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WAG in Focus: Sarah Brander

November 12, 2010 — by Sean — 1

Following on the heels of our look at German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, we present you his "discovered on the street" model girlfriend Sarah Brander. Schweini has been in excellent form since the 5'10" blond came along (ending his streak of 5 girlfriends in a year and a half), and has actually given her some credit for his current class. These sorts of things aren't always in our focus, but the sight of her double-fisting at the 2008 Euro was just enough to push the issue to the top. For more up-to-date happenings on Sarah and  Schweini's love, and for general swooning over fit footballers, take a peak at kickette. They are sure to appreciate you stopping by. And now, without further ado, the Sports Illustrated World Cup body painting swimsuit video staring the long german (after the bump). Be warned, the combination of giggling over the opening bars of Deutschland

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Player in Focus: Bastian Schweinsteiger

November 12, 2010 — by Sean

Bastian Schweinsteiger, whose name we take to mean bountiful pig sticker, is an oft overlooked member of Bayern Munich and the German national team. Far from irrelevant, he's the engine that drives forward Munich and Die Mannschaft both. He has the strength and stamina of a Michael Essien, and the drive to goal of a player like Gerrard, all while being mostly deployed on a wing. He's a tenacious and intelligent defender, and a creative force in attack, and while he doesn't score loads of goals, the finishing movement often begins with a smarty picked pass from the man. Perhaps you remember Maradona's taunting before their teams met in last summer's World Cup: "What's the matter, Schweinsteiger? Are you nervoushh?" Schweini then completely controlled the midfield to help craft a 4-0 victory over the outclassed Argentines. With Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery injured so far this season, the 26 yr

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Commentary

Joey Barton Highlight Reel

November 11, 2010 — by Sean

The Telegraph has a nice list of Barton's misbehavior over the course of his professional career, which we reproduce here: Dec 2004 - stubbed a lit cigar into the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy during Manchester City's Christmas party. Fined six weeks' wages by City. Forced to pay four weeks' salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year. Barton says: "If I was to do something similar, I'd be the biggest fool ever." May 2005 - breaks leg of 35 year-old pedestrian while driving his car at 2am in Liverpool city centre. July 2005 - involved in an altercation with a 15-year-old Everton fan at City's team hotel in Bangkok, where the team are playing in the FA Premier League Trophy. Fined eight weeks' wages by City after being found guilty of gross misconduct. Accepts punishment and agrees to undertake a programme

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News

Spurs Unfortunate to Draw Sunderland

November 9, 2010 — by Sean

I use an emulsifier with some holding creme, then a bit of spray on top before I head out the door.
Tottenham put on a lovely footballing display this afternoon, their best stuff in the first half when they moved the ball around the pitch with ease, linking through van der Vaart and even getting peripheral winger David Bentley in on a good amount of the action. The game ended in a draw and should've really gone to Spurs. Of particular interest were Bale's lack of accuracy serving the ball from the wing (he needs more consistently excellent play before he can rightly be called one of the best wings in the world), and the amount of time the home side spent moving up the right wing, through the oil-coiffed Bentley. I hadn't seen Bentley in a long while. I'd forgotten about him in fact. The last time

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News

MLS Creeping Toward Championship Final

November 9, 2010 — by Sean

The MLS season ended a couple of weeks back, and then the top half of the league were pitted against one another in goal-aggregate, home-and-away series. What does that mean exactly? For one thing, it means all the games the Galaxy won during the season to earn first place are half worthless. They still would've made the playoffs with 12 less points—why not take a page from city associates the Lakers and play at half speed until the playoffs, when you can come out limber but rested? Let's save the full rant for another day, but let's just say I'm not in love with the playoff system in the MLS. Moving on, the chart below represents the final standings of all teams in the MLS, regardless of division. (Give LA a trophy I say...sorry, another day, another day) Remaining at this point are the Galaxy vs Dallas, and San Jose

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Real Madrid best Atletico

November 8, 2010 — by Sean

Carvalho drives to goal. Real continue their 11-year unbeaten streak against their city rivals.
Los Blancos eased passed city rivals Atletico yesterday with the glamor side firing on all cylinders. Strong in defense and quick in attack, Real put Los Colchoneros (an odd name, yes) on the back foot early. The score ended 2-0 but really should've been more. Sadly, Forlan, a favorite from the World Cup, hasn't scored since September, and while Atletico did look like they're capable of stringing together potent attacking movement, nothing actually came off in their favor. We're about brevity this week, so here's one audacious play that somewhat sums up the afternoon — outrageousness from Ronaldo, followed by a near miss. (Ps. Benzema, who looked like crap earlier in the season, appears much fitter these days, and has been doing very well coming on in later stages of the game). And as we're

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