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Surprisingly, I found myself

acanuck — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:49:50 +0000

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Surprisingly, I found myself caught up in the excitement of today's Serbia-Ghana match (I was rooting for the home continent -- and, despite Serbian posturing, that hand ball obviously deserved a penalty). It's a bit disappointing that North and South Korea aren't skedded to meet -- that would be a barn-burner (assuming the South Korean stars weren't kidnapped, drugged and spirited away just before the match).

It's hard to adjust to soccer's pace in the wake of watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. The low scores I can live with, but it's the low number of shots on goal -- a keeper may face two, five, maybe eight over 90 minutes, while a hockey goalie will face 30 or 40 in a one-hour span. In the most wide-open games, you can get a shot at one end or the other every 30-45 seconds. Plus in hockey, you get penalized for diving, rather than awarded points for style.

Today was a pretty good sports day in Montreal, what with the Canadian Grand Prix being run on an island just off downtown. I live several kilometres away, but you could still hear the engines roar in the distance. Exciting, eventful race. Hamilton, Button and Alonso deserved to be on the podium -- and Schumacher deserves to be sanctioned for the disgraceful way he tried to run everyone else off the track. Some reporter noted his three-year retirement hadn't mellowed his style: "Just like old times, eh Schumi?"

It's too bad the goal came as

Orlando — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:21:00 +0000

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It's too bad the goal came as it did because the media is focused on that rather than the plucky performance by the USA. I thought the defense was a little bit thin, probably because they had their hands full trying to shut down Rooney. But it doesn't bode well if they make it out of the group. Tim Howard is awesome, but against teams like Brazil and Spain Howard and one full back aren't going to cut it.

But, I was elated with the tie, especially considering I was watching the game in a bar full of the English!

You want to call it a win?

William K. Wolfrum — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:13:32 +0000

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You want to call it a win? Knock yourself out.

Losing the war in Iraq? Have

geggett — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:13:26 +0000

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Losing the war in Iraq? Have you been taking your news from Helen Thomas?

Brutal.

quinn esq — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:13:36 +0000

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Brutal.

Fair enough. But a proper

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:56:35 +0000

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Fair enough. But a proper goal would have been nice.