash is the name of the game when you’re trying to get inside the head of your opponent. But Arsenal’s coach Arsne Wenger and star Cesc Fabregas went to the...

MondayOctober272008

Oh Look Who Listened To Us—Juande Ramos Out As Tottenham Manager, Portsmouth's Harry Redknapp In

We’re not saying that Tottenham Spurs co-chairman Daniel Levy reads Machochip, but Juande Ramos was fired on Saturday, the day after we said the team had to. Sure, it’s akin to saying it’s a good idea to to put...

MondayOctober272008

'Member: The Phillies Are One Game Away From Ending Philadelphia's Title Drought

World Series Game Four: Word to the Tampa Bay Rays—if you want to win a World Series game, it’s probably best not to let the 1-8 hitters in the Phillies lineup go up during the first inning. That’s what...

FridayOctober242008

Is It Time For Tottenham To Give Up On Juande Ramos? We Say Yes, Si and Oui

With all the Presidential endorsements getting published nowadays, we thought we’d go a different way. We’re going to take this space and actually rail against someone to lose their job. We think the leadership has gotten a little stale...

FridayOctober242008

Goal Of The Day: Antonio Di Natale's Goal Against Tottenham Encapsulates Their Season In A One-Minute Clip

Oh Heurelho Gomes. When Spurs traded Paul Robinson for your goal keeping skills, we don’t think this is what they were expecting. Gomes’ handling of an Udinese shot looked like he was slipping on ice or a doing a...

FridayOctober242008

'Member?: Tampa Bay Set Their Sails For A Game Two Win

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night World Series Game Two: Rays’ pitcher James Shields threw 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball to capture his first win since the division series opener as Tampa Bay evened the series with Philadelphia....

MondayOctober202008

'Member: Dickie V Loves Tampa Bay, Baby! And Now They're Heading To The World Series

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB ALCS Game Seven: Last night ended ten years of futility in Tampa Bay as the Rays beat the Red Sox to advance to the World Series. Not only had they never even...

FridayOctober102008

Billy Beane And San Jose Earthquakes Team Up With Tottenham Spurs And Their Sinking Ship

The San Jose Earthquakes, and their ownership led by the Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, have decided to make a move more puzzling than our decision to buy stocks last week (we were sure they’d go no lower!). They’ve...

MondayOctober062008

'Member?: Stephen King Can't Yet Summon The Souls Of Hades To Get The Red Sox To The ALCS

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: It took them 12 innings, but the LA Angels stopped the bleeding against the Boston Red Sox last night. Erick Aybar hit a single in the top of that frame to knock...

WednesdayOctober012008

Is Tottenham Manager Juande Ramos The Lane Kiffin Of The EPL?

When the start of the EPL season rolled around, a lot of people (like us) were wondering if Tottenham were going to be as good as they seemed on-paper with new signings like Giovani Dos Santos and Roman Pavlyuchenko....

ThursdaySeptember252008

'Member?: Mexico Shoots Themselves With Their Foot

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night International Friendly: Own goal losses suck, but so much more when it’s a team you should be able to handle. Thus is the case of the Mexican national team, who came to Los...

ThursdaySeptember112008

Dimitar Berbatov's Bible Is His Path To Holiness... Wait, We Thought That Was Bringing A Title To Old Trafford?

Dimitar Berbatov’s departure to Manchester United from Tottenham last month sent shockwaves through the league. Not so much because of the trade itself, but the fact that it actually got done. Seriously, it took all of the offseason and...

TuesdaySeptember022008

'Member?: UCLA's On A Smokey Mountain High.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night College Football: A 42-yard field-goal was the difference for the UCLA Bruins as they stunned the 18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers in overtime at the Rose Bowl. Third string quarterback Kevin Craft overcame four first...

ThursdayAugust282008

Heads Up: Because Dimitar Berbatov Won't Pay For Himself

Puppet Jose Mourinho has come back to Setanta to kick his brand of Portuguese knowledge. This time, he brings us a special video to help the poor, unfortunate Dimitar Berbatovs out there who need a home. Help, and you...

FridayAugust222008

Dimitar Berbatov Signs Manchester United Shirt Before He Officially Gets One Of His Own

Dimitar Berbatov—currently of the Tottenham Hotspur Berbatovs—has caused an uproar in North London. Yesterday, while traveling with his Bulgarian national teammates to Bosnia for a match, the increasingly in-demand striker decided to sign a fan’s jersey—a Red Devil’s kit—and...

FridayAugust012008

Are Tottenham Secetly Creating A Super Team While The EPL Sleeps? Adding Andrei Arshavin Would Certainly Help

When the EPL season came to a close last year, the buzz around the Tottehnham Spurs was more akin to a chorus of caws coming from vultures circling White Hart Lane. Even though Juande Ramos won the Carling Cup...

ThursdayJuly102008

Giovani Dos Santos In His Tottenham Kit

This may not be the first public photo of Giovani Dos Santos in a Tottenham kit, but it’s the first we’ve seen. And we’re ecstatic at the thought of seeing him tangling with some of the EPL’s best: Cesc...

MondayJune092008

Giovani Dos Santos Will Try To Spur Tottenham Into Top-Four Finish

When Martin Jol was relieved of his duties as the Tottenham Spurs coach, with him went the “playing not to lose” mentality that plagued his tenure. The new Juande Ramos regime came in mid-season, and while not perfect, his...

WednesdayMay282008

Giovani Dos Santos Says "Peace Out" To Barcelona

“Agents agree to terms” is always a phrase that’s regularly tossed around throughout transfer rumors and we don’t like it one bit. But, news out of London has us scratching our noggins and wondering what in the world Giovanni...

