Daily Dose 10.10.08

By: Laurie | No Comments

Some news to read as you get shot by your stove:

I know we covered the Spanish beer thing yesterday, but these guys’ photo is better. Or…worse. Yes! Worse! Much, much worse! That’s what I meant! (With Leather)
Best possible reason to run a futbol club? To launder drug [...]

Category: World Football

Tags: Africa, Beer, Charlton, Denmark, dribbling records, drugs, Dubai, money laundering, Real Salt Lake, Rio Tinto Stadium, RSL, Spain, WC 2010, World Football

Fugitive Former Cosmos Player and ex-Lazio Prez Giorgio Chinaglia Gets Hit With Mob Charges

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Former New York Cosmos player Giorgio Chinaglia may be a lot of things, but you can’t accuse him of lacking audacity. If you saw the movie “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos,” he was the one with the biggest ego. And back in the 1970s, he [...]

Category: World Football

Tags: Giorgio Chinaglia, Lazio, Mafia, mob, money laundering, NASL, New York Cosmos, Once in a Lifetime, World Football