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What Is The Best Soccer Tournament In Recent Memory?

June 29th, 2008 · Comments

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Google Celebrates Euro 2008 With Homepage Doodle

June 29th, 2008 · Comments

Google is getting into the mood for today’s Euro 2008 final by showing a soccer doodle on its homepages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As of writing, Google Spain’s homepage didn’t feature the image.
German seventeen year old Mai Dao Ngoc drew the winning picture.
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Spain-Italy Most Watched Match So Far And Other ESPN Euro Ratings News

June 27th, 2008 · Comments

As we head into the final weekend of Euro 2008, ESPN decided to take the occasion yesterday to put out a new press release talking about how the tournament is doing viewership wise through the quarterfinal round.  So, what did they have to say?
As noted in the headline, the Spain v Italy quarterfinal shown on ESPN Sunday was […]

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EPL Talk Fantasy Football: Euro 2008 Winds Down

June 26th, 2008 · Comments

There’s just one game left in Euro 2008, which means there’s one last chance to get as many points as possible in the EPL Talk Euro 2008 Fantasy Football game. The winner will receive a replica jersey of the Euro 2008 team of his or her choice courtesy of Subside Sports.
Here’s the top 10 rankings […]

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ESPN’s Euro 2008 Advertising Gone Wrong

June 26th, 2008 · Comments

When was the last time you saw a banner advertisement on the homepage of a major website promoting soccer in the United States? I had to rub my eyes when I saw it earlier Thursday afternoon on the homepage of Yahoo Finance, one of the top financial websites in the U.S. (see screenshot below).

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Tags: ESPN · Football Coverage on TV Networks · Football Websites

ESPN’s Euro 2008 Dream Goes According To Plan

June 26th, 2008 · Comments

ESPN and ABC’s dreams have come true. Sunday’s Euro 2008 final between Germany and Spain is a far better proposition for the Disney owned TV networks than Turkey against Russia would have been. With plenty of German Americans living in the United States as well as a massive hispanic population, TV ratings should be high.
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Euro 2008 Semi-Final Plagued By 17 Minutes Of TV Transmission Issues

June 25th, 2008 · Comments

Football fans around the world must have cursing their TV sets Wednesday night when the TV transmission was interrupted three separate times during key moments in the thrilling Euro 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
UEFA is investigating the situation to find out what happened, but it appears that a thunderstorm is blamed for the interruptions. […]

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Tags: Football Tournaments · euro 2008

Are Football Match Programmes Slowly Becoming Extinct?

June 25th, 2008 · Comments

Growing up in Wales, many of my cold, wet winter nights were spent cowering under a lightbulb studying every word and every page of football programmes. I had my Swansea City programmes that I brought home from matches, but I was deeply indebted to Steve Earl Football Programmes for helping to grow my collection. Goodness […]

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