http://ballhype.com/blog/runofplay BallHype stories contributed by runofplay en BallHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://images.ballhype.com/media/img/ballhype/logo_120x60.png http://ballhype.com/blog/runofplay 120 60 http://ballhype.com/story/ibrahimovic_scores_a_breathtaking_goal_for_inter/ <p>How does a human body bend that way? Amazing. Watch it here.</p><p>runofplay posted 10/5/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/inter_milan/">Inter Milan</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/ibrahimovic_scores_a_breathtaking_goal_for_inter/ Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:39:35 +1700 Soccer Inter Milan http://ballhype.com/story/gravely_ill_north_korean_dictator_attends_college/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/gravely_ill_north_korean_dictator_attends_college/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/10/05/gravely_ill_north_korean_dictator_attends_college.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Gravely Ill North Korean Dictator Attends College Soccer Game " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>Kim Jong Il may be dying a slow and mysterious death, but according to reports in North Korea's state news agency, he still has time to hang out at college soccer games.</p><p>runofplay posted 10/5/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/korea/">Korea</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/gravely_ill_north_korean_dictator_attends_college/ Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:39:56 +1700 Soccer Korea http://ballhype.com/story/what_spain_accomplished/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/what_spain_accomplished/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/06/29/what_spain_accomplished.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" What Spain Accomplished " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>How could Spain's run through Euro 2008 have been any more convincing? A consideration of everything they've accomplished by winning the European Championship and whether they should now be regarded as the best team in the world.</p><p>runofplay posted 6/29/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/spain/">Spain</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/what_spain_accomplished/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:57 +1700 Soccer Spain http://ballhype.com/story/euro_2008_the_best_goal_of_the_knockout_stages_1/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/euro_2008_the_best_goal_of_the_knockout_stages_1/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/06/28/euro_2008_the_best_goal_of_the_knockout_stages_1.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Euro 2008: The Best Goal of the Knockout Stages " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>There were 19 goals in the quarterfinals and semifinals of Euro 2008. These are the best.</p><p>runofplay posted 6/28/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/euro_2008_the_best_goal_of_the_knockout_stages_1/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:59:43 +1700 Soccer http://ballhype.com/story/frank_lampard_is_moving_to_italy_says_france/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/frank_lampard_is_moving_to_italy_says_france/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/06/27/frank_lampard_is_moving_to_italy_says_france.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Frank Lampard Is Moving to Italy, Says France " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>Frank Lampard has signed a 4-year deal with Inter Milan that will reunite him with Jose Mourinho, according to the Telegraph and France Football.</p><p>runofplay posted 6/27/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/frank_lampard/">Frank Lampard</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/france/">France</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/inter_milan/">Inter Milan</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/jose_mourinho/">Jose Mourinho</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/italy/">Italy</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/frank_lampard_is_moving_to_italy_says_france/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:11:37 +1700 Soccer Frank Lampard France Inter Milan Jose Mourinho Italy http://ballhype.com/story/buzz_bissinger_will_leitch_and_the_white_hot_flow_of/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/buzz_bissinger_will_leitch_and_the_white_hot_flow_of/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/30/buzz_bissinger_will_leitch_and_the_white_hot_flow_.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Buzz Bissinger, Will Leitch, and the White-Hot Flow of Opinion " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights, subjected Deadspin blogger Will Leitch to an incontinent tirade about the menace of sports blogging on Bob Costas’s HBO show last night. Was he holding blogs responsible for the very stupidity that's made people turn away from the mainstream media in the first place? </p><p>runofplay posted 4/30/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/other/">Other</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/general/bob_costas/">Bob Costas</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/buzz_bissinger_will_leitch_and_the_white_hot_flow_of/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:02:16 +1700 Other Bob Costas http://ballhype.com/story/the_best_list_of_the_worst_own_goals/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the_best_list_of_the_worst_own_goals/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/23/the_best_list_of_the_worst_own_goals.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" The Best List of the Worst Own Goals " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>In honor of John Arne Riise's last-second own goal for Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals yesterday, The Run of Play offers a list of 10 of the greatest/most devastating/funniest own goals of all time. Video links included.