No Phillies game last night – and the Red Sox got pounded. Love the Sox, but Josh Beckett? Not so much. If games like last night taught him some humility, I’d come around. But most likely, it’ll just sharpen his already nasty, cocky edge. You’re a dink … and thinking about you is just getting [...]
Kelly Smith is apparently writing a weekly column for The Daily Mail about her WPS soccer experiences. Here’s an excerpt from last week’s piece:
There’s so much to learn because everything is so new and we don’t really know each other’s playing styles or strengths and weaknesses at the moment. I’m playing in a slightly different [...]
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… but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the nearly 5,000 Breakers fans who trooped to Cambridge to see their Boston Blues defeat the St. Louis Athletica 2-0 in their home opener at Harvard Stadium. Here are the Week 3 WPS Power Rankings by Jo-Ryan Salazar. (I’ll track these through the season on my WPS [...]
It’s Breakers Game Day. Freezing, and quite possibly wet — but hey, we’re hardy folk right?
Before embarking on this new chapter in Breakers’ history — a pause to remember good times past. Maren? Dagney? We miss you!
No sound with this video — but that kinda makes it all the more resonant, doesn’t it? Love the [...]
The Breakers’ home opener is this Saturday (4/11-7PM) against the Athletica at Harvard Stadiuim. Both teams have an opening day loss to rectify. It’ll be fun to see Hope Solo and Lori Chalupny in town … and just awesome to get the season rolling. A big plus of April soccer in Boston is that we [...]
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No internet this morning – and of course my e-mail account problem has still not been addressed, despite much time spent on hold listening to muzak … and many e-mails at varying pitches of irateness.
You know how Bush kinda made Nixon look better? FairPoint has had the same effect on my [...]
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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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Phew – I feel like it’s been a long time since I sat down with some good strong coffee and just caught up here.
There’s lots of news in the soccer world as the WPS season kick-off is just weeks away! March 29th, to be exact. (I should probably think about taking a day or two [...]
I can’t believe that I am doing this … but I feel moved to add the White House website to the links here in the JordanCornblog sidebar. I feel moved to explore the site, read the blog, check it all out periodically. What is happening? As someone who grew up in the sixties and came [...]
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Call it change. Call it luck. Call it redemption. Call it bravery. Call it what you will – it’s gold and it’s real and it stays! The USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 yesterday in extra time after putting on a gritty performance on the pitch on a wet, humid, Beijing night. Pia Sundhage and her 18 [...]
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Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz’ gold medal record last night -an amazing feat, indeed. I don’t know about you, but I find such milestones diminished by the hype … the marketing … the hoopla … the commentary. The events and the raw footage about the events is enough. The look on Michael Phelps’ face (or [...]
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The USWNT kicks off against Japan tomorrow morning at 5AM ET and will (hopefully) field a team with its heads screwed on more securely than on Wednesday! I like to think that Wednesday’s game was a collective test, to see whether “Boom Ball” really doesn’t work. Lesson learned, guys?
Gayle Bryan has written about Wednesday’s game [...]
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In the run-up to the Oly’s it’s interesting to read the analysis being posted about the whole Solo-Scurry-Ryan episode at the 2007 Women’s World Cup. Following on the heels of the SI piece by Grant Wahl, we have commentary from:
Sideline Views – in which Andrea Canales cites Anson Dorrance and the way he tapped into [...]
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Here’s a nice piece from the Fort Worth Star Telegram about some of the stories to watch at the 2008 Olympics.
Then we have the outlook for the Phillies … which, in typical Phillies’ fashion, looks like it’s likely to get nerve-wracking! (And BTW, they are on ESPN – or ESPN2 – Wednesday night.) Speaking of [...]
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Sports Illustrated has come out with a more in-depth article than I’ve seen to date on Hope Solo, Briana Scurry, and the USWNT’s World Cup Loss to Brazil. Basically, though, my response to this piece is, “Yada, yada, yada.”
Not articulate enough for you? Okay – well I still find the explication unsatisfying and demonizing of [...]
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