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6516. bhelpuri - 6/25/2010 7:07:40 AM The story of the cup so far: surprising parity. On the day, alleged minnows are hanging tough with the most storied teams.
Thus, delicious uncertainty as we head into the Round of 16.
Momentum counts, which is why I'm keeping my eye on the USA. They're finally playing like Americans, gung-ho and tireless, swarming up and down-field like basketball players. If the finishing improves a tad, this team makes the semis. 6517. alistairConnor - 6/25/2010 7:24:18 AM Ha! No, I think Ghana gets the royal road to the semis. We shall see.
For the Antipodean Cup within the Cup : NZ vs Australia : results are mixed.
Australia : one win, one loss, one draw; four points, third place. Three goals scored, six taken.
New Zealand : three draws; three points; third place. Two goals scored, two taken.
I declare New Zealand the winner, on goal difference. 6518. vonKreedon - 6/25/2010 4:16:38 PM I agree with Bhel, the US side is playing a dangerous, to the opponent, pressing game that only lacks finishes and refereeing to overwhelm the opponent. Not good enough to win the Cup, but good enough I think to get to the quarters at least. 6519. vonKreedon - 6/28/2010 3:47:38 PM Well, that was a disappointing end to the US run in the cup. We continued the trend of producing many excellent scoring opportunities without putting the ball in the net. At least this match didn't have any mistakenly disallowed goals. 6520. wabbit - 6/29/2010 3:26:46 PM Wow, Roddick is out, Venus is out, Clijsters is out.
Andy Roddick lost to Yen-Hsun Lu yesterday in what was expected to be an easy match for him. Roddick gave credit to his opponent, saying Lu definitely deserved to win, and that while his own serve was good, his return game was crap.
There will be no Williams sisters match-up in the finals this year, and Clijsters as the "fly-in-the-ointment" has been swatted aside. Belgium's Kim Clijsters lost to Russian Vera Zvonareva in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6. And Venus Williams lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 2-6, 3-6.
Wimbledon 6521. robertjayb - 6/30/2010 5:26:18 PM Hurrah for Houston's soccer bosses.
The Dynamo have banned those infernal vuvuzelas at Robertson Stadium and at Reliant Stadium for the MLS all-star game against Manchester United July 28.
"They negatively impact the fan experience", a Dynamo VP said.
Yes, there is that. And further they just flat piss off most sane folks. 6522. vonKreedon - 7/12/2010 5:41:36 PM So Spain won their first World Cup in their first appearance in the final, while the Dutch still haven't won despite this being their third appearance int he final. All in all a classic game; good combination of contact and grace, 0-0 through the first overtime period, a classically perfect goal near the end of overtime for a 1-0 win. Nice World Cup by SA, except of course for the fracking vuvuzelas. 6523. vonKreedon - 9/10/2010 10:24:00 PM In vonKreedon related sports news, my son have cracked the top 200 US juniors! This means a significant increase in the amount of travel we will do in the coming months, as he will now get into the big national tournaments such as the Orange Bowl in Florida. He's starting to get weekly phone calls from the UWash and Boise State tennis coaches. 6524. vonKreedon - 9/10/2010 10:24:18 PM have=has 6525. afrayedknot - 9/12/2010 9:50:26 PM Good for you and your son --- now please use your elevated status to quickly improve the weather in New York. I'm at a time-limited public library computer and wanna see at least the start of the Men's Finals. 6526. wabbit - 9/12/2010 9:59:05 PM Excellent news vonK, congratulations to all!!
Hey afrayedknot, good to see you! 6527. afrayedknot - 9/12/2010 9:59:33 PM ... Well, I'm anxiously waiting! PUH-LEEZE MAKE THAT RAIN STOP ... NOW!
6528. afrayedknot - 9/12/2010 10:00:50 PM ... uh ... thankew, wabbit! Sorry for being so emotional right now ... need my U.S. Open Fix! 6529. afrayedknot - 9/12/2010 10:13:43 PM OK, OK ... I'm leaving quietly; ya don't hafta get physical. With my TV inop and my being the last person in the Western World clinging to Dial-UP , I'm going wacko having already missed the Women's Finals (although the score suggests *that* wasn't a titanic battle)... and now ... curses! Sorry to gripe and run, wabbit --- I miss you guys but hafta find a Left Coast Sports Bar. Pronto! S'ya! 6530. alistairConnor - 9/13/2010 5:28:51 PM Lance Armstrong Wants To Tell Nation Something But Nation Has To Promise Not To Get Mad
Armstrong then took a deep breath, massaged his forehead, murmured "Oh boy, here we go," and appeared for several moments to be on the verge of telling the nation his news. He seemed to lose his focus, however, commenting that it wasn't as if anything he was about to say would diminish the fact that he beat cancer or that his foundation has donated more than $250 million to cancer research.
In addition, Armstrong said the American people had to promise that, following his announcement, they would resist the urge to remove their Livestrong bracelets and throw them away or burn them. 6531. vonKreedon - 9/13/2010 6:04:23 PM OK, AC you got me...I was seriously afraid that Lance had actually said those things and had admitted to steroid use...then I checked the link. Haha... 6532. greystoke - 9/14/2010 1:12:42 AM Jets offend female reporter
Team owner Woody Johnson (no joke) is trying to soothe the hurt feelings of reporter Inés Sainz of the Mexican television network TV Azteca.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is considering a two game suspension for the players who were rude, reduced to one game for the ones who agree to get castrated. 6533. vonKreedon - 9/14/2010 4:41:27 PM
 6534. vonKreedon - 9/14/2010 11:52:38 PM And we seem to have overlooked Rafael Nadal's historic career Grand Slam win at Flushing Meadows on Monday. I believe this is the second time that there have been two active career Grand Slam holders active on the circuit at the same time, the other being Rod Laver and Roy Emerson when Emerson completed his slam by winning Wimbledon in 1964.
Congrats to Rafa!
6535. vonKreedon - 10/25/2010 11:35:19 PM Had the UW men's tennis coach over for a recruiting dinner on Saturday. I felt like I was in someone else's life; which in a very real sense I was in our son's life. At this point we are just waiting to see if his SAT scores are high enough before committing to UW. If he does play for UW next year the team will all of a sudden go from having been a primarily foreign born team, with no Washington players, of the last decade or more, to having 4 out of the 12 slots filled by players from the greater Seattle area, with two signed last year and two this year.
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