“I think we’re very lucky in that, with Jenson and Lewis, we have two fiercely competitive individuals who both fully understand the benefit of teamwork.”
Wigan players do the right thing
In a rather nice gesture Wigan players are offering to refund the ticket money of all the supporters that made the trek to White Heart Lane for the 9-1 thrashing in what may be one of the worse performances in the 20 year history of the Premier League. The total refund is somewhere around $16,000 for the 400 or so fans that madethe long trip…
What happened to Liverpool?
Liverpool are not having a good year and tonight they were knocked out of the Champions League. It’s the first time since Benitez arrived in 2004 that the team has failed to make the knock out stages. Liverpool were in a position where they needed other teams results to start going their way. They had to win and Fiorentina needed to drop points to Lyon….
Fado with Roger Levesque
We went to Fado, an Irish pub downtown tonight, it was part of the events around the MLS Cup final this weekend. It was put on by one of the supporters group and we got a couple of minutes with Roger Levesque. I’ve been a Sounders fan for a few years and Roger has been a long time fan favorite. He seems to be living…
Less of a step and more of a shuffle forward
“The universal values which are in force in Europe, and which are fundamental values of Christianity, will lose vigour with the entry of a large Islamic country such as Turkey.”
“If we had qualified in this manner, I wouldn’t be happy.”
Thiery Henry “I will be honest, it was a hand ball, but I’m not the ref. I played it. The ref allowed it.”
The front office got it right
As a sports fan in Seattle 2008 was pretty bad. Sonics left to become the Thunder (and they still suck), the Mariners were unbelievably bad, the Seahawks were rough and the Huskies did not win a game. As someone who used to go to most of Coventry Cities home games before moving to Seattle, I understand disappointment and suffering is a fundamental part of the…
Grandees and Garagistes.
There are a couple of ways to look at Toyota (and BMW, and Honda) walking away for their investment in F1 and the potential of Renault joining them on the sideline. In 2010 there will be two or three grandees of Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn), Ferrari and potentially Renault. Everyone else has engines supplied by an outside manufacturer. First scenario is that it’s back to…
Silver Arrows back in F1
There are days that I just love the British red tops and their jingoistic slant on life, and today is one of them. “Button forced out”, “Team Germany” and “New world champion left out in the cold” are the favorite titles I’ve seen so far. Mercedes and a Middle Eastern investment company have purchased a majority stake in Brawn GP, who is now being rebranded…
Crisis for England! Not really…
Its 9 months to the world cup and England are in the midst of a full-blown keeper crisis. OK, crisis may be rather strong, but there is a problem and the British red tops are going to have fun with this. Capello has been totally clear, anyone who wants to play for England during the tournament needs to be playing regular top-flight football. Beckham is…