The last time I was at work was August 10th and I have enjoyed my time off, but alas, I have returned. This may come as surprise to most of my readers cause generally bloggers are kind enough to say “i’m going on vacation.” The problem is I figured that I would post as normal during my 11 days off because I was at home for [...]

Rather than talk about is he juiced or not, asterisk or not, fair or not… I would like to compare last night’s moments with what I still consider the top moment of my baseball watching era (1990-present (i was 10 years old the year Cecil Fielder hit 51 HRs and that is my earliest real baseball memory): Cal Ripken setting the all-time consecutive games streak in [...]

xGames 13 finished up this week… man… 13 years… I remember year one pretty vividly and they just keep getting bigger and bigger. X Games X (10) introduced us to skateboarding’s ”Big Air” which is just insane in my opinion: Riders could choose between two ramps: a roll-in of about 80 feet to a 70 foot 3 inch gap, or a roll-in of about 65 feet to a [...]

So, I’ve not done some things I could’ve been doing… like Futbol updates… so lets play catch up with all the sports stories in the world today:
* NBA * If you don’t know the story, stop reading this won’t make sense to you. I watched the press conference and I must say I have never seen David Stern like this. He usually comes across very [...]

I fear there will only be three updates to this with the following headlines in order:
06/29/07 -”Young US Team Thrashed By Argentina”
07/03/07 – “Young US Team Thrashed By Paraguay”
07/06/07 – “Young US Team Wins: Too Little Too Late”
After an alright first half last night, we totally fell asleep / apart and Argentina just beat us down 4-1 (i got tired of putting the score disclaimer [...]

Reggie Bush and David Beckham hooked up for a while. Here’s the three minute version. There is a 6 minute version out there as well, but half of it is Reggie trying to figure out how to put on futbol shoes and it’s not really entertaining… heck, this one could use some BG music, but check it out. There’s some pretty sweet moves by both [...]

(NOTE: If you live fairly close to me *cough*Jonathan*cough*Gabe*cough* and would like to come watch any of these games just call me or come by. Watching soccer on “match tracker” doesn’t exactly do it justice.) 
Week 11 highlights since I missed posting:
- Are you tired of hearing about J.P. Angel? He scored twice again vs. The Wiz, bringing his total up to 9 goals and 2 [...]

Juan Pablo Angel now has 7 goals in 6 games since joining the Red Bulls. He scored both goals for NY in a 14-7* win over Toronto FC on Wednesday, and notched another in their 28-14* loss to DC United. Beckham may be getting all the hype, but Angel looks to be the best the Exemption player to join the MLS.
Thursday the USA topped Guatemala 7-0* in [...]

Last night I took in the FC Dallas v LA Galaxy game with an old High School friend at Pizza Hut Park about 40 minutes from home. We won 21-7*. The game and atmosphere was top notch as hoped for, but rekindling the old friendship was far more important than what happened on the field. We talked through everything from work, school, church, and family. Good [...]

That’s right… after all the buzz… all the great performances –individual and team– leading up to this point. So many sub plots… Teams trying to solidify their place in history, players trying to prove naysayers wrong, and coaches trying to silence critics…
Tonight the games begin and we’ll see if all the recent hype is worth it.
9/8 central – Fox Soccer Channel – USA vs. Guatemala [...]