Striker - Back from the Dead?

[rjpowell]

I was just running through my local Border's Bookstore and what did I see?

A new issue of Striker! A World Cup edition.

Does anyone know if this is a complete resurrection or just a one off?

Rick

[pupusa3000]

Ronaldo's Gap, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[AndyMead]

I was just running through my local Border's Bookstore and what did I see?

A new issue of Striker! A World Cup edition.

Does anyone know if this is a complete resurrection or just a one off?

Rick

You tell us, were there subscription offers in the magazine or not?

[AndyMead]

Lang does have a small piece in the June issue of King magazine on Oguchi Onyewu.

[ferrari77]

Lang does have a small piece in the June issue of King magazine on Oguchi Onyewu.


and you were looking thru king for the articles i take it, and not the ladies measuring 34-25-37

[pething101]

They should have quit after Airplane II...

Oh, the soccer magazine.

Nice.

[doliveti]

Well if it is back I better be getting it in the mail. I never got a refund for my subscription. I'm not holding my breath though.

[AndyMead]

and you were looking thru king for the articles i take it, and not the ladies measuring 34-25-37

Actually, one of my photos ran with Lang's piece.

[ferrari77]

Actually, one of my photos ran with Lang's piece.

cool, cool.

[doliveti]

I just got back from Borders and there is in fact a new Striker out. There are two different covers, one with Landon and the other with Ronaldo. There are no subscription cards so this might just be a one off. The magazine is just as good as I remembered it!

[Beau Dure]

They should have quit after Airplane II...

Oh, the soccer magazine.

Nice.

I'll never get over Macho Grande.

[Sachsen]

YES! Issue 4 of Striker is in my hot little hands! Got it at Barnes & Noble here in Tulsa (which was on the rack with about 5 or 6 OTHER soccer magazines, some of which I had never even heard of. :eek: ) I bought the one with Landon on the cover, which states it is "collectible cover 2 of 2."

Articles include:
preview of each WC team by Sam Rubenstein
Wayne Rooney by Ryan Jones (pre injury, out of date already :D )
Thierry Henry by Russ Bengtson
USMNT WC preview by Greg Lalas
Ronaldo by Arash Markazi
Zlatan Ibrahimovic by Marcus Samuelsson
Cristiano Ronaldo by Francisco Tezen
Rafael Marquez by Jake Appleman
Ruud van Nistelrooy by Lang Whitaker himself
Valderrama by Greg Lalas
a pictorial of the Joga Bonita spots

Fan-freakin'-TASTIC!

Everyone go buy an issue... I'm hoping Harris and Lang bring it back for good this time. There is no info in the mag about subscriptions, and the website (www.strikermag.com) hasn't been updated yet, but hopefully that'll change.

[The Lieutenant]

Those ********ers need to send me a copy, as they never refunded my subscription fee.

[ferrari77]

same here. they need to either refund my dough or send me my wc issue. c'mon lang.

[JCUnited]

I'm betting it's a one off.

In the front, where they have the info about the editor, publisher, writers, etc., at the very bottom is this:

"Striker is published by Harris Publications, Inc., 1115 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. SINGLE COPY PRICE $4.99 IN U.S. AND $5.99 IN CANADA."

I'm assuming if it was coming back, they'd give more info then just the single copy price.

And really, it should either die now or come back with a lot better work in it. I've bought all four off the newstand, but looking through them it's very weak, easy writing. Articles at about two pages, and a LOT of ads. I know, they have to pay for it with the ads, but this World Cup issue is 90 pages, and I'd guess it's 65-70% ads. The World Cup preview itself is extremely weak, with maybe four sentences per nation. You can't truly explain why nation-x will finish in spot-x in the World Cup in four sentences. Why do they pick the USA to finish sixth best? That's a heckuva feat, and no explanation.

If you are going to state you are "America's Ultimate Soccer Magazine", you've got to provide more in-depth articles, and far more coverage of American soccer. Let's face it, the MLS coverage in the first three issues is extremely light. A two page season preview?

All complaints aside, I will continue to buy it if they continue to publish it, just to support us getting a truly class soccer magazine here.

[capitalist]

I was just running through my local Border's Bookstore and what did I see?

A new issue of Striker! A World Cup edition.

Does anyone know if this is a complete resurrection or just a one off?

Rick

They never refunded my subcription money.

I'll never ever pay another dime for their products.

Cheating corporate assholes with no ethics.

[lemons]

Awful magazine.

Greg Lalas' piece said Clint Mathis' goal against Korea equalized to make it 1-1. Pure crap from a shoddy magazine. Does Striker have editors?