The previous post shows the unbridled joy which people experienced after the U.S. scored to beat Algeria yesterday. People don’t often get that excited about soccer in the U.S., but the nature of the World Cup means that new fans will watch the action because of what’s at stake.
With the U.S. headed to the knockout [...]

I wrote this for last week’s column, but forgot to post it. I intended to blog a lot during the World Cup, but have just been too distracted. Hopefully I will be better this week.
If you see me over the next month or so and I look a little more distracted than usual, I [...]

For some reason, the topic of soccer’s popularity draws some people into entrenched opinions more than Sarah Palin, especially those who want to focus on the negative. Soccer fans like me hear how the sport isn’t popular and never will be and ESPN is shoving the World Cup down the throats of an unwilling public [...]

The World Cup started yesterday. Most people probably know that. If you’re not into it, that’s OK. Believe it or not, most soccer fans don’t care about your negative opinion of the sport. Just let us enjoy the games, OK?
But today is different. Today isn’t about whether you like soccer or not. We play England [...]

A little more than a month ago, I wrote about my disenchantment with the latest version of EA Sports’ college football video game series. I managed to plug away and finish a season with SMU (we went 8-5 or something like that and reached a bowl), then chose to take a job with Syracuse.
I left [...]

A friend took me aside recently. She had watched two co-workers engage in an hour-long conversation about college football and wanted to ask me something.
How can they do that?
She really had no idea how two people could carry on a conversation about sports for so long. She admitted that she tried to [...]

Late last month, the U.S. soccer team got some great publicity with a fantastic run at the Confederations Cup. People who usually didn’t follow the team tuned in to see us almost beat Brazil in the final.
You might now know this, but the team has not stopped playing. They are currently competing in the Gold [...]

I am really glad I did not troll the Intertubes for reviews of Chuck Culpepper’s book Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer before I recently read it. I should have known that anything relating to an American and soccer would engender all kinds of angst and confusion.
As it was, I [...]

Today is an embarrassment of riches for sports fans. It really is such a wonderful day to be alive.
Of course, March Madness starts today. I am in four pools this year. I picked my teams kind of randomly so it’s not like I need one or two things to happen in order to come out [...]