Run of Play internal wire #2791.3: the infamous “Hodgson Memo.”
December 30, 2010
A leisurely stroll through a casual machine.
December 19, 2010
A great defense is a mathematics of frustration, Alan Jacobs writes.
December 16, 2010
On realizing you’re older than the players, by James Downie.
December 15, 2010
A gentleman defends his honor.
December 13, 2010
Manchester United vs. Arsenal edition.
December 10, 2010
The easily-uncovered truth.
December 8, 2010
On Diego Tristán, by Maxwell Kuhl.
December 8, 2010
Gunning down bullet points one by one.
December 6, 2010
They’re a swarm intelligence, Alan Jacobs writes.
November 30, 2010
Giants under the lights, by Matthew Craven.
November 26, 2010
Elliott on how the Argentina squad is like a Florentine art school.
November 22, 2010
He’s been a joy to watch this year, despite the British press, writes Alan Jacobs.
November 19, 2010
“Sporting Kansas City” shows why MLS should embrace American soccer history.
November 18, 2010
Where we’re going, we won’t need chalkboards.
November 17, 2010
Footballers who give everything to the game often wind up broken, James Tyler writes.
November 17, 2010
The new FreeDarko book is fantastic, whether you’re a basketball fan or not.
November 9, 2010
What the Rooney contract saga says about the idea of loyalty in sports.
November 5, 2010
The weather is fine.
October 28, 2010
Wish you were here.
October 26, 2010
The Run of Play celebrates a birthday.
October 24, 2010
A Manchester United fan says goodbye to Rooney…or does he.
October 21, 2010
Shane Murray on crime, justice, and football clubs.
October 18, 2010
Are English and American soccer culture at war, or are they growing closer all the time?
October 13, 2010
Is it masochism, cowardice, or something else? Kári Tulinius asks.
October 9, 2010
Be careful what you bite in Euro 2012 qualifying, Shane Murray writes.
October 7, 2010
A fake Togolese soccer team and a real Nigerian basketball player.
October 4, 2010
Christopher Mann on the smothered rage of the obsolete traditionalist.
September 22, 2010
How to tell if your club got a good one.
September 20, 2010
Supriya Nair on suffering and consolation.
September 17, 2010
Eric Freeman considers the hot new fad.
September 15, 2010
Ismael Klata on Joey Barton and the uses of madness.
September 14, 2010
A biplane screaming through a guitar solo.
September 12, 2010
On joy and perfection in sport.
September 2, 2010
Brian Blickenstaff on how Pelé is seen by his countrymen.
August 23, 2010
Will Levinger on Pelé and the meaning of perfection.
August 22, 2010
Gareth Simpson on the year that created Pelé.
August 21, 2010
He is one, says Richard Whittall.
August 20, 2010
Elliott looks at his greatest non-goal and his most overrated goal.
August 19, 2010
Can you love football without loving Pelé? Thomas Liekens asks.
August 18, 2010
Ismael Klata on Pelé, Jimmy Greaves, and an old encyclopedia.
August 18, 2010
Kári Tulinius on Louis Vuitton and the heroic incarnation.
August 17, 2010
Supriya Nair on why Pelé stands outside history.
August 17, 2010
Watching the 1977 Soccer Bowl, Pelé’s last competitive game.
August 16, 2010
Alan Jacobs on the invisible Grand Canyon.
August 16, 2010
It’s time we took pity on this sadly neglected star.
August 13, 2010
When was the last time you looked up his highlight clips?
August 10, 2010
With the additions of Joe Cole and Roy Hodgson, Liverpool are getting English.
August 4, 2010
Swing low, sweet chariot.
August 3, 2010
The Run of Play goes on vacation. Plus: How to build an audience on the internet.
July 16, 2010