Though heavily tilted toward skiing, Goskand Sports also provides the best spot to score woolen soccer scarves this side of ebay and the Atlantic. Reasonably priced ($15.99 normally, with the occasional sale) and with a stock that changes about once every four months, the European football-obsessed have a fair chance of finding what they want. In addition to the European giants—Juventus, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool—there`s also an ample supply of international scarves (say, Germany), and some wildly esoteric selections as well. Witness: a duel Lazio-Wislaw Krakow scarf, done in commemoration of a UEFA Cup match from 1999.
Best of Chicago 2005 was written by Dave Chamberlain, Brian Hieggelke, Melissa Lane, Tom Lynch, Ray Pride, David Witter, Michael Workman
With additional contributions by Mike Barr, Ted C. Fishman, Jessica Herman, Adrienne Hill, Mary Susan Littlepage, Nina Metz, Kathy O¹Neill, Trish Smith