Who Will Win (the Final 18 or 19) Games of the Premier League?
I’m realizing these emails pretty much always have a question in the subject line. Given how the average person consumes the written word, I’m also probably the only person who realized that — until I just made it clear to all of you. Anyway! (This transition style — non sequitur, followed by an exclamatory word, followed by what I actually am here to talk about — is another crutch of mine.) For ESPN, I tried to predict what the Premier League table would look like — if the English FA declared the first 20 games null and void, and then we just played out the remaining schedule and awarded a winner:
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Who Needs to Make a Move in January?
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
On the one hand, the January transfer window is stupid. On the other: VIRGIL. VAN. DIJK. I wrote about the teams who would benefit the most from making a move during the winter transfer window:
What's Wrong With Arsenal?
Friday, January 5, 2024
Ahead of the Liverpool match, Arsenal looked like they might be the best team in the Premier League. After the Liverpool match, Arsenal looked like they might be the best team in the Premier League.
Who Won 2023?
Friday, December 29, 2023
We all know the answer: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays Richard “Richie” Jerimovich in the FX television series, The Bear. But I get paid to write about soccer, so what if we focused in on that world for
The Premier League, Ranked, Vol. 4
Friday, December 22, 2023
The weeketh of ranketh continueth. My buddy Bill Connelly and I came up with our fourth edition of the Premier League power rankings — and there's a new no. 1! And 2! And 4! And 6! And, well, you
Twenty Possible European Champions, Ranked
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Hi! With the first-round knockout draws set, I looked at the likely winners of the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League. Then — get this — I ranked them, in order of the
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