A unique problem for U.S. soccer, on both the women’s and men’s sides, is that the vast majority of good players between the ages of 18 and 22 are busy with college soccer from August to December. Then they’re in…
Monthly Archives: July 2011
2012 weightlifting: Only the strong survive
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We simply can’t write about weightlifting without calling in this classic Saturday Night Live bit: A sport that measures sheer strength at its core does indeed provide temptation to cheat. But the 30 reported doping incidents in 2009 (see PDF)…
MLS All-Stars, overreaction and reaction
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Hysterical overreaction is as much a part of the Internet as inappropriate photos and conspiracy theories. Given that, I’m a little surprised I haven’t heard today from the dude who kept Tweeting at me last week about MLS “fixing” games…
Virtual Viewing Party: MLS All-Star Game
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Just setting up a cozy chatroom for people who want to talk a lot without driving off all their Twitter followers. Or people who want to see if I’ve developed any new insults for Manchester United in the past eight…
2012 taekwondo: Slightly more violent than Riverdance
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Hop, hop, hop, hop, KICK, hop, hop, hop, KICK, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop … It’s a curiously constrained combat sport, and it has gone through some changes recently. The new scoring system (see the rules PDF) gives 1…
2012 tennis/table tennis: Who’s your Venus?
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The big news for 2012 tennis: Mixed doubles is in! But only in tennis, not table tennis. Seems a little unfair, really. TENNIS They’ll play on grass at Wimbledon, so we’ll let this summer’s results from that hallowed venue weigh…
Euro envy continues
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I’ve been exploring a few Net radio options these days, and I settled upon UK station talkSPORT yesterday to catch this exchange in a free-wheeling discussion of international sports: CALLER: My daughter’s a swimmer, though she’s at the bottom right now.…
2012 shooting: Bang, bang, bang on the door, baby
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Would you believe one of the most dramatic events I ever covered was an Olympic shooting final? Believe it. This is another one of those sports in which the Olympic program has changed a bit over the years, but not…