Posted by Zach Bigalke on August 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Soccer season is starting all across Europe, while here in the United States we’re in the MLS stretch run before the playoff field crystallizes. As you could probably deduce for yourself by the column’s title, I’m a big fan of statistics. Give me something to break down and I’ll be able to manipulate the data in different ways, enough iterations and trial-and-error to amuse myself for hours. So after getting to watch the opening... Read More
Filed under Columns, Soccer · Tagged with 2010 World Cup, Asamoah Gyan, Castrol Football, David Villa, Diego Forlan, EPL, Euro 2012, Felipe Melo, FIFA, Golden Boot, Gonzalo Higuain, Jorge Fucile, Landon Donovan, Luis Fabiano, Luis Suarez, Miroslav Klose, Opta Sports, Premier League, Robert Vittek, south africa, Thomas Muller, Wesley Sneijder, Xabi Alonso
Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s funny to think, living as relatively close as I do, but this will be the first time that I will have given northern California more than a... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 9, 2010 · 1 Comment
Some of the following words were penned over the past week, part of daily coverage of major international sporting events being held both here stateside and over the Atlantic across the length and breadth of España. Some are thoughts I’ve articulated with other writers, grappled with amongst coworkers at the day job, and discussed amongst friends. Others are fast-paced thoughts happening in real time, regurgitated verbatim as they spew from... Read More
Filed under Columns, Cycling, Formula 1, Golf, More, Olympic Sports, Soccer, Tennis · Tagged with Alessandro Petacchi, Andy Murray, Andy Schleck, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Bjarne Riis, Brawn GP, Cycling, Damiano Cunego, Diego Maradona, Drugs, Eduardo Schwank, Euro 2012, F1, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Flushing Meadows, Formula One, German Grand Prix, Golf, GP Montreal, GP Quebec, Grand Slam, Hermann Maier, Hockenheim, Igor Anton, Italian Grand Prix, Ivan Basso, Jens Voigt, Jensen Button, Joaquin Rodriguez, John Higgins, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Mahesh Bhupathi, Mardy Fish, Mark Cavendish, Marton Fucsovics, Max Mirnyi, McLaren, Monza, National Tennis Center, Nicolas Almagro, Novak Djokovic, PED, Pele, ProTour, Queens, Red Bull, Roald Amundsen. Zenit St. Petersburg, Robin Soderling, roger federer, Ross Brawn, Ryder Cup, Samuel Sanchez, San Querrey, Saxo Bank, Sergei Stakhovsky, snooker, Soccer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Stuart O'Grady, Tiago Fernandes, Tiger Woods, Tyler Farrar, U.S. Open, UCI, USTA, Vincenzo Nibali, Vuelta a Espana
Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
Wow… seems that the beer my wife bought me last night really did a number on me. As I sat in front of the computer on Wednesday, digesting the 22 ounces of Bourbon County Brand Stout by Goose Island Brewery (13.0% alcohol by volume) and trying to finish up stage recaps from the Vuelta and musings from the U.S. Open and yes, this column as well, I instead felt my eyelids falling, falling, falling… Read More
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Filed under Basketball, Columns, Cycling, Football, Formula 1, Golf, More, NCAA, Olympic Sports, Soccer, Tennis · Tagged with AC Milan, Adrian Sutil, Alisa Kleybanova, Allyson Felix, Ana Ivanovic, Andy Carroll, Asafa Powell, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, ATP, Australian Open, bayern munich, Belgian Grand Prix, Bershawn Jackson, Billie Jean King, Bob Bryan, Bobby Reynolds, Bologna, Bourbon County Stout, Brittney Reese, Bulgaria, Bundesliga, Carmelita Jeter, Christian Cantwell, Columbia, competitive eating, Courcheval, Cycling, Daiki Ito, Daniel Nestor, David Oliver, Davor Suker, Diamond League, Diego Forlan, Dwight Phillips, Emiliano Viviano, England, English Premier League, EPL, Euro 2012, europe, Ferrari, FIBA, Filip Polasek, Flushing Meadows, Force India, Formula 1, Garmin, Goose Island Brewery, Grand Slam, grand tour, Hakuba, IAAF, inter milan, Italian Grand Prix, Jeremy Wariner, Jie Zheng, Jose Mourinho, La Liga, Laurent Fignon, Leander Paes, Lecce, Lewis Hamilton, Lleyton Hewitt, Lukas Dlouhy, Mallorca, Manchester United, Marion Bartoli, Mark Cavendish, Mark Webber, Martin Damm, Matthew Goss, McLaren, Michael Phelps, Mike Bryan, Monza, National Tennis Center, Nenad Zimonjic, Newcastle United, Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships, Paul-Henri Mathieu, PGA, Philippe Gilbert, Premiership, Primera Liga, ProTour, Queens, Rajeev Ram, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Red Bull, San Siro, Sara Errani, Serafin Martinez, Serie A, ski jumping, Soccer, Spa-Francorchamps, spain, swimming, Takeru Kobayashi, tennis, Tiger Woods, Tyler Farrar, Tyson Gay, U.S. Open, UCI, uefa, UEFA Champions League, Usain Bolt, USTA, Victoria Azarenka, Virginie Razzano, Vuelta a Espana, Wallace Spearmon, Wolverhampton Wanderers, World Championships, world cup, WTA, Xacobeo Galicia, Zheng Jie
