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Cryptocurrency Mania Comes to the Premier League?

April 14, 2018 By Newley

File under: Life in 2018, cryptocurrency edition: My favorite Premier League team, Arsenal, now shows ads at its grounds for Cashbet Coin, which bills itself as the club’s “official cryptocurrency partner.” I did a little digging. Apparently I missed this Reuters story from January: English soccer team Arsenal is entering the cryptocurrency world by signing […]

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Filed Under: Sports, Tech Tagged With: arsenal, bitcoin

Is This Arsenal’s Year?

January 23, 2017 By Newley 3 Comments

Alexis Sanchez just scored a panenka in the 98th minute to secure three points for #Arsenal and move into second place — after Arsenal gave up a foolish penalty just a few minutes earlier in stoppage time.  Chelsea have a five point lead with a game in hand.  But still.  But still: Could this be […]

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Filed Under: Misc., Sports Tagged With: arsenal

Video: Italians Try to Pronounce Wojciech Szczesny’s Name

July 26, 2015 By Newley Leave a Comment

With the recent signing of goalkeeper Petr Cech — see my previous post and bold prediction — it looks like Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczesny is heading to AS Roma on loan. Romans come to terms with pronouncing Szczesny. Top voxpopping http://t.co/shoV66zknm — James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) July 25, 2015 This tweet from football writer James Horncastle alerted […]

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: arsenal, Soccer, wojciech_szczesny

Petr Cech: The Signing that Will Win Arsenal the Premier League Title

June 28, 2015 By Newley Leave a Comment

I’m calling it right here, right now.* Arsenal signing world-class goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea is the move that will lead to their eventual Premier League triumph. The 33-year-old — just entering is his goalkeeping prime — is said to be in final talks with the North London club, and could be unveiled today. Maybe […]

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: arsenal

Arsenal Players + Durian = Funny

May 24, 2015 By Newley 2 Comments

English Premier League sides Arsenal, Everton and Stoke are coming here to Singapore in July for some pre-season exhibition matches. Ahead of the trip, Arsenal players were asked to try the notoriously stinky durian fruit, native to Southeast Asia. Love their reactions. The video is embedded above and on YouTube here.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: arsenal, football, Soccer, southeast_asia

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