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Arsenal Art

Aug 31, 2004 by MrZog

Today I’d like to introduce you to a very talented artist, Brigit Collins. Perhaps you’ve seen her work on other Arsenal sites. If not, you are in for a treat. Below you’ll see what I think is a really fabulous work of art, and I know a little something about the subject as I studied Art History extensively in college. I encourage you all to take a look at her sight and strongly recommend you pick up a copy of this picture. Under any circumstances it’s terrific, but when you add in the fact that Highbury is soon to be banished to the history books this really makes an ideal gift for yourself or a Gooner you know.

I had an opportunity to exchange some emails with Brigit, so let’s get to know the artist, and her patron for this piece…

Another midfielder?

Aug 30, 2004 by MrZog

Second guessing Arsene Wenger and the board at Arsenal is not the usually a smart move. Sure, they?ve made the occasional error (Francis Jeffers), but overall, their track record is pretty strong.

The Greatest!!

Aug 29, 2004 by MrZog

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!!” Those were Muhammed Ali’s famous words. They became his tagline. And since he quit the ring, whenever an exciting new boxer shows up, the question he has to answer is “Are you the new Ali?” Make no mistake, men like Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and co are great boxers in their own right, the best of their generation. But the figure of Ali still strides every boxing arena like a colossus. And it’s not because he was the biggest and strongest boxer of his time. But because he carried off his victories with an unmatched style and panache, often beating the most incredible odds. When he fought George Foreman, nobody gave him a shot, Foreman was bigger, stronger, younger. He had a punch like a Mack truck at 100 mph. But Ali beat him. Beat him in some style too. Invented a method of boxing called the Rope-A-Dope. Left his indelible footprints in the Boxing ring, and indeed, all of sport.