The Ballad of Freddy Adu

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Filed under: Soccer Let me tell you a story 'bout a boy named Fred, A poor MLS-er whose career was left for dead. Then one week up near ol' Thunder Bay, The whole world realized that Fred could still play . U-20 World Cup, that is. Three goals. Lots of assists. Well the next thing you know, ol' Fred's a star again. His kin folk said, "Salt Lake's a dead end." They said, "Out in Europe is ... [link]

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Published 7/16/2007 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
... , but when it’s under an AOL masthead, all the ordinary rules go right out the window. It’s not just a blog anymore. It’s AOL. Thus, sports fans who have no clue about sports blogging — and let’s be honest, this is still a very, very large number — think it actually has journalistic clout, when really, it’s just a bunch of bloggers having a go, singing songs about Freddy Adu and such. ...

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