Argentina vs. England. Keep an eye on Emile Heskey at about the 3:00 mark.
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/another-one-for-world-cup-withdrawal/
USA takes an early lead on Canada in a qualifying match. English announcers this time. I find this FIFA World Cup 2010 videogame almost disturbingly realistic. The announcers have an appropriate ...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/another-one-for-recovering-world-cup-addicts/
Congratulations to Spain. But now that the World Cup is over, what are we going to do with our pathetic, meaningless lives? Yesterday, I actually descended to the level of going to YouTube and wa...
I’ve been working on a long interview to appear on a website soon, and that’s why I’ve made no posts today. Nor will there be many further posts on this July 11: the World Cup Final beckons...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/a-long-interview/
In some ways, a “third-place game” is so pointless that there’s no real reason to watch or even hold it. In the U.S., for instance, we abolished the third-place game for the NCAA Basketball...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/germany-vs-uruguay/
I’ve spoken before about the low-stakes World Cup prediction pool in which I will soon be losing $10, due to my risky overconfidence in the various African teams in the tournament. My friend Ca...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/a-bigger-pool/
I’ve mentioned that I’m in a low-stakes betting pool on the World Cup, containing 14 members paying $10 apiece to enter. I’m around 5th or 6th place now, with very little chance of winning,...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/the-public-now-turns-to-germany/
They’re in the Final, and they richly deserve it after that solid 3-2 triumph. I believe that’s 15 straight wins for them (not just “undefeated” in their last 15, but 15 wins without draw...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/congratulations-to-the-dutch-2/
Here’s the wonderfully indirect way that the Brazilian football federation announced the firing of Dunga and his whole staff: “With the closing of the work cycle that started in August 2006 a...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/tactful-jargon-in-soccer/
Actually, his post is quite a bit broader than that. It’s simply the theme that intrigued me the most: “…twenty years after converted to dour pragmatism augmented by occasional flair and p...
https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/mark-fisher-on-the-world-cup-and-the-big-other/