2012 Olympics: The Games Before the Games (Part II)
DAY -1: 26 July 2012/Thursday The Games of the XXX Olympiad are officially set to open on Friday in London, and Olympic fever has started to take over cyberspace. There has been speculation and myriad hypotheses about who might set the flame alight at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford from among the former British sporting greats that the organizing committee has assembled to participate... Read More
2012 Olympics: The Games Before the Games (Part I)
DAY -2: 25 July 2012/Wednesday The Games of the XXX Olympiad are officially set to open on Friday in London, and Olympic fever has started to take over cyberspace. There has been speculation and myriad hypotheses about who might set the flame alight at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford from among the former British sporting greats that the organizing committee has assembled to participate... Read More
Brunner Snaps Scoring Drought in Win over Fire
Portland found the back of the net for the first time in over a month, as a pair of corner kicks made the difference in the Timbers’ home game against the Chicago Fire at Jeld-Wen Field on Sunday. Goals by Eric Brunner and an own goal by Logan Pause provided enough scoring to pace the Timbers past the Fire for the team’s first victory since Sporting KC came to the Rose City... Read More
Spaniards Fail in Champions League Quest
It isn’t exactly the dawn of a new era, but neither is it the Spanish coronation that so many were expecting in this year’s Champions League final. Everyone assumed that the top two clubs from the country of the world champion would meet on May 19 on neutral soil in Germany. But instead of a matchup of La Liga titans, the Allianz Arena in Munich will host a partisan... Read More
NTSF: When Athletes Strike
I’ve already laid out the situation in Spain versus other European leagues, and how the disparity in revenue has led to many clubs simply not paying their players when the accounting dips into the red. With over a hundred of their kinsmen awaiting salary payments from last season, the players in Spain’s top two soccer divisions have gone on strike, postponing the... Read More