</p><p>runofplay posted 4/23/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/chelsea/">Chelsea</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/champions_league/">Champions League</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/liverpool/">Liverpool</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/the_best_list_of_the_worst_own_goals/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:26:34 +1700 Soccer Chelsea Champions League Liverpool http://ballhype.com/story/champions_league_preview_your_slutty_oscar_dress_is/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/champions_league_preview_your_slutty_oscar_dress_is/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/07/champions_league_preview_your_slutty_oscar_dress_i.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Champions League Preview: Your Slutty Oscar Dress Is Like Mourinho's Bible of Tactics " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>An...unconventional preview of this week's Champions League matches, featuring women in semi-indecent dresses, comic snapshots of dead animals, and an instructional video about knife-fighting. Make your parents proud and check it out.</p><p>runofplay posted 4/7/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/champions_league/">Champions League</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/arsenal/">Arsenal</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/as_roma/">AS Roma</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/barcelona/">Barcelona</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/manchester_united/">Manchester United</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/liverpool/">Liverpool</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/chelsea/">Chelsea</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/champions_league_preview_your_slutty_oscar_dress_is/ Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:54:13 +1700 Soccer Champions League Arsenal AS Roma Barcelona Manchester United Liverpool Chelsea http://ballhype.com/story/greatest_april_fools_day_tricks_in_soccer_history/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/greatest_april_fools_day_tricks_in_soccer_history/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/01/greatest_april_fools_day_tricks_in_soccer_history.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Greatest April Fools' Day Tricks in Soccer History " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>A roundup of the most elaborate pranks and hoaxes in soccer history, including the Maradona-Madonna love child and the evil joke on Pele that left 400 orphans in tears.</p><p>runofplay posted 4/1/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/pel/">Pelé</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/diego_maradona/">Diego Maradona</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/holland/">Holland</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/inter_milan/">Inter Milan</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/greatest_april_fools_day_tricks_in_soccer_history/ Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:25:18 +1700 Soccer Pelé Diego Maradona Holland Inter Milan http://ballhype.com/story/arsenal_at_the_edge_of_the_end/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/arsenal_at_the_edge_of_the_end/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/03/26/arsenal_at_the_edge_of_the_end.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Arsenal at the Edge of the End " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>The only thing anyone ever says about Arsenal is that they are cultivated and weak. I have no idea whether Nick Hornby has ever included a tiny bust of Johannes Brahms and a bottle of 1983 Margaux on a top-five list of his favorite football accessories, but I do know that French is a language spoken by people who care about mimes. A look at Arsenal at the end of the season.</p><p>runofplay posted 3/26/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/arsenal/">Arsenal</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/arsenal_at_the_edge_of_the_end/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:30:43 +1700 Soccer Arsenal http://ballhype.com/story/liverpool_at_the_edge_of_the_end/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/liverpool_at_the_edge_of_the_end/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/03/25/liverpool_at_the_edge_of_the_end.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Liverpool at the Edge of the End " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>The fate of Liverpool's season and the fading genius of Rafa Benitez.</p><p>runofplay posted 3/25/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/liverpool/">Liverpool</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/liverpool_at_the_edge_of_the_end/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:23:49 +1700 Soccer Liverpool http://ballhype.com/story/football_transfers_are_about_to_change_forever/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/football_transfers_are_about_to_change_forever/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/img/story/187/football_transfers_are_about_to_change_forever.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Football Transfers Are About to Change Forever " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>The Court of Arbitration for Sport has quietly handed down a decision that will radically alter the way transfers are carried out in European football. </p><p>runofplay posted 1/31/2008 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/football_transfers_are_about_to_change_forever/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:45:22 +1600 Soccer http://ballhype.com/story/avram_grant_does_the_michigan_rag/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/avram_grant_does_the_michigan_rag/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/img/story/155/avram_grant_does_the_michigan_rag.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Avram Grant Does the Michigan Rag " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>All about the eerie similarity between Chelsea manager Avram Grant and Warner Bros. cartoon mascot Michigan J. Frog...</p><p>runofplay posted 12/15/2007 from www.runofplay.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/avram_grant/">Avram Grant</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/chelsea/">Chelsea</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/avram_grant_does_the_michigan_rag/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:27:11 +1600 Soccer Avram Grant Chelsea