Tagged With "football"

U.S. airlines are adding dozens of extra flights, and even some temporary routes, to get fans to next week's Super Bowl game in Phoenix. United's added the most, with 55 extra flights, both others are not far behind. As well, some airlines are using...

A longtime soccer fan, Jonathan L has an exciting afternoon sitting with the locals at an important game in Palermo.

Samantha and her husband pay an unplanned visit to the University of Oklahoma Sooners' stadium. The found some of the nicest fans.

Samnatha and her husband enjoy a visit to the home of Sooners football, and find some of the nicest fans.

Scarred by scandals in FIFA's administration in recent years, the elaborate recently-opened football museum isn't drawing enough visitors.

Zurich, Switzerland. No - not the greatest supporter of Football in the World. Not even close to a great sporting city. If all the decision makers at FIFA put their heads together - they could make a log hut !

To be fair, from our side of the Atlantic, Zurich doesn't look like such a bad location, since it's the home of FIFA, and has good rail and air connections to everywhere else. That seems to work for our Football Hall of Fame (Canton, Ohio), the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Well, Cleveland's a real city...but not near any of the 'capitals' of rock! I think what really killed this one is that it was so overbuilt, overplanned...

Given its location is outside the European Union - its beyond the scrutiny of others. Deals made in Switzerland often have so many crumbs falling off the table that others can live on the proceeds. With costs of $142 million that's a lot of room for wastage - and Sepp Blatter.

Samantha and her husband make a stop to see Lucas Oil Stadium and saw the Payton Manning statue out front. As Bronco fans, they were very happy to see it.