What an incredibly emotional day in sports. First off, Darren Clarke winning the British Open. Clarkie is a truly beloved guy on both sides of the Atlantic. A 42 year-old ten years past his prime, who lost his wife to cancer five years ago and is raising two boys on […] Read more
With all due respect to our friends in Espana, the real winner of this World Cup is a German, and English expatriate: Paul the Octopus. Our cephalopod sensation completed his perfect World Cup run by predicting Spain’s win over Holland. Would that the Dutch could say the same – their […] Read more
Netherlands vs. Spain We will have a new World Cup champion in 2010 – and that’s a good thing, I think. Two wonderful football nations who have never tasted the sport’s biggest prize will fight for the honor of doing so in an all-Euro final Sunday. Holland’s win over Uruguay […] Read more
So much for South American dominance in South Africa. The semi-finals are here, and Europe – against the run of play – has emerged as dominant. Only the second-unlikeliest of the knockout round survivors from South America – Uruguay – survived as Brazil and Argentina went down rather meekly and […] Read more
Two words: Ricardo Clark. Is he the dumbest guy? No – but the living proof that Bob Bradley is. I mean, I love soccer and I’m fairly knowledgeable about the game – but I’m no soccer geek. So how is that me, every TV analyst and seemingly everyone in the […] Read more
Well, that was quite the day. I confess to a tear or two when Landon Donovan finally broke through the massive wall of frustration that had stymied US hopes all day. Robbed of yet another legit goal by a terrible call (offsides) the Americans were forced to press the attack […] Read more
It was an interesting day at the World Cup, to say the least. It always amuses me to hear idiotic American fans dismiss the world’s most popular sport with the “No one cares” line when what they really mean is, “I don’t care so fuck it.” Still, one of the […] Read more