The year after I graduated from college, I taught English in South Korea. There, I noticed that a lot of the drink cans had pictures of these random rocks in the ocean. Finally, I either asked what was up or someone just told me. See,...
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At least according to Wikipedia, France and Spain have been at war one way or another with each other a mere 37 times between 1209 and 1823. These two nations.
I made my statement about the horrors of the money-laundering state of Switzerland known last game against Colombia. Unfortunately, they managed to win through the stupidity of ending these games.
Time to relitigate the Viking wars! Are the horrors of Harald Hardrada back in 1066 that led to the Norman conquest to be revenged? Or will Norge take back the isles from the limeys? England certainly has the worse history when it comes to humanity,...
Now that Belgium managed to get full credit for murdering Patrice Lumumba, it's time for the Belgians to take revenge on the Spanish Sack of Antwerp in 1576, when murderous.
We finally have a good colonial-postcolonial match. Anytime France is playing an African team, you have to root for France to be annihilated. Morocco hasn't exactly lit the world on.
I enjoyed that conversation yesterday around the World Cup so let's see what we can glean from the horrors of history for today's matchups. Argentina v. Egypt doesn't exactly provide a lot of material since as far as I know, these two countries have no...
I am spending the next six weeks in Argentina and Chile, theoretically learning Spanish, more likely sounding like an asshole to my teachers and fellow students. Prepare accordingly for posts.
Let's continue last night's theme of historical sports footage with this from the Africa Cup in Ethiopia in 1968. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VTg0VGieQAQ
One thing I love about the World Cup is that it gives a certain set of liberals who love to shout SPORTSBALL most of the time an excuse to root for the United States in sports every four years while promoting the most corrupt sport...
Female athletes are treated horrible. The lack of investment in professional leagues has marginalized them for decades. Even now that there are professional leagues, it's not as if they are.
Let's just say that Maradona never did seem like a guy who was going to live to see 90. But he surely was one of the greatest players who ever.