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US Soccer assistant coach Glenn "Mooch" Myernick dead at 51. "We lost a great person today," said former U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bruce Arena. "He was an unbelievable husband and father, and the finest soccer person I've ever come across in the United States."
posted on October 09, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
FIFA ranks USA at #7 This is the highest the USA has ever been ranked by FIFA. Still at #15 in the Elo Ratings, though.
posted on July 07, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Reinstated. Gary Barnett was reinstated yesterday as head football coach at the University of Colorado. The president of the school said 'it was the right thing to do.' She also said that that Barnett had 'paid a price' for his offensive statements. What price?
posted on May 28, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Take your mind off Sammy for a while and kick it old school while checking out logos from now-defunct sports leagues. My favorite: The NASL's New England Tea Men. Not to be confused with the Jacksonville Tea Men.
posted on June 04, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
When I see this image, I think just three words: Set as Wallpaper. Where are there more stunning football images on the Web?
posted on January 25, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
Marco Melandri is some sort of Robocop. He only gets back on his bike later on in the weekend and takes fourth place in the race. Here's a longer version of the video that shows that he can barely walk afterwards. And here's Marco taking flight in 2004 in the German Grand Prix.
Forget about the 2007 MotoGP championship standings. Casey Stoner is the perfect rider for the perfect Ducati bike. Ain't nobody touching him this year.
posted by NoMich at 08:02 PM on September 12
'Wild Bill' Hagy dies at 68. The 'Roar from 34' is no more.
posted by Hugh Janus at 12:43 PM on August 22
As a kid growing up in Baltimore in the 70's and 80's, this guy seemed like he was bigger than life. To me, he was as important to our city as the mayor.
posted at 07:31 PM on August 22
posted by FonGu at 04:06 PM on July 14
FonGu- I'm surprised Pittsburgh isn't big enough for at least one of the Telefutura channels. I think the u20 Cup is also being broadcast on- surprisingly enough- ESPNU. Another way to stay on top of US soccer news is by subscribing to the soccer RSS feeds from Yahoo! Sports and USA Today. ussoccer.com always has a schedule and a match tracker for every national game. But to the original question: I think media generally responds to a given market. I don't think the fact that mainstream media hasn't responded to soccer has hampered its development in the US. Objectively, US soccer has made great strides in the last 10 or 15 years. None of the progress came with mainstream media help; in fact, it came despite the tired Rome-like jibes. I live in Chicago, which is a big soccer market. Despite that, the local news rarely have anything to say about the Fire and never mention the national team. Even so, the Fire are in their own soccer-specific stadium and the national team played the Gold Cup final here in a sold-out Soldier Field. So, who really cares what dinosaurs like ESPN think? The real thing that hampers the development of US soccer is that there's not a good system for scouting players outside of the normal venues. You can be sure there are some great players out there who aren't getting looked at under the current system. Once that changes, the rest of the world will be playing for second place.
posted at 06:41 PM on July 14
posted by FonGu at 04:06 PM on July 14
That clip is two months old. Has Rome commented on Bekcham in the last couple of days? A lot of things, including Calderon's opinion, have changed since then. To your question: it depends on what media we're talking about. Minutes ago, I watched the under 20 squad (sadly) lose to Austria on Telefutura. They or their partners have broadcast the u-20 World Cup, the Copa America and the Gold Cup this summer. That's broadcast TV we're talking about. There's certainly a market for soccer in the States, and some media are responding.
posted at 04:38 PM on July 14
Carpenter and Cards take 2-1 lead in series
posted by commander cody at 12:14 AM on October 25
dbt302- You're remembering 1983.
posted at 10:34 AM on October 25
US names World Cup Roster Bruce Arena named his 23 man squad today. Congrats go to all the players and here's to a successful campaign in June. Who do you think should have made it but didn't or should have been left out but made it?
posted by Ricardo at 08:28 PM on May 02
Yes to Brian Ching and no to Taylor Twellman? That was a bit surprising to me.
posted at 09:10 PM on May 02
Safe at home. It was a small thing really, barely bigger than a credit card, tucked unpretentiously in a small black case. For each of the 52 American hostages who bounded off the plane, free at last, the ticket stuffed inside the box was another of the trinkets that piled up around them. A modest reward for the cold, metal muzzle of a shotgun pressed against their faces. The WaPo looks at the lifetime pass that MLB gave to the 52 survivors of the 444 day Iran hostage situation that ended twenty five years ago. (via the Sports Law Blog)
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:22 PM on January 21
Great story. Thanks.
posted at 01:46 PM on January 21
History of Tour de France , long, rambling, yet fascinating, like the race itself.
posted by Fat Buddha at 09:55 AM on June 06
Great, great, great. A magnificent madness. Thanks, FB.
posted at 10:24 AM on June 06
Take your mind off Sammy for ... Take your mind off Sammy for a while and kick it old school while checking out logos from now-defunct sports leagues. My favorite: The NASL's New England Tea Men. Not to be confused with the Jacksonville Tea Men.
