Month: February 2013

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Summers in college are one of those things that stick with you for the rest of your life. The reasons for that are as varied as you might expect, unique to each group and individuals’ personalities. While a majority of students spend most of their summer days slaving away at a job or internship, there’s […]

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The cat’s out of the bag: Robbie Rogers is gay. Thanks to a middle-of-the-night personal blog posting last night, the former Columbus Crew wide man publicly announced that he is a homosexual and that he is retiring from professional football. Of course, only one of those twin announcements will grab a majority of the headlines today and in the […]

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Without a shadow of a doubt, mid-February has to be one of my favorite portions of the entire footballing calendar. The major European leagues are entering the home stretch of their seasons, with the races for final league places really heating up. The Champions League knockout stages have kicked off, presenting us with loads of […]

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Tomorrow is the Feast of Saint Valentine, the patron saint of affianced couples, happy marriages and love — among other oddities such as bee keepers, epilepsy and the plague. Traditionally a Roman Catholic holiday, modern capitalism has exploited it and turned it into a yearly economic stimulus for greeting card companies, jewelers and the floral industry… and possibly turned […]

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Monday in the middle of February. Everybody’s favorite day of the week in everybody’s favorite month. And though we’ve had some unseasonably warm temperatures here in the Midwest, the depression caused by lack of exposure to sunlight during the winter has seemed more palpable this year compared to last. But fear not, football fans: there’s […]

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Close your eyes for a second, and imagine you’re watching your favorite team play on the television. It’s a Saturday, midday kickoff. The players have lined up on the field, and are just about to shake hands with one another before the match. You’ve just plopped down on your couch/bar stool as the players begin […]

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If you haven’t noticed by now, looking back through my I want series, I clearly have a thing for soccer culture tees. And one of my favorite producers of clever shirts is Dutch brand COPA, who just dropped their new Spring/Summer 2013 Collection. But with a whopping 98 different shirts in the collection, featuring designers such as […]