2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa: Miami perspective

July 2, 2010   1 Comment  

The tourney so far

No more AIG for Manchester

Jan. 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

AIG, the global insurance giant that has fallen on hard economic times to say the least, has informed Manchester United of the English Premiere League that they will not be renewing their sponsorship. The four-year, $100 million deal expires May 2010 and AIG says they are already trying to re-work that last year. “In October, [...]

Euro Cup thoughts

June 22, 2008   2 Comments  

The Euro Cup is getting hot and heavy as we charge towards the June 29th final game. I’ve watched a great deal of it and thought I’d share some thoughts so far: -France looks old. They didn’t get out of the group round for a reason. They just don’t look like they have much firepower. [...]

Ronaldo wants to go to Real Madrid

June 20, 2008   1 Comment  

Stud winger Cristiano Ronaldo, considered by many to be the best soccer player in the world, continues to try to work his way out of Manchester United and into Real Madrid of the Spanish league. He talked to the media after his Portuguese team got ousted from the Euro Cup by Germany on Thursday. “I [...]

Czech Republic collapses in Euro Cup

June 15, 2008   2 Comments  

Petr Cech is among the best goal keepers in the world, but his mistake Sunday was unbelievably costly. The Czech Republic was up 2-1 in the final minutes of their game against Turkey, and it looked like the Turks were done. [...]

United States destroys Barbados

June 15, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The United States soccer team began its quest for a berth in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa the right way Sunday. Scoring their first goal just 53 seconds in off the foot of Clint Dempsey, the U.S. tacked on seven more in a downright thrashing of Barbados, whose team looked wildly over matched. [...]

Italy close to elimination in Euro Cup

June 13, 2008   1 Comment  

After getting their heads handed to them in the first game of the Euro Cup by Holland 3-0, Italy inched closer to elimination Friday with a 1-1 draw against the Romanians. The Italians should consider themselves lucky. Zambrotta made a bone-headed play in the second half, heading the ball back to his netminder while allowing [...]

Bill Belichick talks to CBS

May 17, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick sat down recently with Armen Keteyian to talk about the whole Spygate mess. Check it out here: