Joshua Robinson > Quotes

“It was Nicholas Latifi, and he wasn’t very good at racing Formula 1 cars.”
― Joshua Robinson, The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport—A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in America

“The reason is that the Premier League is a much smaller government than any of its American counterparts. It’s first and foremost a media-rights-selling organization that happens to provide twenty clubs with a platform, referees, and a match ball.”
― Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

“The investigators found that the system”
― Joshua Robinson, The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport—A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in America

“It didn’t take long for other clubs to follow them across the pond. In 2005, Fulham accepted an invitation from Major League Soccer to play in the league’s annual All-Star Game. Chelsea made the trip the next year, and West Ham took its turn in 2008. If the matches themselves weren’t always thrilling spectacles, there was at least evidence that English clubs were treating them more seriously. West Ham’s supporters lent a sheen of authenticity to the whole thing when they engaged in a brawl with fans of the Columbus Crew, an unlikely outbreak of violence at a so-called friendly game that ended only when police administered pepper spray to both sets of fans. “We wanted to show people what we’re about,” West Ham manager Alan Curbishley remarked after the game.”
― Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports