Author Archives: Eric Betts
The Tuesday XI: Mother Russia Edition
We couldn’t finish our coverage of the USMNT’s game against Russia without also giving you a squad full of the best Russian names and faces an oil oligarch can buy. We’ve lined them up in the kind of 4-3-3 where … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten: Hearts on Fire Edition
Tomorrow the USMNT faces Russia, where calling soccer a “commie pinko sport” is a compliment. Here are ten possible scenarios for how this game could play out. 1. The “I Can Change, You Can Change, Everybody Can Change” Scenario Despite … Continue reading
The Tuesday XI: Expect You To Die Edition
This week’s Tuesday XI recognizes that there are far more important things to discuss than today’s U.S. presidential election: This Friday’s impending stateside release of Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie. Bond films are big deals here at our site, … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten: Playoffs? We’re Talking About Playoffs? Edition
Today’s Tuesday Ten offers you ten quick-hitting predictions for the MLS Cup playoffs. Eastern Conference 1. Sporting KC – Kei Kamara and C.J. Sapong will celebrate the MLS Cup-winning goal by recreating the entire six-minute Evolution of Dance, then immediately announce their retirement. … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten: Settling This Like Men Edition
Being Americans, we’ve been hearing a lot recently, albeit tangentially, about some kinds of debates or something that have been going on around these parts. Here at The Other 87, we’re not much for talking out our differences. It sounds … Continue reading
The Tuesday XI: Brute Squad Edition
If you’ve been on the Internet at any point in the last month, you probably already know that this year marks the 25th anniversary of The Princess Bride. To mark the occasion, we’re joining all the other websites out there … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten: Monumental Edition
In honor of Zinedine Zidane’s new monument outside the Pompidou Centre in Paris, we bring you ten more somewhat less-than-glorious images from the beautiful game that need to be cast in bronze. 1. I’d love for future civilizations to dig … Continue reading
The Tuesday XI: Has-Beens Edition
We forgot to run this squad of 80’s action heroes last month when the Expendables sequel hit theaters. Luckily, if the movie proves one thing, it’s that it’s never too late to get these has-beens out on the field of … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten: Jurgen’s Bright Idea Edition
We here at The Other 87 like to fancy ourselves a collection of tactical whiz kids, and so when we say that this week’s Tuesday Ten is a collection of ten possible scenarios Jurgen Klinsmann is considering as he looks … Continue reading
The Tuesday XI: Lost Boys Edition
Today we celebrate the return of the school year by thinking of the children. Not just any children, but badass ones – the kids we all wanted to be when we grew up. Some of them might have aged and … Continue reading
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