Apparently, the Brazilian referees for tomorrow’s game are beefing up on their English pejoratives. However, given the vast chasm between British and American English, I fear that some innocent chitchat may lead to an unwarranted yellow card. Allow me to illustrate.
There’s really no way to tell a jointed story of Day 1 of the Cup, but three things stood out:
This, my friends, is the smoke before the fire, the thunder before the lightning, the salty sea breeze that portends the coming hurricane. Enjoy and savor the smell, because when all is said and done, when your house lies in rubble, your cash savings burned to keep warm, a smile shall not grace your face. [...]
So, the World Cup is among us. Where, good reader, should you go to consume your daily tidbits of media morsels? Well, I have just a handful of ideas… First, Tahir Duckett, a close friend, will be traveling to South Africa to give you the scoop on the US national team and his travails abroad. [...]
But first, before I make an array of connected and not-so-connected arguments, perhaps an introduction is in order. Elliott and I have spent much time on the field together. He and I are different sides of the US soccer fan coin–I started at age 4 and have spent the last 23 years wandering between disinterest [...]
Just when you think that David Bowie has retired from the site, that the Goblin King will no longer grace our presence, that Jorge Luis Borges really is dead and not just waiting for a USMNT run to the finals, bam. It hits you. Despite the odd jokes, obscure historical references, and kinda weird pictures, [...]
The International Football Association Board has issued a new rule ahead of this month’s World Cup. Law 14, concerning penalty kicks, now reads “Feinting in the run-up to take a penalty kick to confuse opponents is permitted, however, feinting to kick the ball once the player has completed his run-up is now considered an infringement [...]
It’s been an eternity since we last stole content from other sites, blatantly disregarding the fundamental principles of intellectual property. Thus, in the spirit of the collective, sacrificing the copyright foundations of the 20th century for the 21st century internet discourse of “traffic” and “pagerank”, I present some goodies from around the soccer blogosphere. We [...]
For those who have forgotten, I am covering the Ivory Coast at the delightful World Cup blog. I recently wrote a two part series on an overlooked part of the Portsmouth FA Cup run – the resurgence of Aruna Dindane. And the nasty contract squabbling behind the curtains. It’s a bit more traditional journalism than [...]
I am all smiles today and for one simple reason: this morning, Junito absolutely wanted nothing to do with the broom. Nope, he sprung out of bed, ran to the closet, picked out the soccer ball, and woke me via the traditional “ball hits head” approach. It’s much more effective than an alarm clock. Perhaps [...]
