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.
I don’t believe for a second that England deserved the …
November 21, 2007
Chances are you know exactly what to expect from the …
November 21, 2007
1. Steve McClaren is brilliant for choosing to drop Paul …
November 21, 2007
What is it about the way he plays? He plays …
November 20, 2007
“DINAMO’S SILVER JUBILEE DULLED BY DEATH AND INDIFFERENCE” “official apathy”…”tragic …
November 20, 2007
The steady drumbeat of tension that fills the air in …
November 19, 2007
Today’s award for most alarming newspaper headline goes to the …
November 19, 2007
I know about as much about the MLS as I …
November 18, 2007
It never should have come to the free kick they …
November 17, 2007
England are already under way in their friendly against the …
November 16, 2007
Looking for football news on the internet is usually a …
November 15, 2007
A quick pause before we all go back to caring …
November 14, 2007
200percent has been reading through some of the legal papers …
November 14, 2007
The element of “spirit” in football can be perceived in …
November 14, 2007
Ever since I first heard about the existence of myfootballclub.co.uk, …
November 13, 2007
This is a story the press seems to come back …
November 12, 2007
There’s a lot we still don’t know about the death …
November 12, 2007
Mozambique is hoping to turn its gorgeous beaches and relatively …
November 12, 2007
Birmingham 1 – 2 Aston Villa — In more sad …
November 12, 2007
Tim Modise, the communications director for the 2010 World Cup, …
November 12, 2007
On the lower floors of today’s match reports, in the …
November 11, 2007
But it was a fine performance nonetheless, as Liverpool coped …
November 10, 2007
Loving a sport from another continent leads to a lot …
November 9, 2007
Thanks to the Telegraph for encapsulating both the originality and …
November 9, 2007
Somewhere in the far-off background static of football news this …
November 8, 2007
Here’s an idea about football and rhythm: every match is …
November 7, 2007
Liverpool have just beaten Besiktas 8-0 at Anfield to record …
November 6, 2007
I’m not sure if there’s a new curry place delivering …
November 6, 2007
It’s been a bad, weird, confusing, drifting season for Liverpool …
November 6, 2007
It happened, and amazingly, we survived: Manchester United played Arsenal, …
November 5, 2007
Chris Hutchings is out at Wigan. (The Guardian) Nicky Hunt’s …
November 5, 2007
Arsenal 2 – 2 Manchester United — There ought to …
November 4, 2007
Alex Ferguson is complaining about the officiating in Manchester United’s …
November 4, 2007
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are the most popular …
November 3, 2007
You know, apart from the ongoing threatened disintegration of the …
November 3, 2007
What are we looking at here? Arsenal v. Manchester United, …
November 2, 2007
Dani Rodrik has a good follow-up post on globalization and …
November 2, 2007
You can say what you like about Damien Comolli—and Martin …
November 2, 2007
There’s an entertaining mini-history to be written (by someone else; …
November 1, 2007
A number of prominent economics and policy blogs have started …
November 1, 2007
Micah Richards is hurt, and so is England. UPDATE: Richards …
November 1, 2007
On a slow news day in football (and they’re almost …
October 31, 2007
Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup. Oddly, since the …
October 31, 2007
Michel Platini, who has brought pleasure to so many in …
October 30, 2007
He looks, anyway, most of the time, something run-of-the-mill or …
October 30, 2007
FIFA pass an overdue Joorabchian Restriction. (The Guardian) Glenn Roeder: …
October 30, 2007
I would worry about this Paul Scholes injury if I …
October 29, 2007
Harry Redknapp has signed a new contract at Portsmouth. I …
October 29, 2007
We love stories. We more than love them, actually: we …
October 29, 2007
Every single player at Liverpool is hurt. (Football365) Gus Poyet …
October 29, 2007