Monthly Archives: December 2011

Our Greatest Hits: The World Soccer Draft FIFA 2011 Results

This week we’re starting a new holiday tradition: Our Greatest Hits. Since we don’t have anything new for you, we’ll be reposting what we consider some of our own favorite pieces that we’ve written over the year, not just whatever … Continue reading

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Our Greatest Hits: The World Soccer Draft

This week we’re starting a new holiday tradition: Our Greatest Hits. Since we don’t have anything new for you, we’ll be reposting what we consider some of our own favorite pieces that we’ve written over the year, not just whatever … Continue reading

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Our Greatest Hits: The King’s Speech

This week we’re starting a new holiday tradition: Our Greatest Hits. Since we don’t have anything new for you, we’ll be reposting what we consider some of our own favorite pieces that we’ve written over the year, not just whatever … Continue reading

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Our Greatest Hits: The Greatest Footballer in the World

This week we’re starting a new holiday tradition: Our Greatest Hits. Since we don’t have anything new for you, we’ll be reposting what we consider some of our own favorite pieces that we’ve written over the year, not just whatever … Continue reading

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The Tuesday Ten

Bowl Season Edition  To our mind, the only thing wrong with the Champions League is its outmoded method of determining the best of the final 16 teams through a two-legged, single-elimination knockout tournament. Far superior is a method we’ve developed … Continue reading

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Our Greatest Hits: These Magic Moments

This week we’re starting a new holiday tradition: Our Greatest Hits. Since we don’t have anything new for you, we’ll be reposting what we consider some of our own favorite pieces that we’ve written over the year, not just whatever … Continue reading

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Santa’s List

Ho ho ho! Today we wrap up our week of holiday-themed content with some exclusive intel from the North Pole. Santa stuffed his chimney with too much milk and cookies and unwittingly left his ‘naughty’ and ‘nice’ lists lying around. … Continue reading

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The O87 Christkwanzakah Pageant Extravaganzakah

This month here at The Other 87, we’ve already taken some time to put a soccer twist on a couple of classic Christmas forms: the Christmas carol  and the Christmas poem, or in this case, storybook. But there’s one more classic … Continue reading

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The Tuesday XI

Home for the Holidays Edition Our week of seasonal celebrations continues here at The Other 87 with a special Tuesday XI featuring a cast of characters straight out of a typical holiday gathering. Naturally, we’ve lined them up in a … Continue reading

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Our Yuletide Verse

Every fan down in Fanville liked soccer a lot, But Sepp Blatter, who runs FIFA, most surely did not! Sepp Blatter HATED soccer! The whole soccer season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could … Continue reading

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