The Body Issue

ESPN Magazine is coming out with a full issue devoted to “The Body”. It looks like it’s pretty cool. Most of the people in it will be fit and borderline buck-neked, but they are also showing a sumo wrestler among others. I seem to recall seeing this concept before, but I can’t quite place where … Continued

USA vs Mexico, a page turned?

I haven’t yet finished watching the USA vs Mexico game from this Wednesday. I’ve only gotten to halftime, but I figured I’d post this juicy tidbit from Tim Howard as reported by the Washington Post’s Steve Goff. “It seems like when we come to a place like this, the most intimidated person in the stadium … Continued

Soccer Redemption

Can’t spend too long on it but… DC United beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0. A tight game, to be sure. But DC was the better team on the night. Once again, we didn’t finish enough of our chances. On days like that where we control the game, we *have* to get goals out … Continued

Soccer Recap

What a week for soccer. DC United lost on Saturday to the NE Revolution, and then the US natioanl team lost last night to Costa Rica. First, DC United. For the second week in a row, they played against a really negative team (Real Salt Lake was the week before). A team that chooses to … Continued