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…
Blogging at Deadspin, editor/soccermeister David Hirshey, a sportswriter in a previous life, picks England, Argentina, Brazil and Italy for the finals. No surprises—though he gets off a couple good (rim)shots: While it’s difficult to take a team seriously that is…