Descriptions of players. With metaphors, mainly.
He’s about to discover Atlantis. He’s about to dot Jonathan Lethem’s i’s.
March 9, 2011
When a manager goes electric.
January 27, 2011
On Diego Tristán, by Maxwell Kuhl.
December 8, 2010
A biplane screaming through a guitar solo.
September 12, 2010
Swing low, sweet chariot.
August 3, 2010
It’s getting hard to speak to you when I’m sober.
July 14, 2009
More than any other footballer he seems to have sprung from the imagination of a child.
May 12, 2009
Here and there, my hair is turning gray.
March 5, 2009
“Manhã de Carnaval”
January 27, 2009
For a whole year he was my favorite player in …
January 6, 2009
The Damned – “Neat Neat Neat”
November 25, 2008
Keep your Maldinis, your Pirlos, your tailored trousers, your Gucci …
November 4, 2008
The Seatbelts – “Tank!”
October 14, 2008
Start with his motile, princessy, yielding and absolute face, which …
October 7, 2008
I realize that this isn’t the obvious word, but there’s …
October 1, 2008
Points of reference: we tend to read footballers as falling …
September 23, 2008
The causes of landslides are complex and correlative, and their …
September 9, 2008
Tom Waits – “Jockey Full of Bourbon”
August 5, 2008
“O what am I that I should not seem / …
July 29, 2008
You probably imagine the voice of God as an awesome, …
July 8, 2008
I’m interested in the bones of Michael Ballack. I don’t …
June 17, 2008
Duke Ellington – “Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)”
May 23, 2008
Samuel Barber, from Excursions Op. 20
May 20, 2008
There is, however, at the center of the colossus, in …
May 14, 2008
I am picturing the human brain as a map of …
May 7, 2008
If it’s true that the tents are about to be …
April 29, 2008
“Alone at the Drive-In Movie”
April 22, 2008
There’s a certain quality that comes into the facial expressions …
April 15, 2008
Malarial lowlands. Brown mountains rigid in the distance, like the …
April 9, 2008
Robbie Savage’s hair and Robbie Savage have been around football …
April 1, 2008
Young Marble Giants – “Music for Evenings”
March 25, 2008
I have splendid truths to tell about Yakubu Aiyegbeni, the …
March 18, 2008
Yeti – “Midnight Flight”
March 13, 2008
Arcade Fire – “My Body Is a Cage”
March 11, 2008
Charles Mingus – “Boogie Stop Shuffle”
March 5, 2008
The taxonomy of football is a difficult and unrewarding science, …
February 26, 2008
People who say that soccer is boring and people who …
February 19, 2008
In myth and in the funny pages, tiny wiseguys with …
February 12, 2008
As a figure of ineluctable anxiety the goalkeeper is arguably …
February 5, 2008
What do you look like, Dimitar Berbatov? A pumpkin, a …
January 29, 2008
Brilliant stepovers etc., more goals as a winger etc., unstoppable …
January 22, 2008
I read in a newspaper that his first touch is …
January 15, 2008
He sits calmly. His elfin face peeks sadly over the …
January 8, 2008
The Structure of His Face Is in three layers, with …
December 18, 2007
It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more …
December 11, 2007
The trouble with Peter Crouch isn’t how to describe him, …
December 4, 2007
I’ve never seen a highlight video about Andrea Pirlo that …
November 27, 2007
What is it about the way he plays? He plays …
November 20, 2007
The element of “spirit” in football can be perceived in …
November 14, 2007
Here’s an idea about football and rhythm: every match is …
November 7, 2007