The Blunder Years, Episode 18: The Pill vs. Google, work as a game, IG’s future, and more
A conversation with William Tincup of the HR Tech world about The Pill, Barcelona football, LeBron, the future of Instagram, and more. Continue Reading
Lionel Messi
Only two of the world’s 10 most marketable soccer players are actually still in the World Cup
There were no shortage of things written before the World Cup began about the marketing efforts therein, especially as relates to NIKE vs. Adidas. Here’s one I read on a plane in May, and here’s a recent goal-tracker for their… Continue Reading
Is Luis Suarez now officially the third-best soccer player in the world? (And is he about to be No. 2?)
Conventional logic says Messi 1, Ronaldo 2 … so is Suarez 3? Twitter seems to think so. The only consolation from last night is that the magician #LuisSuarez is ours. The third best player in the world. #LFC — Sam… Continue Reading
After Lionel Messi and Neymar, does anyone at the World Cup have more pressure than Manuel Neuer?
Manuel Neuer, the German goalkeeper, had a pretty strong 2010 World Cup — really one of his only blemishes was that Puyol goal above, which ultimately sent Spain into the finals (where they won). Germany finished third. They’re coming back… Continue Reading
With the World Cup draw, an age-old question: does someone like Lionel Messi have to win a championship for his legacy?
I just embedded that video up top because it’s fun, and because it got about 33 million hits in about four days. It’s not really relevant at all to this post; Kobe Bryant has won a championship (five of ’em,… Continue Reading