Posts Tagged ‘ESPN’

MLS and the Water Cooler

By Tom Dunmore • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: American soccer

Ruud Gullit coming, Bruce Arena going, Blanco-mania, Beckham-fatigue, Angel-love, San Jose buzz, Seattle next? Just a random collection of hot topics surrounding MLS in recent times. Does this add up to a growing cultural presence for the league? Andrew Dixon makes that point.
The beauty of the events of the past week is that they’ve [...]


ESPN video: Beckham is coming

By Josh Crockett • Jul 12th, 2007 • Category: American soccer, Media, Video

Say what you will about ESPN’s influence on the American sports marketplace, they are masters of sport as theatre, even in a thirty-second advertisement.