Best sports headline of the year: Portuguese men at war as Ronaldo hits back at Mourinho

Meant to post it at the time but unless something completely extraordinary happens in the next two weeks, the best sports headline of the year was this one from April 27 in The Times of London: Portuguese men at war as Ronaldo hits back at Mourinho

That 1-0 Everton-Chelsea game was by far the best game I've seen this year. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Home/0,,12306,00.html

Years worth of good photos of Premiership matches are at WireImage: http://www.wireimage.com/EventListings.aspx?so=4,d&sr=1801&cl=3&ci=403

Earlier that same week, I saw a large truck rig driving thru Hollywood whose cabin roof was painted simply enough: "Gracias a Dios, Maradona, Argentina." (I couldn't help but wonder how many other people who saw that truck got the gist of that.)
I suppose that I should add that the area near where I live in South Florida has a large supply of Argentine emigres, and not just because of The Knife Argentine Steak House restaurant on Hallandale Beach Blvd. and US-1. http://www.thekniferestaurant.com/

The flavorful smoke emanating from there now almost negates the smell of all the horses that have arrived recently for the opening of Gulfstream Park, which opens in 17 days on January 3rd. http://www.gulfstreampark.com/

Tonight at midnight, assuming the Redskins at Giants NBC-TV game is over, I'll be watching the Arsenal at Chelsea match from earlier this afternoon on FSC, and then tape the Premier League Fan Zone version of the game Monday afternoon from 5:30-7:00 p.m. to watch later in the evening.
I'm sure it'll be the usual fierce play between the Gunners and the Blues that's not unlike the Redskin-Eagles games, just without a "Bodybag game."

I've really become quite a fan of the Fan Zone show over the past few months, whose surprisingly simple concept of pairing one knowledgable-but-very-opinionated fan from each team in a small press box at the stadium, while doing a running ad lib commentary of what's going on in the game, as well as the stands and around the EPL, is quite a lot of fun to listen to.
And their criticisms of the refereees and the 'flopping' for fouls is almost always right on target.

The only downside to the show is that, sometimes, they've selected fans whose accents are so thick that they're hard to always understand, and the closed-captioning person back in the States is completely confused as to what's being said.
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From The Times April 27, 2007 Portuguese men at war as Ronaldo hits back at Mourinho
by Matt Hughes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article1712056.ece