Tag: football

  • Too old for this

    I always tell myself that. But it does not stop me from doing it year after year. I need a new sport that could keep me fit without the physical devastation that soccer (football for non-Americans) wreaks on my body. Sunday. 9 a.m. It is already sweltering. My team, Santa Fe S.C., will play Clarkstown…

  • 'Ronnie'

    I’m told it’s difficult to do, mistaking a transvestite for a woman, which is what Brazilian soccer star and World Cup hero said he did recently. Now, he may have a hard time facing ridicule from fans and opponents. Ronald, still only 31, has battled weight problems and injuries in recent years. He’s in Brazil…

  • FOOTBALL-GAME FIGHT ESCALATES INTO MELEE; POLICE CALLED TO CLIFTON STADIUM

    A dispute between a Bloomfield coach and a Clifton football player boiled over Saturday into a melee between players at a game between the freshman teams from the two communities high schools, according to witnesses.