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Premier League
March 20, 2023
Alex Shephard
How
Ted Lasso
Took Over the World of Sports Documentaries
A growing array of shows hype up the feel-good drama of modern sports—while tuning out the controversy.
February 8, 2023
Alex Shephard
Relegate Manchester City
The Premier League needs to punish its most successful team if it wants to save itself from disrepute.
January 3, 2023
Alex Shephard
How Does Soccer Work?
A conversation with Ryan O’Hanlon, author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution”
October 14, 2022
Alex Shephard
Will World Cup Reporters Let Qatar Get Away With Its Human Rights Abuses?
As Saudi Arabia’s takeover of English soccer club Newcastle proves, the media is highly susceptible to sportswashing by corrupt regimes.
October 8, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Obscene Greed Behind the Saudi-Backed Takeover of Newcastle United
Six months after fans brought down the Super League, European soccer is more corrupt than ever.
April 20, 2021
Alex Shephard
Soccer Is Broken. The European Super League Proves It.
Even if the breakaway competition fails, it illustrates that the beautiful game was long ago captured by the rich.
May 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Leicester wins the Premier League! Thank you ... Chelsea?
December 22, 2015
Leicester City, who were bottom of the Premier League last Christmas, are top of the Premier League this Christmas.
June 22, 2014
David Thomson
If the English Premier League is the Best in the World, Why do the Three Lions Crash and Burn?
It’s not fair, mum!
June 25, 2012
Luke Dempsey
12 Yards
June 19, 2010
Christopher Hsu
Why Has England Been So Bad?
June 12, 2010
Benjamin Wallace-Wells
How the U.S. Can Win
June 9, 2010
Christopher Hsu
Funny Old Wayne
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