1. Manchester City: Globetrotting Sky Blues Take Summer Football to Distant Places

    As Premier League football's popularity continues to take hold worldwide, the league's clubs are working to meet the demand for the game by converting formerly dormant summer months into profit-making opportunities...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 1 day ago 1,469 reads 2 comments

  2. A Very Early Look at Potential Philadelphia Phillies 2014 Free Agent Targets

    Phillies fans do not know whether this year's team has one final playoff push in it, but one thing is absolutely certain: This core group of players will largely be gone after 2013...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 1 day ago 4,473 reads 13 comments

  3. Manchester City Transfer Tracker: Week of June 17 News and Rumours

    Manchester City continues to see their club mentioned in nearly every significant rumor published during this transfer window. And why not? When a club can afford any player, no player is truly off limits...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 2 days ago 3,033 reads 0 comments

  4. 5 Ways Manchester City Are Seeking to Expand Their Global Empire in America

    Manchester City's global profile has risen in the past few years, but it is significantly short of where the club's ownership and management want it to be...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 3 days ago 6,381 reads 14 comments

  5. Manchester City: Will Manuel Pellegrini Live Up to Roberto Mancini's Standard?

    Manuel Pellegrini , still stuck on the starting blocks in his turgid race to become Manchester City 's manager, per The Guardian , may struggle to live up to the record accrued by his predecessor, Roberto Mancini...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 6 days ago 2,349 reads 11 comments

  6. Philadelphia Phillies: 3 Phils Standouts Who Should Be MLB All-Stars

    Charlie Manuel has been riding the world's worst roller coaster with his Philadelphia Phillies team in 2013. The Phillies recently followed a five-game winning streak that pulled them over ...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 7 days ago 884 reads 0 comments

  7. Manchester City: How Jesus Navas Will Fit Into Manuel Pellegrini's Tactics

    Any minute now, Manchester City will (finally) introduce Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager, per Mark Ogden of the Telegraph . Already, though, the new man has some new toys...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 7 days ago 3,887 reads 8 comments

  8. Manchester City: 5 Reasons Why Blues Must Sell Edin Dzeko This Summer

    Edin Dzeko has had his share of memorable moments at Manchester City . Perhaps the greatest goal he ever scored for the Citizens is the one that so many casual fans forget...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 8 days ago 2,638 reads 34 comments

  9. Manchester City Summer Transfer News: Tracking Latest Rumours, Updates

    For our 10th wedding anniversary this past weekend my wife and I went to Morton's . Golf's United States Open Championship is being played close to where we live, so we had the pleasure of dining one table over from 2005 U...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 9 days ago 8,540 reads 8 comments

  10. Manchester City Summer Transfers: Why Jesus Navas Is Not Right for Sky Blues

    Jesus Navas is all but signed on at Manchester City , per Sky Sports. This acquisition carries possible danger for the Sky Blues. As a threshold matter, Navas is not leaving Sevilla on the cheap...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 12 days ago 5,910 reads 56 comments

  11. Philadelphia Phillies: June Slate of Underperforming Opponents Gives Phils Hope

    The Phillies have 21 games left to play in June, having won five in a row to climb over .500. As it stands, only one of the teams they will play (the Colorado Rockies ) is over ...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 13 days ago 1,035 reads 2 comments

  12. World Cup 2014: From the New Maracana, Fresh Images of Brazil's Reworked Stadium

    For a friendly, Brazil's recent match with England at the new Maracana had a fair amount of intrigue. As reported by The Sporting News : "About 66,000 fans were in the Maracana, ...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 15 days ago 296 reads 0 comments

  13. Manchester City: 5 Youngsters Who Could See First-Team Action Next Season

    Imagine being a football player so good that you are selected to join a Premier League club's developmental program. Your friends hear about it and cannot wait to find out which club you will begin your career with...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 15 days ago 6,576 reads 27 comments

  14. Manchester City Summer Transfer News: Tracking Latest Rumours, Updates

    The summer transfer period is no time for anyone who values the either the truth or a tidy conclusion. Manchester City Football Club has been very active in the transfer market if you believe the British tabloids...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 17 days ago 11,748 reads 12 comments

  15. Manchester City: What New York City FC Means for Sky Blues' Global Operation

    Manchester City 's past 12 months have been littered with ill-fated decisions, but the club's recent investment in a Major League Soccer franchise in New York City may yet redeem them all...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 19 days ago 3,187 reads 0 comments

  16. Manchester City: Predicting What New York City FC Launch Will Look Like in 2015

    To most Premier League fans, Major League Soccer is little more than a punchline for "The Fiver" from The Guardian . After all, it's fun to tweak the Americans with cutesy jabs like referring to the league as "Major League Soccerball ..

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 20 days ago 3,587 reads 11 comments

  17. What Should Manchester City Fans Expect If Manuel Pellegrini Arrives?

    Manchester City fans should expect multiple Champions League and Premier League titles if City land Manuel Pellegrini. End of slideshow. All right, not really...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 22 days ago 3,257 reads 8 comments

  18. 2013 MLB Draft: Latest Expert Predictions for Philadelphia Phillies' 1st Pick

    After years of being "one player away," the Philadelphia Phillies are now much further than that from contending for a championship...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 22 days ago 3,247 reads 6 comments

  19. Manchester City Summer Transfer News: Tracking Latest Rumours, Updates

    The summer transfer window is open, or it's not. This bit from bbc.co.uk attempting to explain the timing surrounding the summer transfer window is awesome ...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 23 days ago 8,763 reads 5 comments

  20. 5 Reasons Why Edinson Cavani Is Manchester City's Must-Have at Transfer Window

    Edinson Cavani in a Manchester City shirt has been an ongoing campaign in this space for a while now. There is some history on my side. You may not know this, but my other byline here is as a Featured Columnist for the Philadelphia Phillies...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 26 days ago 5,754 reads 28 comments

  21. Manchester City 2012-13 Review and End-of-Season Awards

    Manchester City football fans never thought the end of the 2012-2013 season could end like this. It began with a remarkably destitute and abbreviated run in the Champions League...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 27 days ago 56 reads 2 comments

  22. 5 Reasons Why Manchester City Will Win the Premier League Next Year

    Manchester City Football Club is in disarray. It has been a few short days since the Sky Blues (save for brace man Jack Rodwell) sleepwalked through a home loss to Norwich City to ...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 29 days ago 4,699 reads 31 comments

  23. Philadelphia Phillies: As Ryan Howard's Fade Continues, Darin Ruf Must Play Now

    Ryan Howard is day-to-day with inflammation in his left knee , per Ryan Lawrence of Philadelphia's Daily News . That isn't all. The magnetic resonance imaging test of Howard's knee identified "changes" in his meniscus...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 30 days ago 2,871 reads 6 comments

  24. Manchester City Summer Transfer News: Tracking Latest Rumours, Updates

    The party just ended for Manchester City Football Club. ----LAST UPDATE 24 MAY 2013---- As with all parties, whether they are successful or not, cleaning up afterward is invariably unpleasant...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 30 days ago 9,076 reads 9 comments

  25. Player-by-Player Grades of Manchester City's 2012-13 Premier League Squad

    When you were a young child in school, you probably had a favorite teacher. Someone who cared about you, who inspired you to reach beyond your pedestrian abilities and exceed even your most immodest goals...

    Phil Keidel Written by Phil Keidel about 1 month ago 5,449 reads 37 comments