Archive for July, 2008

Nike: What Ruud Knows

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Two bigs news in Nike’s “What […] Knows” series (substitute the […] part with the player’s first name for cool effect).
Firstly, Nike has tagged the “What […] Knows” playlist with an appropriate name, sparing us the weird use of […] for each segment. From here on out, this marketing campaign will be referred to as “What […]


Dortmund 1-3 Juventus: Amauri & Iaquinta Whet the Bianconeri’s Appetite, Champions League Teams Beware!

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Milan have Ronaldinho, Inter have Mourinho, Roma have squat (for now at least), and Juve have pre-season form. That and Amauri, the tall & skilled Brazilian (soon-to-be Italian, hopefully) some Juventini did not even want back in May. I hope JuveAlessio is eating his words now, because the ex-Palermo striker has been absolutely on fire in July pre-season matches. […]


Back from Italy

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Phew! I’m finally back from holiday. These can be really exhausting you know?
Picture this: I had to wake up at 11 everyday (sometimes 12!), walk up to the cafeteria to get food (someone had provided for me), walk back down for an afternoon nap. Then later, walk down to the beach and lie in the sun […]


Mario Balotelli’s Eco-Friendly Holiday

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Holidays are a rare commodity for soccer players. In terms of time at the very least, because with seasons ending late May, Summer championships and/or club teams’ exotic tours extending into June, and pre-season training camps starting mid-July, athletes usually have no more than 2-3 weeks in order to don some flip flops and stroll […]


July Mini-update from Italy

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Howdy all.
I’m just dropping by to say hi and to verify you’re all behaving yourselves. I’m currently spending 3 weeks in Southern Italy, in a place called Marina di Camerota (not too far from Naples). Sun is great, sea is great, sex is… well… nothing is ever perfect is it?
Seriously though, I’m having […]