Word: soccers
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...would be a tremendous shame if “The Damned United,” the latest collaboration between screenwriter Peter Morgan and actor Michael Sheen, were deemed merely a good sports movie. This is not a genre film. Football—soccer in this country—is not the subject matter so much as a conduit to the film’s study of ego and relationships. Previous collaborators on “Frost/Nixon” (in which Sheen played television presenter David Frost) and “The Special Relationship...
...Damned United” is the story of six years in the life of the late Brian Clough (Sheen), a soccer manager legendary for his success on the pitch as well as his penchant for the irreverent sound bite and a tendency, like Charles de Gaulle and Michael Jordan, to see his team as an extension of himself. Loosely based on the novel of the same name by David Peace, the film focuses on Clough’s ill-fated 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United—“The Damned United?...
...sixth-ranked Harvard men’s soccer team suffered its worst defeat of the year last night with a 4-0 loss at No. 17 Connecticut (7-2-3, 5-1-1 Big East). The Crimson (8-2-1, 1-0-1 Ivy) was shut out for just the second time this year, and it was also the first game this season in which it gave up more than one goal...
...played baseball, soccer, basketball, track and field, and football. Brian was a three-sport athlete in high school, earning nine letters in football, basketball, and track...
Freshman Taryn Kurcz still remembers her first day of preseason with the Harvard women’s soccer team...