1. They sh*t the bed against Czech Republic 2. Their countrymen could give a sh*t 3. Every other darn country actually cares 4. Their coach looks like your landscape guy 5. The U.S. defied world opinion in launching the most…
Anderson Cooper’s down-home, appealing commencement speech at Yale 10 days ago was marred by a crack he took at Yoko Ono. He brought up a commencement speech she gave 3 years ago, as a non-model. She said: “I say you…
/Cheryl This New Orleans dog, abandoned by her owner even after the waters receded, was rescued by Maria, at left, when she worked at a shelter in Baton Rouge. As a doglover, I welcome her onto my blog, but chiefly…
got further credit with last night’s 1-0 victory of Portugal over Angola. It looked like this was about to be a high scoring romp at the start. But the play quickly subsided. I think the Portugal goal came in the…
Mexico’s 3-1 victory over Iran has provided some support for my theory of how to tune in and out of a soccer game. If you’d followed my recommendation and watched the first 25 minutes and last 20, you’d have caught…
You’re a busy person, you have work to do. And admit it, you find soccer a little boring to watch. So when should you tune games in? If you consider the best part of soccer the scoring, as I do,…
The reason I love the Adidas ad set in the South American sandlot is that the two kids’ dream of playing with Zidane, Riquelme, and Beckham isn’t just a sappy kid story, it’s what the World Cup is at its…
The apparently accidental killing by Israeli artillery of a Palestinian family on a Gaza beach yesterday has proved calamitous, resulting in the end of Hamas’s truce with Israel. The incident in some ways parallels another border event of ten years…