Poetics and the Beautiful Game

My essay, "Poetics and the Beautiful Game," where I use Aristotle's "Poetics" to analyze the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final between the Netherlands and Spain, out now with the latest issue of Aethlon: The Journal of the Sport Literature Association (XXVII: 1).

Talent, Transfers and the Blame Game

http://www.thevipersnest.com/2011/08/talent-transfers-and-blame-game.html

BBC Sports World Have Your Say, Launch Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgFKsjid8Rc

Commenting on the premiere episode of Sports World Have Your Say on the BBC World News, wearing an Arsenal top at BBC's NY studio (W. 33rd).  Fun discussion of the Gervinho-Barton incident and the transfer crisis at the Arsenal.

Season Preview: Wenger's Vulnerable Vision

http://www.arsenalamerica.com/2011/08/11/season-preview-wengers-vulnerable-vision/

Season Preview: Wenger's Vulnerable Vision

http://www.arsenalamerica.com/2011/08/11/season-preview-wengers-vulnerable-vision/

The Birth of the Crotchmos, Tailored by Umbro

http://www.thevipersnest.com/2011/08/birth-of-crotchmos-tailored-by-umbro.html

Fantasies, Friendlies, Farces and the Future

http://www.thevipersnest.com/2011/08/fantasies-friendlies-farces-and-future.html