Portsmouth's seven-year stay in the Premier League in the 2000s was marked by frequent relegation run-ins and one glorious 07-08 season that included an eighth-place finish in the Premier League and a victory in the FA Cup final.
These days, Pompey toils in the top quadrant of League One, with promotion to the EFL Championship almost as elusive as a return to the top flight.
In an era with historically-dominant clubs running away with their leagues every season, it becomes difficult to appreciate their supremacy because they have largely removed the drama from domestic title races.
In France, where the title race last season was one of the best in recent memory, Paris Saint-Germain has once again sat atop the table throughout the campaign.
Being a sports fan in the modern age is, at best, a chore and, at worst, almost like having a second job.
Fans must keep track of which leagues are offered on which streaming services as they balance cost with the value of the product being offered.
If an American soccer fan wants to watch the Premier League, Bundesliga and Champions League, they will need three separate streaming services costing a total of $170 per year.
Locally, viewers have to deal with a different type of headache: blackouts, which prevent people from watching their local sports teams.
In honor of our Texan-Mexican hero Ricardo Pepi, we are bringing you The Best Tex-Mex Frozen Margarita recipe!
Try it yourself! And be your own hero at your next USMNT watch party.
Ingredients:
7oz tequila
3oz triple sec
3oz (fresh) lime juice
2oz agave
Add all ingredients to a blender. Fill blender full of ice.
Blend until frothy. It should be icy but not watery.
Pour and enjoy! Recipe serves 4
Cristiano Ronaldo not only breaks records when he scores a goal. Off the field, every time that he posts a photo or a video on Instagram, the internet explodes.
Numbers don't lie (they do, but shhh!), and here are two events that prove his popularity in the social network:
Decir que a Cristian Calderón le gusta Mickey Mouse quizás sea una forma de subestimar los hechos. La verdad es que Chicote tiene una especie de obsesión con el roedor de Disney.
La muestra más clara es el tatuaje del personaje que tiene en su cuello, justo bajo la oreja derecha.
After a chaotic final day of the 2020-21 EFL Championship campaign — during which Derby County was relegated, safe, relegated, then finally safe again, all within the space of 90 minutes — the Rams had secured their status as a Championship side.
At least that's what the final table said. The club still awaited judgment from the EFL regarding serious breaches of financial fair play regulations. In the end, the Rams were spared a points deduction and stayed in the second tier.
If you’re like our dear friend and colleague David Moore, you’re still playing Wii Sports every week on your dilapidated Wii, reliving the glory days of motion-control gaming. Or maybe you’ve still got that old GameCube working so you can play Super Mario Strikers when you grow tired of the FIFA grind.
Club América no solo pierde dentro de la cancha. A la racha de ocho partidos sin conocer la victoria, el equipo azulcrema ahora suma una derrota en las tribunas, ya que de acuerdo a un estudio del Grupo Mitofsky, Chivas acaba de desplazarlo como el equipo más popular de México.
Según los resultados, un 19,4 por ciento de los aficionados al fútbol en México se declaró Chivahermano, mientras que los americanistas se quedaron en un 19 por ciento.