Offside Remarks
OFFSIDE REMARKS: Will MLS follow the path of MLB or forge a new one of its own during the pandemic?
Ready or not, here it comes.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Remembering a horrific moment, 75 years ago today
In 1999 I interviewed Ken Naganuma, who at the time was deputy chairman of the 2002 Japan World Cup Organizing Committee. He was a Hiroshima survivor.
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TAKING A PASS (DAY 52): Four memorable days in Philly (1988)
During four glorious days in Philadelphia in late July 1988, the U.S. Soccer Federation celebrated itself on its 75th anniversary.
Read MoreOFFSIDE REMARKS: Here’s the MLS (Michael Lewis Soccer) plan of having the league move forward
Given how quickly and fluid things have been since March, this piece could be old while I am writing it. But here goes, anyway.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When the Cosmos’ Pele and Beckenbauer saw the light of the 1977 blackout
Today, Monday, July 13, is the 43rd anniversary of the great New York City blackout of 1977.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: It pays to win your first game in a short tournament
When you’re in a knockout competition and have a short group stage, every second counts in every game.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Little room for error for cities wanting to become World Cup venues
Everyone’s hopeful right now, optimistic, fingers crossed.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: The story behind the notebook, err, legal pad
OK, I have to come clean.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Why I write
During the last three months of the shutdown and lockdown or whatever you want to call it, I’ve had a lot of time to think and be more introspective.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: It’s good to have mentors, really good mentors
Michael Lewis (center) along with fellow journalists Bob Liepa (sports editor of the Riverhead...
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TAKING A PASS (DAY 51): Oh Shea, did they not see the crowd? (1996)
During my career, just about every time I thought I saw everything, something else popped up to surprise me or have me shaking my head.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Birth of a sportswriting career many years ago
On Wednesday, June 24, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis celebrates his 46th anniversary in the newspaper business. That was the day Lewis joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1974.
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