In women’s soccer news, there’s the fact that the USWNT posted its final win of 2008 last night, downing China 1-0 in Detroit on the strength of a Heather O’Reilly goal. Pia’s team finishes out the year with a record-setting record: 33-1-2. And maybe the even better news is that there were more than 11,000 [...]
… but first, congratulations to Usain Bolt on his phenomenal victory in the 200! He is just amazing to watch … how beautifully effortless and strong. Can’t wait to see it tonight!
On the USWNT front, we’ve got Lindsey Dolich with her pre-game report and Jeff Carlisle on the USWNT mindset heading into the match.
From Newsweek, [...]
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 [...]
Kudos to Nancy Lieberman who, at age 50, showed her stuff in an appearance for the suspension and injury-depleted Detroit Shock last night. She scored no points, but made a no-look pass that brought the house down!
The Shock and the LA Sparks were both seriously understaffed due to suspensions and both lost their games last [...]
Continue reading about Nice USWNT Video, and Lieberman’s Back (And I Don’t Mean Joe)
Here’s Cindy McCain speaking about “the only way to get around in Arizona.” (This is way too easy … I think I’m starting to feel a tad mean-spirited and guilty.) I’ll get over it, though.
Mark Zeigler writes from San Diego about tonight’s USWNT vs. Brazil match-up … the second this week. On Sunday the USWNT [...]
Continue reading about Cindy McCain’s Small Plane and Other Wednesday Wrinkles
Remember that game? Find the similarities amongst the items and then find the one that doesn’t fit? Well … hmmmm … it’s looking to me like they all kind of match. Weird, huh?
So Hillary’s now doing interviews with Bill O’Reilly. It’s an effort to reach out to the white male voters who watch O’Reilly and [...]
Continue reading about O’Reilly, Scaife, Clinton, Murdoch … Which One of These Doesn’t Belong?
So here’s what I know: After a scoreless first half, Natasha Kai opened the floodgates, scoring on a poor play by the Norwegian goalie. Unfortunately, the Fed’s MatchTracker was down for most of the second half … but below is information transcribed from MatchTracker by a BigSoccer dude (after the match). And before you head to the game [...]
Sorry to be slow about the Algarve updates … but following is a collection of tidbits I’ve gleaned here and there. In Alvor, Portugal, the USWNT defeated a very feisty squad from Italy by a score of 2-0. Lindsay Tarpley scored early (6th or 7th minute) on a rebound after a shot by Lauren Cheney. [...]
Well, first off, as the record voting on the Democratic side continued, Hillary took Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island … while VT went to Obama. Bowing to reality (admittedly an odd concession for someone who doesn’t believe in evolution, but that’s how they put it on MSNBC) Huckabee has dropped out of the Republican race. This leaves McCain [...]
