by Ty Davison | Jul 4, 2006 | Sports
3rd round Germany v. Argentina: I correctly picked Germany. I thought that Argentina would be too tired to pull it off. Didn’t anticipate PKs, though. Italy v. Ukraine: I correctly picked Italy. In fact, this was as correct a pick as I’ve had all tourney....
by Ty Davison | Jul 1, 2006 | Sports
Will the real French and Brazilian teams please show up? I am admittedly stunned by France’s 1-0 victory not so much because it’s unbelievable that France could score—when you have Zidane in your midfield all things are possible—but because...
by Ty Davison | Jul 1, 2006 | Sports
Players line up pre-game behind the “Just say no to racism” banner. Note to FIFA: That “Just say no” bit hasn’t exactly solved our war on drugs problem here in the States. Don’t expect great results out of yours. OK, inquiring minds...
by Ty Davison | Jun 30, 2006 | Sports
Well, Italy scores its first one in under 10 minutes. At 20 minutes Ukraine makes a sub and decides to go with three forwards. While this made for a more exciting game and admittedly gave them some chances that they wouldn’t have otherwise had, at the end of the...
by Ty Davison | Jun 30, 2006 | Sports
Tightly called game yields a boring first half. Argentina scores on a brilliantly headed corner early in the second to make it 1-0. That opens up the game a bit, but not until Klose scores a nice header in the 80th does Germany get the equalizer. Then we play on...
by Ty Davison | Jun 29, 2006 | Sports
2nd Round Germany v. Sweden: I correctly picked Germany, thinking that home field advantage and superior talent would let them walk all over the tired-looking Swedes. Yup, pretty much. Argentina v. Mexico: I correctly picked Argentina, but I did not anticipate that...
