“The NY Times has announced a new ‘metered model’ for 2011, showing that Rupert Murdoch is not the only publish magnate struggling to cope with the ‘internet.”’ While the Times has avoided confronting Google, a wise move given the current cooing of this monopolistic privacy shredding behemoth, the ‘metered approach’ brings to mind two things: 1920’s prohibition and the maginot line.” (futfanatico)

“Vladimir Weiss has the name and pedigree to be a top European soccer player. The 20-year-old Slovakian wing has inherited his father’s and grandfather’s sense for the game and brings his own talent to bear whenever he has the opportunity. Those chances have been few and infrequent at Manchester City, where Weiss came up through the youth ranks. But with an eye on the World Cup in South Africa — Slovakia’s first finals appearance since the Velvet Divorce split Czechoslovakia — Weiss secured a loan deal Friday to move to Bolton where he hopes to boost his game before the quadrennial championship.” (NYT)

“It may be too early for Davies, but well past time for the fans of Nottingham Forest, a provincial club that once breathed the rarefied air at the pinnacle of European soccer when it won back-to-back European Cups (the precursor to the Champions League) in 1979 and 1980 under the legendary manager Brian Clough (who was the subject of a recent film, ‘The Damned Unite’).” (NYT)