posted by rabi at 02:28 PM on June 04
If you want some of the old #10, billy, it will cost you. First, you will have to master another language. Then, you will have to pay 89 CHF (whatever that is) for it. There must be some kind of copyright laws still in place for some teams. I bet these guys know something about it.
posted at 04:02 PM on June 04
posted by kjh at 08:02 PM on June 04
The most surreal moment in the press conference last night was when the reporter asked Dusty Baker "What can we trust?". Dusty said, "What?", and the reporter repeated slowly and clearly, "What can we trust?". What a strange moment for a baseball press conference.
posted at 09:59 AM on June 04
During Thursday's Atlanta ... During Thursday's Atlanta Braves radio broadcast, announcer Skip Carey said that the league is considering a mandatory-ejection policy for the most aggravating people on Earth: Fans who move into television shots with cell phones so a buddy can tell them, "Hey, I'm watching you now on television! This is so cool! And what's coolest is that I'm watching you talking to me! Is this weird, or what?"
posted by rcade at 03:30 PM on May 10
Bringing up cell phones these days is almost like bringing up religion at the dinner table. People freak out. Speaking of religion, the editor of "Darwinmag" (whatever that is) needs to get some, if only to raise his credibility. John 2:13? Huh? I would wager many dollars that no one has ever seen that reference on a sign in a stadium.
posted at 09:55 AM on May 10
***SPOFI LOCKER ROOM ... ***SPOFI LOCKER ROOM INTERVIEW #5*** jacknose: Don't pull a "Jim Gray" on me and make me cry or talk crazy like Mike Tyson. Our first interview with a member of the Pantheon. As Mike would say: "I'm eck-thatick!"
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:36 AM on March 12
Here I am, SF.
posted at 11:44 AM on March 12
New Zealand lost to England at Rugby today , so what I hear you say. Small nation beats tiny nation at a game no one has heard of. For New Zealand though, rugby is not even a religion, it is an expression of self, proof of nationhood. A matter of primeval pride. The linked article is good writing and a very good illustration of what the sport means to this small nation. It is truly in the blood.
posted by Fat Buddha at 05:24 PM on November 10
Thanks, FB. Great article. There should be a Spofi category called "Passion" or even "Primeval pride" where we could post pieces like this regularly.
posted at 06:27 PM on November 10
Two teams to play next UEFA games in empty stadiums. The Dutch team Utrecht and the Georgian team Dinamo Tbilisi have been punished for two seperate incidents of violence and racist banter from fans. UEFA, who is trying to cut back on race-related incidents at games has sent a ten-point plan to clubs whose grounds have seen racist behaviour in recent European club competition matches, calling on them to take "all necessary action" to implement measures to combat racism. I can't find that letter or the ten point plan anywhere, but is it fair for a governing body hold the clubs responsible for the behavior of their fans?
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:35 PM on October 11
My mom used to tell me that fair was what you pay to get on a bus (get it? fare?). She insisted that the world wasn't fair. It appears that UEFA is proving my mom was right. I'm wondering if this will make any positive impact on the fans in the long run. Rest assured, it won't in the short term. I would guess that the next time the "banned" fans are admitted into the stadiums that they will be more wound up than ever-- like bees who have been swatted at. The real questions: Two or three games down the line, will these fans have "learned their lesson"? Will UEFA have the balls to do this more than once?
posted at 03:41 PM on October 11
Stop the holy showboating "It is impossible to watch a sporting event these days without some spiritual revival meeting breaking out. There are prayers before the game, prayers of thanksgiving for mighty athletic feats, kneeling in a circle after the game. We have prayers after touchdowns, heaven-pointing after home runs, signs of the cross before free throws. It seems most post-game interviews begin with the 'thank the Lord' preamble."
posted by owillis at 12:09 AM on September 28
Nice article about a pretty silly practice. McGraw is concerned with "posturing" prayer or religious display- and that's exactly what we see week in and week out in the NFL. McGraw is also on target to admit that sport and religion have almost always been joined at the hip. You know, like the Olympics. Named after the god Olympian. So joined together are these concepts that the adjective "olympian" is used to refer to the loftiness and excellence of a feat. This is kind of like saying, "Did you see him jump that hurdle with jesusistic ease?" I digress... The point is that I doubt this will ever go away in sport. Does anyone else? I also wondered what this really had to do with the point McGraw was making: I know of no accountants who point to the heavens after they balance their ledgers. If posturing religious display is the problem, we certainly shouldn't expect to know any accountants who showboat in the quiet stillness of their office. But if they had cameras pointed on them, who knows?
posted at 09:07 AM on September 28
You know, it looks like he took that fall just about as perfectly as anyone could. Not that this is something that you'd want to get really good at...but if you have to fall off a bike, that's the way to do it.