Given that the 2013-14 series is in Australia, I’m not following it as closely as 2005, 2009, or this past summer. Instead, I’ve been waking up each morning to the first two words I learned about cricket: “England collapse”. And collapse they have. All they need(ed) to retain the Ashes was a series draw: any […]
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I’m a little late to this wrap up, but both professional and personal obligations have occupied a great deal of my time over the past few weeks. The decks are mostly cleared now, so let’s
The Ashes As it’s my role here to spearhead LGM’s cornering the “progressive blogosphere market on cricket commentary” (as per our FAQ), my absence is letting the team down. I
I’m recently “returned” to Oregon from a week + in Kitsapland, hanging out for five days with my partner’s family, followed by an impromptu three-night stand with my fleet of cousins. The latter was a non-stop holiday gala with excellent food, political debate, and, oh yeah, soaked with alcohol of all sorts (and at all times). […]
Australia 268 all out; England 29 for 0. Ashes Third Test, Perth, Day 1 of 5. England lead the series 1-0. It’s not cricket that I don’t understand; it’s this cricket. England sh
Uruguay 1 – 1 Ghana Uruguay win 4 – 2 on penalties. For those of you who didn’t watch the match, in the 120th minute, literally the last few seconds of the 30 minutes of extra time i
I was going to write something about this, but . . . no. I’ve grown addicted to my monthly “paycheque”. The quarter final brackets for the World Cup are . . . unbalanced. Look for yourself: Friday, 2 July Netherlands v Brazil 15:00 BST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT Uruguay v Ghana 19:30 BST, 14:30 EDT, […]
Match report here. I watched in an English pub, which, given I am in England, I found somewhat difficult to avoid. My local graciously put on the USA match on a smallish flat screen behind the bar (
I want to preface this by asserting that I don’t revel in sporting injuries, even if they’re players that I loathe. As a result of what the BBC characterizes as a “mundane-looking an
Apparently, Landon and Becks have kissed and made up. While there’s doubt on this here island on which I live, if Beckham plays as well for Milan during his loan spell this season as he did last season, he should get a spot on the England team for the World Cup (not so, however, Michael […]
The NYT reviews The Damned United, which piques my interest. When I have time, which latterly has not been plentiful, I devour film reviews, perhaps because Plymouth is not exactly in any one’s
unlike LGM’s new favorite South Carolina Republican. Trinidad & Tobago 0 – 1 USA Note: I will standardize the home / away nomenclature to the European norm of home team first. I know t