Brian Phillips is a former staff writer at Grantland and senior writer at MTV News. He grew up in Oklahoma and now lives in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Slate, Deadspin, The New York Times, The Awl, The New Republic, The Hudson Review, and Poetry, among other publications. His first book, Impossible Owls, an essay collection, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2018. He founded The Run of Play in 2007 and edited it until 2011. You can follow him on Twitter.
Tottenham have released the first images of their new stadium …
December 15, 2008
I sort of slept on the Soccerlens Awards this year …
December 15, 2008
Let’s get one thing straight. Damien Comolli is not a …
December 15, 2008
Our season is over. I don’t mean that histrionically. Playing …
December 14, 2008
I don’t cover the Bundesliga nearly often enough, which is …
December 14, 2008
I know I wouldn’t feel the same about Iker Casillas …
December 13, 2008
Jens Lehmann wants to be a coach. Please, I don’t …
December 13, 2008
I can live with no goals at White Hart Lane, …
December 13, 2008
Top-selling English tabloid and soulless exploiter of human wretchedness News …
December 13, 2008
I’m still trying to decide whether to write anything about …
December 12, 2008
Major days for European soccer. The moments are fighting in …
December 12, 2008
The Andriy Shevchenko Resurrection Train Gets a Slow Start Leaving …
December 12, 2008
If you’ve noticed a lot of survey-related news on other …
December 11, 2008
I don’t know what’s happening to Anthony at the World …
December 11, 2008
“Hull City striker Marlon King has been arrested for allegedly …
December 11, 2008
Good news and bad news from Vercelli, where our favorite …
December 10, 2008
It’s €4.5 million. We know Spurs paid Ramos roughly £1.7 …
December 10, 2008
The classic length-of-court clearance/leaping scissor kick goal. I don’t pay …
December 10, 2008
The Mail thinks Ramos is in for a nice long …
December 10, 2008
For the inside-Greyskull stuff, see Tim Stannard on the cockroach-hard …
December 9, 2008
Bernd Schuster is out at Real Madrid, according to Goal.com. …
December 9, 2008
Remember Darren Farley, the Liverpool fan whose dead-on impersonations of …
December 9, 2008
Paul Ince will remain the manager of Blackburn Rovers. That …
December 8, 2008
Our first transfer window was a disaster. It’s seriously hurt …
December 8, 2008
Another day, another sneakingly embittered Telegraph headline about family.
December 8, 2008
I knew about the HarperCollins contract, I guess, but it …
December 8, 2008
We were held by Olbia in our first league match, …
December 7, 2008
Last week, the Sports Rights Owners Coalition—an umbrella organization for …
December 7, 2008
Petr Čech is one of my favorite players, and Duncan …
December 7, 2008
Darren Anderton, who won 30 caps for England and 305 …
December 6, 2008
Harry Redknapp has done another brilliant interview, this one conducted …
December 6, 2008
Contemplating a weekend of Premier League football without Roy Keane …
December 5, 2008
A Portrait of Peter Crouch “He has the shoulders of …
December 5, 2008
In many ways, our first friendly was a disaster: a …
December 5, 2008
I’m not here to answer the age-old and catastrophically point-missing …
December 5, 2008
The Willow Foundation is a charity founded by former Arsenal …
December 5, 2008
Why live, if you can’t take aim at blue air? …
December 4, 2008
Actually there’s not any news from Biarritz, which is why, …
December 4, 2008
This is…it’s almost too beautiful for words. Paris Saint-Germain fans …
December 4, 2008
Roy Keane is out at Sunderland after a disappointing start …
December 4, 2008
I’m on a two-year, €600-per-week contract. Here I am, incidentally: …
December 3, 2008
Bad news from South Africa yesterday: the country’s sports minister …
December 3, 2008
Yes, Ronaldo deserved the Ballon d’Or. There have been some …
December 3, 2008
And why not? He’s retired. Blogging fits his lifestyle. From …
December 3, 2008
Or at least, as Daryl has noticed, inexplicably removed their …
December 2, 2008
According to the Watford Observer, the coup that led to …
December 1, 2008
The manager of Manchester United is a jewel of many …
December 1, 2008
Anderlecht goalkeeper Daniel Zítka suited up for Friday night’s match …
November 30, 2008
That didn’t take long.
November 30, 2008
Though you’ll notice that Gallas stayed clear of the circle …
November 30, 2008