by Ty Davison | Jun 13, 2006 | Sports
France in Blue or “bleu” if you prefer the French spelling. After a World Cup winning performance in 1998, France went three and out in 2002. Indeed their opening loss to Senegal ranks up there with one of the all-time upsets given how highly regarded they...
by Ty Davison | Jun 13, 2006 | Sports
Apparently Togo have found themselves a coach, and now we can have a game. Togo with a good run in the 3rd minute almost yields a PK. Can’t really trip on the ball and expect one though. Geographically, Togo is located down by the Ghana in politically iffy...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2006 | Sports
Italy players put arms on each other’s shoulders and sing their national anthem, “The Trains Will Run On Time.” Every player seems to have used hair gel. Maybe I should try that. Ghana’s national anthem has words as well, and everyone joins in...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2006 | Sports
We’re in dark blue, a perfect opportunity for Nike to sell more shirts. Lots of fouls against the US early. Ref is calling it tight. Not much other than fouls in the first 3:30. Looks like Lewis and Cherundolo on the side defense for the US. Onyewu fouls again...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2006 | Sports
One hardly knows what to expect from the game. Australia is certainly not known for being any good, but they raise them tough in the former penal colony. And as we saw in 2002, Japan is like a whole bunch of little wheels perpetually spinning. I enjoy their game, even...
