Category Archives: sports

How soccer almost became a major American sport

By Dave | Published: November 30, 2010

Saw this posted a few months ago, but I am finally getting around to reading it now. It’s an interesting piece by Slate on how soccer nearly became a popular American sport in the 1920s. In the 1920s, soccer was big in America. Not big in the way that baseball was big (this was the [...]

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Why Vin Scully is one of the best

By Dave | Published: November 19, 2010

This is one of the many reasons why Vin Scully is the best. Scully uses crowd noise as his orchestra. When Henry Aaron hit his 715th home run, Scully was there, and he called the home run, and then he took off his headset, walked to the back of the room, and let people listen [...]

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How I almost became a San Francisco Giants fan

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2010

“If the Giants win the World Series, I’ll give you this hat.” I was 7 years old and we were on a family camping trip with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in Southern California. Really, it was more like pseudo-camping — there were motorhomes and such involved, but all the kids got to sleep [...]

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The moment it happened

By Dave | Published: June 24, 2010

Skip to about 40 seconds in to see the action. The vocal urging, frustration at Dempsey’s miss, then pure elation when Landon scored were exactly the same at the pub I was at in San Francisco. It was an awesome moment that I won’t soon forget. And they say Americans don’t like soccer.

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USA advances!

By Dave | Published: June 23, 2010

AP photo Thanks to Landon’s heroic goal in the 91st minute, the US lives to see another day! We’ve reached our goal of getting to the second round. Whatever happens from here on out is gravy! Next game is this Saturday against Ghana. FiveThirtyEight says the game is a tossup. It’s sure to be intense!

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Lord of the Rings and the Vuvuzela

By Dave | Published: June 21, 2010

Hahaha. I am in love with all the vuvuzela humor.

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Vuvuzela Concerto in B Flat

By Dave | Published: June 16, 2010

Hahaha, brilliant! [Via @dlprager on Twitter]

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USA beats England, 1 – 1!

By Dave | Published: June 14, 2010

Hah. I love the World Cup.

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A sign of World Cup fever?

By Dave | Published: May 29, 2010

It’s no secret that I have vivid and strange dreams. Apparently, the build up to this summer’s World Cup tournament must be getting to me. Last night, I dreamt about playing in a volleyball tournament against English soccer player Wayne Rooney. And after our game, we went to a pub and had a few beers. [...]

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Liquid mountaineering – My new favorite sport

By Dave | Published: May 28, 2010

This video is hilarious. I’m sure it’s some viral marketing campaign, but I love it. The whole premise behind it is brilliant.

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