http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/ Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Well, what a great night of kicking off a new season while saying goodbye and honoring a Portland icon. Yes, not just an icon to the team and fans, but a symbol of all Portland, old and new, green and... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/04/say_hello_say_g.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/04/say_hello_say_g.html Soccer Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:25 -0800 At one point in the evening, describing the position the Portland Beavers and Portland Timbers were in upon buying the teams, owner Merritt Paulson says "now, I don't want to speak ill of the previous management..." Before he can finish,... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/merritt_teases.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/merritt_teases.html Soccer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:35:30 -0800 Freakonomics links to a post about Applying Economics into Malaysian Football. And an amazing map of the 1969 moon landing transposed onto a soccer field to show how much of the moon was explored.... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/soccer_links.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/soccer_links.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:17:31 -0800 J League Soccer from Mike Merrill on Vimeo.... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/j_league_soccer.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/j_league_soccer.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:00:20 -0800 Roberto once dished out the goods regularly with large portions over at OregonLive, and things were good. Then he left to concentrate on building The Offside, and things were less good for Timbers fans, but were good for Soccer fans... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/were_going_to_w.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/were_going_to_w.html Soccer Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:39:54 -0800 By Krista Someone blue and furry once said, "Sometimes me think what is love, and then me think love is what last cookie is for. Me give up the last cookie for you." Truer words have never been spoken...unless you... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/_someone_blue_a.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/_someone_blue_a.html Competitive Eating Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:19:54 -0800 While watching the Fulham/Blackburn/GoTeamAmerica match on tape delay today, Ryan, Gene and myself noticed something interesting in the crowd of Fulham FC supporters after the match. First, there were the usual members of Roy's Army: then this woman appeared at... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/psu_viks_the_ep.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/03/psu_viks_the_ep.html Soccer Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:39:39 -0800 Pop quiz, hotshot: what sport are we playing in this monstrosity? yegods, Nike, get a goddamn clue! Read this, please, and go back to the drawing board. And Adidas, what are you doing to the new DC United shirt? where... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/i_hate_the_worl.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/i_hate_the_worl.html Soccer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:26:48 -0800 Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew he would hang up the saw and slab for good. But I didn't want to believe that it would be anytime soon. Timber Jim is retiring. "I have loved celebrating with... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/while_my_chains.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/while_my_chains.html Soccer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:21:06 -0800 Yank #5 comes to Fulham: Eddie Johnson's work permit is approved. But more on that in a bit. Gallons of ink has been spilled, by better writing talent than I, about the woes of supporting a terrible team. Teams that... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/yank_number_fiv.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/yank_number_fiv.html Soccer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:19:37 -0800 from today's Trib: • Finally, PGE Park is getting a new artificial surface. The plan is to begin tearing out the old NeXturf today, with a new FieldTurf surface expected to be in place by mid-February – in time for... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/and_the_angels.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2008/01/and_the_angels.html Soccer Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:59:16 -0800 There is a time change from Nashville to Chattanooga. I hadn't realized that there was a time difference between Nashville, where I flew in, and Chattanooga, where I was headed for the fourth annual Krystal Square Off taking place the... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/11/things_learned.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/11/things_learned.html Competitive Eating Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:43:07 -0800 Yo! I'm here in Chattanooga, holed up in a very luxurious hotel room. There's a trip to Krystal in a few minutes and I'm heading out to see the legendary place for myself. I've been in transit since 8:30 this... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/arrived_in_chat.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/arrived_in_chat.html Competitive Eating Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:35:04 -0800 Turns out the biggest build up of the Krystal Competition is a bust: Kobayashi announced this week that he would be forced to bow out of the finals on Sunday due to persistent jaw pain. This leaves the competition wide... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/kobayashi_out.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/kobayashi_out.html Competitive Eating Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:22:32 -0800 This Sunday will mark two weeks until one of the biggest competitive eating events of the year will throw down: the annual Krystal Square Off in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It's considered one of the big ones because, like Nathan's, it's nationally... http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/koby_slips_anot.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/2007/10/koby_slips_anot.html Competitive Eating Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:27:27 -0800