Weekly Dose: Hoffenheim Special Edition
By: Jan | September 3rd, 2008Newly promoted 1899 Hoffenheim have made quite a few headlines in the first few weeks of the new season. More than enough headlines actually for a Weekly Dose edition entirely dedicated to them.
- A BILD reporter sets out on a journey to Hoffenheim and discovers that Dietmar Hopp’s (Hoffenheim’s billionaire sugar daddy) birthplace is now home to a kebab shop, which the Hoffenheim players frequently visit for, I guess, pilgrimage reasons to honor their rich benefactor. (BILD.de)
- Gabriele Marcotti thinks Dietmar Hopp is the desirable type of billionaire, when it comes to bankrolling clubs. (Times Online)
- Soccerlens looks at the fairytale and cynical aspects of the Hoffenheim story. (Soccerlens)
- If you are not into reading, you might want to listen to this story about Hoffenheim from the Marketplace program on NPR (public radio) instead; kudos to our reader Alex for the link! (publicradio.org)
- Ian Peterson gives a quick overview of the Hoffenheim story for the bleacher report. (Bleacher Report)
- Deutsche Welle’s Ballspiel blog get a mention from me for their headline alone: Don’t Hassle the Hoff-enheim. (DW Ballspiel)
- Bloomberg report about Hoffenheim and, somewhat unsurprisingly, their article contains a lot of 100 million euros, 28 million SAP shares, 80 million euro annual budgets and 60 million-euro stadiums. (Bloomberg)
- Hoffenheim also made it all the way across the pond into the LA Times. (Los Angeles Times)
- Raphael Honigstein takes a look at Hoffenheim’s coach Ralf “The Professor” Rangnick and his love for modern football. (Guardian sportblog)
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Comments
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‘Bloomberg report about Hoffenheim and, somewhat unsurprisingly, their article contains a lot of 100 million euros, 28 million SAP shares, 80 million euro annual budgets and 60 million-euro stadiums.’
Hee.
Me being the stat freak in my spare time, I like such info.And I thought I had done enough ‘research’ on Hoffenheim. It’s the first time I read the articles from The Bleacher Report and the LA Times. Other than that, I had read everything else that are listed here.
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I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t already read 80% of the links I post on this blog.
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LOL!
Told you already at the Spongebob entry on one of my hobbies – reading. What a teacher’s advice can do. Hang on, I haven’t really catch up on your most earliest entries Jan. It has been holding back for a while now.
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I can think of worse places for a pilgrimage than a kebab shop. I mean, at least his birthplace isn’t a funeral home. That could be bad.
(I have no idea where these thoughts come from.)
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