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...
by Ty Davison | Jun 11, 2006 | Sports
And we’re off and running! Portugal with a great attack from the opening. Just wide. Would have been a 10 second goal. I hope we see more of that! Cross from Figo easily handled. Portugal defense so far under no threat. Portugal scores! In the fourth minute!...
by Ty Davison | Jun 11, 2006 | Sports
Iran gets booed upon entry into the stadium. Otherwise uneventful opening. No nukes is good nukes, I guess. Iran’s president, a huge jackass, is responsible for a lot of the booing, not because he’s there which he’s not, but because he’s easy...