WednesdayMarch122008

Tottenham Hotspur Coach Juande Ramos Insists His Players Stay On A Fart Inducing Diet

Tottenham Hotspur players have been complaining about a newfound stench in the club house. Is it the pestulence of victory? No. It’s actually the methane release of Tottenham Hotspur players who are coping with coach Juande Ramos’ strict diet....

ThursdayFebruary282008

Tottenham Hotspur Coach Juande Ramos Celebrates One Year Anniversary Of His KO

It was one year ago today that current Tottenham Hotspur head coach—and former Sevilla FC head coach—Juande Ramos was knocked the funk out by a bottle thrown from a Real Betis fan during a Copa Del Rey match in...

MondayFebruary252008

Tottenham Hotspur Captain Ledley King Is A Happy Drunk

Champagne bottles, unrestrained joy and belligerent drunken tantrums are the greatest way to celebrate victory. Just ask Tottenham Hotspur capitan Ledley King. He was bounced from a club called Faces (cleverrific) last night for taking his jubilation to the...

FridayFebruary222008

'Member? Who The Hell Picks ONE Day To Play ALL Uefa Cup Matches?

Whas Happen In Sports Last Night Uefa Cup: We should find the organizers, hog-tie them, tar and feather them and leave them on the sidewalk to suffer. By the way, Tottenham Hotspur narrowly escaped disaster against Slavia Prague, but...

MondayJanuary282008

'Member? The Lakers And Their Leaky Roof Can't Stop Lebron James.

Whas Happened In Sports This Weekend NBA: Lebron declares 41 reasons why he’s better than Kobe…for the evening. Cleveland 98, Los Angeles 95. [AP] FA Cup: A Cristiano Ronaldo clinic. Manchester United 3, Tottenham 1. [ESPN Soccernet] Tennis: Maria...

FridayJanuary252008

Spurs' Pascal Chimbonda Is Brutally Honest About His Team

Fresh off a drubbing of Arsenal in the Carling Cup Semis, players for Tottenham Spurs should be happy and having fun, right? Not for Spurs French defender Pascal Chimbonda. He got real real talking to the British tabloids about...

WednesdayJanuary232008

'Member? Spurs End 346 Year Losing Streak To Arsenal.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night Carling Cup: Holy rotten wtf’s sports fanaticos. Tottenham Hotspur ended a “9 year winless streak against Arsenal” to progress in the Carling Cup. That’s ironically the same time it took Diego Maradona to...

WednesdayJanuary162008

Heads Up: Day Of The Living Speedbumps

Team sports may be for jerk jocks, but at least there’s never the threat of getting turned into a speed bump playing football. Well, unless you’re hanging out with Leonard Little. [Spike] The Colorado Rockies asked about Johan Santana....

FridayJanuary042008

Tottenham Coach Juande Ramos Tells EPL To Break Bank For Berbatov

We love Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov because A) he’s probably the best striker not in Champion’s League play—as shown by his four goal burst against Aston Villa last Saturday—and B) he looks like a Bulgarian Andy Garcia. Apparently his...

WednesdayJanuary022008

'Member?: Illinois Never Recovered From The All-You-Can-Eat Meat-A-Thon.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night Rose Bowl: Illinois weren’t in it for the game. We saw tons of their fans (and husky fellas that might have been players) at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica on New Year’s...

FridayNovember302007

'Member? Cheeseheads Melt, The Knicks Remind Us They're The Knicks, And Uefa Sandblasts Us With A Third Consecutive Day Of Tourney Action. We're Sore.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night NFL: Antonio Romo took a break from shagging pop-stars and beat Green Bay’s Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers duo 37-27. Next on the list: conquering Jessica Simpson’s pantie drawer. [Dallas Morning News] Uefa Cup: Atletico...

TuesdayNovember202007

Heads Up: Boom, Bitch!

After this collision, tell us who’s the lithe, 5’10” running back, and who’s the linebacker previously suspended for steroids. [Deuce of Davenport] Former Tottenham coach Martin Jol turned down an offer from Birmingham City to be their next coach....

ThursdayNovember152007

Tottenham Target Iker Casillas, Goalkeeper Blocks Their Shot

We always here of the small town kid heading to the big city to fulfill his/her dreams. But unless you’re a cracked out nature freak, or hippie, the progression of the big city kid doesn’t involve any dreams that...

TuesdayNovember062007

Heads Up: When Tony Romo Pantomimes, The Ladies Just Swoon

Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo: Pro Bowl quarterback, female-celebrity sexer, referee-in-training? [You Tube] The Beijing Olympics has made Chinese citizens so proud that over 3,500 babies have been named Aoyun, which means Olympics in Mandarin. Luckily for the kids, China...

MondayNovember052007

Juande Ramos' Split From Sevilla FC Is Still Pissing People Off

It’s turning out to be a Monday manager mayhem spectacular at Machochip HQ today. We’re so hot with stories about coaches that we definitely can’t stop now. Sevilla FC president Jose Maria del Nido is still ticked at the...

WednesdayOctober312007

Anyone Have A Few Hundred Million To Lend Steve Nash?

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash’s back is as brittle as corn bread, so he’s already looking towards his post-basketball retirement plans. Nash set the record straight about rumors that he was about to shell out 300 million pounds...

TuesdayOctober302007

Sevilla Fires A Shot Across The Bay Of Biscay At Tottenham For Stealing Their Booty

Sevilla FC of Spain is furious at EPL team Tottenham for the “treacherous” way they poached the Spanish side’s manager, Juande Ramos. Ramos took over for Martin Jol late last week, but had been rumored to do so for...

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