Phillies won, Red Sox won .. and I’ve got the Slingcatcher hooked up and working in Dewd’s room!
Meanwhile, the Breakers will be honoring soccer great Maren Meinert at the game with the Freedom on May 17th at Harvard Stadium. WUSA fans remember her fondly as a key ingredient in the Breakers’ success – most especially [...]
First — I watched a snippet of Maddow this morning (it was DVR’d — so not sure what night’s show it actually was) in which she interviewed Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about Cheney, et al. He’s the former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell. One of the most interesting (to me) points he made with Maddow [...]
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Okay, of that group, which one(s) would you put your money on?
Citi had a good day and the market bounced … meanwhile, Newsweek has put out a great piece outlining the warring amongst the rich – a greed-fed battle they dub “the war between the estates.”
In the past two years, since the market peaked, investors [...]
The USWNT defeated Norway 1-0 on the strength of a goal by Megan Rapinoe and what sounded like at least one save-for-the-ages by Hope Solo.
Now Pia and crew face her homeland (gaaaa – I hate that word – can’t believe I used it) in the final. Sweden held on to defeat Germany 3-2, coming on [...]
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Tasha scored in the 90th minute – on what sounds like an absolutely brilliant goal (assist from Rampone). This pulls out the 1-0 win for the USWNT who continue undefeated in the 2009 Algarve. Hope somebody posts video of this goal soon – it sounds like a stunner!
“A spectacular late goal from substitute Natasha Kai [...]
Germany-Japan are underway and Japan is looking goo so far (17th minute). meanwhile, I can’t imagine what the USWNT must be feeling right now. Hopefully they are focused and confident. Their making it to the gold medal match is a wonderful accomplishment and, at the very least, has brought the eyes and attention of many [...]
Continue reading about Japan v Germany … and Final USWNT Thoughts
The news wires are now full of player profiles, match reports, you name it, as the US women’s soccer team gears up for its gold medal match versus Brazil on Thursday morning. This team is living up to the Nike Women’s World Cup hype of several months ago … the greatest team you’ve never heard [...]
Continue reading about Tons of Good USWNT Stuff as They Go for the Gold versus Brazil!
The USWNT and Brazil both won in convincing fashion and will face off on Thursday morning (9AM ET) in the gold medal match. Germany and Japan (maybe it’s me … but doesn’t that sound awfully World War Twoish?) will square off in the Bronze medal match-up (6AM ET). Kudos to Japan for making it to [...]
Continue reading about USWNT and Brazil Through to Gold Medal Match
Germany had a breakaway goal by Birgit Prinz – her first of the tournament. At @ the 40th minute Brazil – gradually starting to look more like themselves – scored on a beautiful play that went through Marta (faking a shot and drawing the defense) to Formiga who slotted it through. It was the first [...]
If you’re reading this before 6AM or after 11AM, check out this excellent Blog post on Climate Counts by a summer intern from Bates whom we all know and love!
If you’re reading this between 6 and 8M … you should be watching Brazil v Germany and saying novenas for the USWNT. If you’re reading this [...]
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First (from The Writer’s Almanac), a wonderful poem by Marge Piercy to start your day with something introspective – before diving into the usual sports-centric deluge! This poem runs along the thought-path I was pursuing last night just before sleep. Guess it may be time to get reacquainted with myself … as soon as the [...]
Andrea Canales has put up her previews and predictions on ESPNsoccernet. And here’s Marta talking about the Brazil-Norway match-up tomorrow. European women’s soccer is showcased in the Sweden-Germany quarterfinal, and here’s a nice piece about Pia from the FIFA site.
Finally, here’s a link to the bracket for the second stage of the women’ tournament. (Go [...]
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Wow, wow, wow. Even the Phillies’ loss has not dampened my amazement and feeling of great good fortune. The USWNT is through to the quarterfinals (not too surprising) and has won their group (pretty darn surprising) and is starting to score some goals (excellent news). To date, five different people have scored, and I’m hoping [...]
Yup — Michael Phelps won another gold in world record time. Just amazing!
And yup, here we go with game three of the preliminaries, starting with Germany v North Korea and Brazil v Nigeria — both interesting match-ups — both now underway. Then, starting at 7:45 the remaining 4 matches get underway. You can follow the [...]
Continue reading about Another Gold for Michael Phelps, Game Three Women’s Football, and Pilobolus!
I’ve been taking some time this morning to catch up on Olympic soccer news and, in particular, how the Swedish team is doing. Their performance at the Olympics has paralleled that of the USWNT in ways that have surprised me, as I thought they’d be one of the stronger sides coming out of the preliminaries.
The [...]
Here’s Beulah’s match report. I’m always so pleased when one or two things I noticed show up in Beulah’s write-up! I continue to be impressed with HAO’s play – and was also very glad to see Mitts playing more like her old self. Hope A-Rod gets her scoring started against New Zealand … and then [...]
Continue reading about Beulah’s Match Report and Other News of the USWNT and Beyond
After Carli Lloyd’s goal in the first half, the score held and the USWNT defeated a good Japan squad 1-0 to gain three points and move into second place in their group. Next up, New Zealand on Tuesday at 7:45 AM ET. Here are some comments from Pia et al (from the USSF site).
Here in [...]
Wow – the early shift brought two ties (Germany-Brazil 0-0; New Zealand-Japan 2-2) and a win by Canada over Argentina (2-1). Watching the Germany-Brazil match-up on line was a nice experience. No announcers – just the crowd noise (and the occasional grunts and other miscellaneous noises on my part). I thought Brazil had the better [...]
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I’m back from my quick road trip … which was very successful and included a drive through the Delaware Water Gap region – an area I haven’t visited in years. It was quite beautiful – more so than I remembered (from driving through in my childhood). Much of it has been reclaimed as park land [...]
Yes, Brett Favre is going to compete for his old job … and in this excellent commentary by Tom Curran, I find a good summary of the whole danged episode. I was too tired of Brett’s familiar ambivalence to pay a lot attention to the furor. Now I am caught up … and just in [...]
