With apologies to Jim Thorpe, Jim Brown, Willie Mays, Carl Lews, and a host of other Americans who might qualify for this honor, the best athlete in modern history is a Brazilian: Edson Arantes de Nascimento, better known to the world as Pele. Hailing from the extreme poverty of Sao Paulo, Pele rose to become ...
It was a single moment played out in the dying embers of last week’s dramatic Manchester Derby at Eastlands that will live long in the memory of United supporters. In trying to grab a face-saving, last gasp equalizer City found themselves caught on the break with even their keeper Joe Hart racing back desperately from ...
Trying to compose a list of the 10 best athletes in any sport is difficult enough. Doing the same for a sport like soccer which is so wide spread with so much history is downright impossible. Yet, if you ask any soccer fan they will always have their own personal list, and the choices are ...
Soccer has several players that helped change the development of the game: Di Stefano, Pele, Beckembauer, Cruyff, Maradona, Ronaldo, Zidane, and many others. They all made a mark in the history of the game. But there’s a new star called Lionel Messi who has been breaking every record, and he’s only 23 years old. Messi ...
Spain should be congratulated not only for winning consecutive UEFA European Football Championships, but also for their 2010 FIFA World Cup triumph sandwiched in between. But, please, let’s not get carried away. There is an echo chamber of voices who want to anoint the 2008-2012 Spanish national team as the greatest squad ever assembled. ...
