This video was shot by an LGM field correspondent at the US-Czech Republic warm-up match in Hartford on the 25th. Unfortunately these members of the American Outlaws were too drunk to muster a sentence when the Daily Show's John Oliver showed up to interview them,...
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The World Cup kicks off with Mexico-South Africa tomorrow morning, giving you precious few hours to register and/or update your LGM World Cup Challenge entry. League Name: Lawyers, Guns and.
I have created an LGM World Cup Challenge group at ESPN: Group Name: Lawyers, Guns and Money Password: zevon Deadline is June 11. Speaking of pointless competition, here are the.
FC Twente Enschede win the Dutch Eredivisie. Why does this matter, the uninformed might ask? 1. Twente have never won the Dutch league (at least in their current form, or in "modern times"). They nipped Ajax Amsterdam (whom one or two around LGM might have...
Something I've always loved about the way soccer football is organized virtually everywhere not called North America is promotion and relegation. For the uninitiated, league "systems" are set up in.
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.
I have a post on the small matter of tomorrow's Massachusetts Senate election underway, but figured I'd fire this off ASAP. Dempsey was injured in Fulham's 2-0 loss to Blackburn Rovers yesterday, which is not a positive development for the US MNT's chances in the...
As the USA and England are renewing their bitter competitive rivalry after a 60 year hiatus (not counting friendlies), the NYT reprises the 1950 World Cup match won by the.
I largely agree with everything that Paul has written, and the comments thread off of that one is excellent. Having had my daughter for the last three days, I've not.
Some very preliminary thoughts:Great draw for both the U.S. and England. Algeria is clearly the weakest African team and Slovenia might be the softest Euro side. Right now it looks like it would be a monumental upset for the Mother Country not to make it...
The seedings for Friday's group stage draw were released yesterday.There were some fairly significant changes from past practice. For the past three, four, or five? World Cups, a combination of.
France 1 (1) - 1 (0) Ireland. AET.France qualify for the 2010 World Cup.I recall watching the 1986 World Cup on TV, which was a rarity at the time from.