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Miracle on Grass! U.S. advances in World Cup on Landon Donovan's last-minute goal

By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 12:09pm | Sports

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As injury time was running out, Landon Donovan buried a goal to send the U.S. past Algeria, 1-0. With the win, the U.S. advances to the 2010 World Cup knockout round. Two thoughts:

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French Coach refuses to shake hands with South African coach after World Cup loss

By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 2:02pm | Sports

If the French National team managed to accomplish one thing during the 2010 World Cup, it was too reinforce every negative stereotype against France.

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World Cup Group Stage Tie Breakers

By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 11:26am | Sports

As South Africa desperately looks to score enough goals to advance in the World Cup, here’s a look at the tie-breakers used by FIFA for Group stage play. Courtesy the CS Monitor:

Two teams advance out of every four-team group. The first and most obvious decider is points (three points for a win, one for a draw).

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God and the Oil Spill: A lack of leadership

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 3:45pm | Politics, Humor & Satire, Religion

On April 20, 2010, British Petroleum’s Deep Water Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 men and allowing millions of gallons of oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. Almost immediately the call went out to him. Yet there was no reply.

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Oiled Glory

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 9:55am | World Affairs
Oiled Glory

This is your America on Oil:

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Valiant U.S. Squad Robbed of World Cup Victory Over Slovenia

By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 12:20pm | Sports, Humor & Satire

The U.S. was down 2-0, but fought back to tie 2-2 against Slovenia in a game that will be remembered for the Referee making a horrible call that stole victory from the Americans. While the three points were stolen, the tie gives the U.S. an excellent chance to advance out of the group stage. Plus, the U.S. certainly impressed with their determination and fire in coming back to save their World Cup hopes.

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William K. Wolfrum is an American journalist and writer residing in Brazil. Wolfrum's experience's consist of being a bartender, bouncer, carny, amateur boxer and commercial fisherman, which he talks about all the time, thinking it makes him some sort of tough guy. Wolfrum has been published or mentioned in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Toronto Star, and a bunch of other newspapers and magazines. Wolfrum is a two-time Alaska Press Club Award winner who hopes to someday win other awards so he doesn't have to talk about those two anymore.

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