Posts by Men in Blazers
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Grantland Network Podcast: Men in Blazers
What a week of football. In the past seven days, the Manchester clubs have been relegated from Champions League to the Europa Cup (European football’s NIT-equivalent), the smurfs of Barcelona humiliated arch-rivals Real Madrid once more, and Chelsea’s new “super-sub” Frankie Lampard upended the entire Premier League title race with a late penalty blast. Everything […]
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Grantland Network: Men in Blazers
The Men in Blazers go bi-coastal once again as Michael Davies tends to matters out in Los Angeles and Rog Bennett occupies the Crap Part of Soho in his absence. Together, they review Chelsea’s return to form against Newcastle, Manchester United’s dearth of goals, and the small matter of Clint Dempsey’s game-winner against Liverpool, which […]
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Grantland Network Podcast: Men in Blazers
The one-one draw was in vogue this weekend (did it ever really go out of style?) as the Premier League’s top teams failed to capitalize on each others mistakes. In this week’s pod, the Men in Blazers review Manchester City’s clash with Liverpool, Manchester United’s turn for the mortal against French Darlings, Newcastle, and the […]
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Grantland Network Podcast: Men in Blazers with Ian Darke
It’s not everyday you get to tape a show with the man whose poster hangs over your bed. Our Men In Blazers are all aquiver as Ian Darke, Sir Ian Darke, the Poet Laureate of Soccer in North America, and their choice for MVP of An MLS Cup Final, joins them in the pod. Darke […]
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Grantland Network Podcast: Men In Blazers
The Men In Blazers couldn’t have asked for a more revealing weekend of international friendlies, where results don’t matter. Unless you win. The United States finally found the back of the net in a 3-2 victory over Slovenia. Crisis averted. National team coach Jurgen Klinsmann lives to croon another day. England’s performance was even more […]
