by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Admittedly, I don’t expect Mexico to have much trouble here. This is Angola’s first trip to the World Cup, and while it may not be their last, I sure didn’t pick them to make second round. At the same time, the Mexican defense is plenty suspect,...
by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Ivory Coast has the run of play in the opening 20 minutes, then Netherlands rockets a free kick just outside the box. 1-0 Netherlands. Ivory Coast follows up by getting a yellow. Less than 3 minutes later, Netherlands puts in a second goal with some nice passing in...
by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Fakers v. Thugs. Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful, says Argentina, and we don’t. We hate you because you flop at the slightest contact. It’s amazing that the wind doesn’t blow some of those guys over. Now Serbia, well, a loss by Serbia...
by Ty Davison | Jun 15, 2006 | Sports
Light blogging, kids ahoy. Fairly even first half with Sweden having the better chances. Paraguay has had a few themselves, but I don’t think the quality has been nearly as good, and Paraguay looked very tired coming off at half time. I expect Sweden to...
by Ty Davison | Jun 15, 2006 | Sports
England in white, Trinidad in The English national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” leaves unanswered the question “From what?” Catholicism? A son like Charles? A prime minister like Blair? Inquiring minds want to know. Trinidad’s anthem is...
