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Liverpool
August 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
Is This the Year English Soccer Faces Its Plutocratic Reckoning?
The Premier League returns for another season of footballing glory, financial excess, and existential crisis.
February 8, 2023
Alex Shephard
Relegate Manchester City
The Premier League needs to punish its most successful team if it wants to save itself from disrepute.
February 4, 2023
Alex Shephard
European Soccer Is Spending Itself to Death
The English Premier League transformed itself into the predatory “Super League” that fans thought they had defeated.
January 3, 2023
Alex Shephard
How Does Soccer Work?
A conversation with Ryan O’Hanlon, author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution”
February 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
European Soccer Only Has Itself to Blame for Its Russia Problem
The invasion of Ukraine shines a harsh light on the obscene greed that has guided decision-making for decades.
August 31, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Plutocratic Takeover of European Soccer Is Nearly Complete
This year’s insane transfer-window period has illuminated the sport’s apocalyptic financial inequities.
May 3, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why the Chaotic Protest at Manchester United’s Stadium Was Good, Actually
It turns out that soccer’s pundit class doesn’t really want to hear from the fans, even after the Super League debacle.
April 20, 2021
Alex Shephard
Soccer Is Broken. The European Super League Proves It.
Even if the breakaway competition fails, it illustrates that the beautiful game was long ago captured by the rich.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Look at this goofy Liverpool goal.
November 16, 2015
Elaine Teng
Inside BlazerCon, the Nerdiest Sports Convention in the U.S.
May 11, 2014
David Thomson
Ninety-Six People Were Crushed to Death at a Soccer Game in 1989
The sport was changed forever
December 7, 2012
Gordon S. Wood
The Birth of American Finance
September 21, 2012
Aleksandar Hemon
Will Liverpool Ever Return to Glory?
November 13, 2010
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Shootout in the U.K. Corral
June 23, 2010
Rabih Alameddine
Putting on the Shirt
June 22, 2010
Alex Massie
The End of the Affair
June 9, 2010
Tom Vanderbilt
A Meditation on Loyalty
June 8, 2010
Zachary Roth
England vs. USA
May 5, 2010
Paul Berman
The Prisoner Intellectuals
October 22, 2008
David Hajdu
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