Battle for bragging rights and sixth: Liverpool v Everton

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By Séamus Leonard

The battle for sixth place in the English Premier League and the upcoming retirement of Jamie Carragher serve as the backdrop for the 220th Merseyside derby at Anfield on Sunday. Continue reading

To Liverpool and Back: A Slightly Epic Journey

Details of an American’s trip to Liverpool…and his struggles with the Holiday Inn fire alarm…

By Jim Kostecki

If there is a God, he certainly has a sense of humor. It was the morning of March 3rd – and when I say “morning” I’m not talking about the breakfast in bed while watching reruns of 30 Rock type of morning. It was 5:30 AM, and I, along with the hundreds of other hotel guests, was standing outside the Holiday Inn in my pajamas wondering what I had done to deserve this. “It’s OK,” I thought to myself. “Liverpool plays in seven hours.”

It was perhaps the longest seven hours of my life. Continue reading