Many people say that sports and alcohol don’t mix. The stories in this category will tell you that those people are wrong.
One of the most famous landmarks of the skyline of the Dutch city Rotterdam is the football stadium De Kuip (literally translated “The Tub” after its shape), home of the football club Feyenoord. For years the board of directors of the club wants to replace this building with a new modern stadium to increase income for…
If you’re into sports, you probably know about the biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. But have you heard about the Beer Mile? It’s an upcoming sport that involves both running and chugging beers. In other words: a discipline for true sportsmen. Last week the world record was broken twice in 24 hours,…
For the cycling fans yesterday was one of the highlights of the season. As the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff won the Tour of Flanders after an exciting race, we found out that the real winner was a rather unknown Irish rider. Matt Brammeier came through first at a sprint in the village Sint-Eloois-Winkel. This however was quite lucrative…
When talking about American culture it’s only a matter of time before the word ‘baseball’ is dropped. Players like Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle (another great drinker) and Babe Ruth became national heroes. That last one (1895-1948) was chosen as the best baseball player of all times by The Sporting News. Quite impressive if you consider that…
Quite a while back we made a post about the top-11 football players who were heavy drinkers in their glory days, all world class players without a doubt. But the best ones are not always the most well loved by the fans. Every football club has it’s classic cult heroes. Usually these are not the…
There is little as sad and as beautiful as the early death of an exceptional talent. No matter if it’s a musician, an actor or a sportsman. When the big crowd gets emotional and concludes ‘you went too soon’, the talented gets the status of an unfortunate genius and a legend is born. Sportsmen destroying themselves…
There are many pre-judgements about the United States in relation to football, or as they call it soccer. However we found out that there’s at least one American that totally gets it. Actually a lot of European players could learn from Alan Gordon. This player of LA Galaxy sprinted towards the fans after his team…
Football and alcohol are such a perfect match that most fans can hardly picture one without the other. It doesn’t matter if you drink to calm the nerves, get an energy boost, socialize with the lads or simply soften the soar throat from the singing, alcohol is an absolute must at matches. It’s fun to see how…
A taxi driver from Copenhagen claims that Arsenal striker and Danish international Nicklas Bendtner tried to hump his car in a drunk state of mind. In the Danish newspaper BT he explains how he got into a fight with his drunk famous passenger, after which the Arsenal star dropped his pants and started humping the…
The new football season has started and for some teams that means European football. For the fans this equals trips abroad, which stands for several days of drunken fun. If you are lucky of course. Because we all know drinking in Scandinavia can be quite an expensive activity. On the day of the draw for…
Lords of the Drinks 