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That’s the title of co-blogger Dennis Coates’ piece in today’s LA Times. Dennis may be too proud to call attention

Bitter football enemies Argentina and Brazil (combined 7-time World Champions) square-off yet again in a friendly next Wednesday. The match

Today FIFA announced that the 2018 World Cup will be held in Russia, while the 2022 version will be held

The AP headline is: “US soccer pres: We failed to meet expectations.” There’s not much else in the story, apart

This BBC story has a number of figures on the costs and revenues of staging this year’s World Cup in

Skip called attention to a op-ed I published in the LA Times. An upshot of the piece, and similar ones

After goals not given, diving, low scoring, reds for nothing, penalties overlooked, … of the World Cup, arguably the strongest

For all those economics professors and tutors out there who struggle to explain the crucial concept of ‘selection bias’, a

2-2 vs. Slovenia, and whew! That was the most thrilling tie in American history. We’re still alive!! As for the

South Africa has spent at least $6 billion in preparations for this summer’s World Cup. How can a poor but

Another broken leg in the EPL, this time to Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa, and the FA is — according to