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Chelsea’s Historically Awful Start

Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea… It’s the defending Premier League champion, but Chelsea’s campaign this season would make Scott Walker proud. The team’s nightmarish season continued Saturday, with a 1-0 loss to mid-table football club Stoke City. Chelsea now sits 16th out of 20 in the standings, after winning the league title decisively last season. Emblematically, Chelsea […]

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Chelsea’s Historically Awful Start

Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea… It’s the defending Premier League champion, but Chelsea’s campaign this season would make Scott Walker proud. The team’s nightmarish season continued Saturday, with a 1-0 loss to mid-table football club Stoke City. Chelsea now sits 16th out of 20 in the standings, after winning the league title decisively last season. Emblematically, Chelsea […]

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Harry Kane, Luckiest Man In Soccer

We’re only two games into the current English Premier League season, so it’s way too early to make any sweeping pronouncements. (Except maybe that Chelsea’s stint in 16th place won’t last long.) But here’s one fairly safe bet: Tottenham striker Harry Kane isn’t going to replicate his 2014-15 performance. No player in the Premier League […]

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