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NFL @ Wembley: Patriots “Good Enough” To Beat Buccaneers

New England Patriots 35 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 NFL International Series Wembley Stadium, Sunday 25th October 2009 (Attendance: 84,254) Unlike previous years, the sun was shining on Wembley’s hallowed, and temporarily gridironed, turf as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played host to the New England …

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Buccaneers Upset Patriots In London

OK, so the real match doesn’t kick off until tonight, but even the folks in Tampa suspect the result is a foregone conclusion. Yesterday the UK’s oldest NFL fan club (Buccaneers) took on the UK’s largest (Patriots) in a flag football match in Richmond Park …

Week Around the -ists

Photograph of Michael Strahan, coach Tom Coughin (holding the Vince Lombardi trophy) and quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning by Tien Mao Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade. Barack Obama …

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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, …

Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant – it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at …

News From The Ist-a-verse

Celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know …