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Is this the worst football ad ever?
Football, Rant

Is this the worst football ad ever?

Kenn TomaschAugust 18, 2024

Who greenlit this ad for a World Football League game 50 years ago this week?

The UFL has work to do
Football, Rant

The UFL has work to do

Kenn TomaschJune 3, 2024June 5, 2024

Outside of St. Louis, the United Football League can’t draw a crowd. Where’s this “huge market for spring football?”

For the XFL, 18k wasn’t gold
Football, Rant

For the XFL, 18k wasn’t gold

Kenn TomaschMarch 15, 2020July 16, 2023

What did we learn from five weeks of a pandemic-shortened XFL 2.0 season?

Soccer Hall of Fame voting is actually NOT broken
Rant, Soccer, Soccer Hall of Fame

Soccer Hall of Fame voting is actually NOT broken

Kenn TomaschJune 9, 2018February 26, 2024

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how voting for the National Soccer Hall of Fame is “broken.” As a voter, I can tell you, it’s not.

Remember when Paul Gardner said Columbus wasn’t a soccer town?
Rant, Soccer

Remember when Paul Gardner said Columbus wasn’t a soccer town?

Kenn TomaschDecember 2, 2015May 28, 2023

Paul Gardner is a crazy person. With the subject of his ire hosting MLS Cup this weekend, let’s look back at one reason why.

Only a matter of time for baseball
Baseball, Rant

Only a matter of time for baseball

Kenn TomaschNovember 9, 2014August 18, 2024

For many years, baseball’s only clock was the sun, and that worked pretty well. But with average game times in…

So, Let’s Talk About Multi-Point Scoring
Rant, Soccer

So, Let’s Talk About Multi-Point Scoring

Kenn TomaschOctober 24, 2014August 12, 2024

Only an indoor soccer aficionado (or geek, if you prefer) would debate the merits of Single-Point Scoring versus those of Multi-Point Scoring. So that’s what we’ll do.

Ladies and gentlemen, your Boston Brawlers
Football, Rant

Ladies and gentlemen, your Boston Brawlers

Kenn TomaschOctober 6, 2014August 18, 2024

The new Fall Experimental Football League is talking a big game, but looks like small change.

Stat-padding in Chicago, an update
Rant, Soccer

Stat-padding in Chicago, an update

Kenn TomaschFebruary 28, 2013March 22, 2026

You still can’t trust Major Indoor Soccer League statistics, and here’s why.

The night Jeff Richey didn’t make 45 saves
Rant, Soccer

The night Jeff Richey didn’t make 45 saves

Kenn TomaschJanuary 26, 2013August 26, 2025

I’m happy for Jeff Richey for his recent 45-save game. Only it wasn’t a 45-save game by a long shot.

A brief history of promotion and relegation in American soccer
Rant, Soccer

A brief history of promotion and relegation in American soccer

Kenn TomaschFebruary 12, 2012February 28, 2025

No, there is no explicit promotion and relegation in American soccer, but that has not kept teams from going up and down the pyramid.

Absolutely NOT Sunil Gulat’s response
Rant, Soccer

Absolutely NOT Sunil Gulat’s response

Kenn TomaschFebruary 3, 2011February 2, 2025

If USSF president Sunil Gulati has responded to NASL fans, it wasn’t this way, which is much snarkier.

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