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NFL Update: Saints v Chargers at Wembley?

News is breaking across the pond that this year’s NFL fixture in the UK will be back at Wembley Stadium after all, with the New Orleans Saints hosting this season’s losing Superbowl “semi-finalists” the San Diego Chargers on October 26th. San Diego president Dean Spanos, …

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NFL Returns to the UK

Last October’s clash between the Miami Dolphins and Superbowl contenders the New York Giants at Wembley was obviously considered a success as the NFL’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, has announced that another regular season encounter will take place on our shores in the autumn… but not …

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NFL @ Wembley: Slip Slidin’ Affray

Don’t get us wrong. As you can probably tell from last week there’s a good deal of enthusiasm for the NFL on here. This Londonista in particular has to confess to a near addiction. However, while last night’s Miami Dolphins hosting of the eventually victorious …

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Interview: Brian Tennent, Miami Dolphins UK Fan Leader

As Sunday evening’s “home” fixture at Wembley for the Miami Dolphins against the New York Giants edges ever closer we interview Brian Tennent, Londoner and chairman of DolFan UK, the only UK-based Miami Dolphins fan organisation officially recognised by the club itself. What first attracted …

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“I Knew He Was From Over There Because He Talks Funny”

We warned you that Dolphins and Giants from America are soon to arrive on our shores. The players are no doubt taking utmost care in preparing for their arrival tomorrow morning. One player might have over-prepared but for completely the wrong country, so keep an …

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NFL: Giant Dolphin, Giant Cheerleaders

Hot on the heels of basketball and ice hockey, the third of America’s big four sports has begun its landing on our shores. The advance guard for Sunday’s NFL encounter between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants consists of just one man. Albeit …

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Preview: Bridge Art Fair

As we noted yesterday, art fair season is upon us in full force this weekend. With so many events happening around the capital, it would be hard work to take it all in, and the best advice one can offer is to try to see …

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Londonomics: Vodka Exchange

An occasional column on the forces behind the capital’s economy. Potemkin, a Russian-themed vodka bar on Clerkenwell Road, has unveiled an intriguing set of five cocktails whose recipes will be tied to stock prices. It’s not an entirely new idea. We (barely) remember a night …

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Sporting Weekend: Beach Volleyball

England’s volleyball officianados are not allowing the capital’s lack of any beach worth lazing on to get in the way of bringing to town the spectacle considered by many to be more appropriately featured in the opening shots of a CSI: Miami episode than the …

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Miami Splice?

Transatlantic rumours reach us that North London’s finest, Amy Winehouse, is about to get hitched this week at a ceremony with a handful of mates. When husband-to-be Blake Fielder-Civil popped the question, she should surely have responded with “I say – No, No, No.” Rejection …

Londonist Live: Cat Power @ The Forum

Chan Marshall, the enchanting enigma otherwise known as Cat Power, bravely strides onto the stage of the Kentish Town Forum, to play her London comeback gig, following a well publicized breakdown last year. It is immediately obvious that the life-saving short spell spent on a …