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...
by Ty Davison | Jun 11, 2006 | Sports
How in the world did I manage to make it through 2002? These 6 AM games are already killing me. OK, here we go…the kids are leading the players out to the field. How do they pick which kids get to do that? Do you suppose there’s a lottery or do you think...
by Ty Davison | Jun 10, 2006 | Sports
Argentina’s national anthem is up. Becomes a real foot-stomper at the end, likely a tribute to the frustration the citizens had with their currency in recent years. Ivory Coast (aka IC) anthem is next. Sounds like it’s in French, a fitting tribute to the...
by Ty Davison | Jun 10, 2006 | Sports
Does Trinidad have any prayer of winning? Well, one would think not, but Sweden hasn’t won an opening World Cup game since 1958. Sweden is getting some good attacking chances, but hasn’t finished anything yet. 14 minutes in, and not a whole lot to comment...
by Ty Davison | Jun 10, 2006 | Sports
[Thanks to Mike and Patti for inviting me, Vinny, and Stein over for an early Saturday morning World Cup viewing.] Great start for England as Paraguay hits an own goal on a header! Paraguay’s keeper injured, earliest keeper change in World Cup history. Terrible...
by Ty Davison | Jun 9, 2006 | Sports
I’m not going to be able to blog the game concurrent with the action (thanks, kids!), so let me just pass along my general impressions. First, neither of these teams will beat Germany. Second, I think today’s result, 2-0 to Ecuador, probably moves them...
