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Jul 15

Congratulations, Spain, on your World Cup win!

Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Sports

Other than being the best-looking soccer (football) team in the tournament (possibly in any soccer tournament), having followed Spanish soccer since my first visit about four years ago, I am especially happy about their World Cup win after very close and frustrating games where I thought they should have scored more goals.

Exciting to watch were the Dutch and Germans, who brought fiery play to the field, though I miss the skilled long-distance goals from the Germans of 2006.

Disappointing as expected were the Italians and the French, and the upsets over Brazil and the destruction of Argentina were a pity.

So some of the greats were weaker than normal. Blame the new ball for all those high-flying balls. Blame the vuvus for just drying the players and spectators on couches nuts.

But my beloved Spanish team won and congratulations!!

Dec 31

Drive or ride on Germany’s most famous race track

Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 in Sports, Travel

The Nürburgring, 90km southwest of Cologne, is the ticket. One lap costs €16 in your own vehicle. Or take a ride (up to three passengers) with a pro for €180. One lap is 13 miles. A nice little summary is at about.com or visit the Nürburgring site itself.

I was researching a screenplay I’m writing. Thought I’d share this tidbit of info.

Another track for watching races instead of being on the track is the Hockenheimring. I know. Germans really need to remove some consonants from names. Just separate the “ring” from the word to help a touch.

Sep 25

Top 25 soccer websites – Telegraph – courtesy of kickette

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 in Sports

Yeah, it’s a mouthful. But lest I waste your and my time compiling my own list of soccer related sites, thanks to info from the dolls at kickette.com, the Telegraph has already done it. So go to the listing of the Top 25 football (soccer) websites.

Jul 20

Quick, get your love on, Bruce Lee style

Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 in Sports, adult / sex

Bruce Lee’s former Hong Kong home will only be a love hotel until plans to make it into a museum take effect. A design contest jump-starts the conversion plans, while the current hourly-rate hotel serves its most expedient customers. Check out Yahoo! News article to see where I found out. And no, I’m not saying that the dude in the picture resembles Bruce Lee in any way besides sharing a possible few DNA strands. It’s just a photo that’s supposed to elicit a similar emotion to that possibly experienced in a love hotel.

Jul 20

Celebration of unique blogs

Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 in Sports

I don’t know how these girls get the pics they do, but what a lovely little blog full of pictures and frivolity featuring soccer stars – mostly the pretty ones – throughout. Got to appreciate some pics you don’t see everyday, at least in the States. It’s also kind of a tribute to families which soccer players also seem to create, at the very least after the DNA evidence grows to about three feet tall and starts to ask why Mommy and Daddy aren’t married yet. Check out Kickette for good times.

Jun 29

Confederations Cup Soccer Championship Highlights

Posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 in Sports, commentary

I tweeted commentary for the first time via my twitter i.d. as I watched the Confederations Cup final between Brazil and the United States and the third place run-off between South Africa and Spain. Tweeting about five or six times per half so it wouldn’t get crazy, I figure I might keep it up for other competitions.

Now on to the highlights.

  • Bottom-of-the-barrel U.S. rockets into second place in group play beating Egypt 3-0 to move on to the semi-finals.
  • Italy gets bumped off in an embarrassing 0-1 loss against South Africa, a great part of the reason the U.S. advances.
  • Egypt loses in a hotly contested (at least by Egypt) group play match against Brazil 4-3.
  • Brazil squeaks by on a questionably-called free kick to beat South Africa 1-0 in the semi-final while no free kicks are called in South Africa’s favor for similar and worse fouls during the crucial part of the game.
  • The U.S. beats a too-casual Spain an impossible 2-0 using a power-in-numbers defensive strategy that proves to be a brick wall, and taking advantage of Spain’s conservative midfield and defensive positions to score on two of many breakaways won.
  • Brazil beats the U.S. 3-2 after being down 0-2 at the end of the first half. But it really should have been 4-2 with a “ref didn’t see it” goal by Kaka caught in-goal by Howard.
  • Spain wins most stylish uniform – part-royal, part-Star Trek. They also win most gang-bangable.
  • South Africa wins most attractive crowd with their white-white teeth and their beautiful facial features.
  • South Africa wins “most want to take an uzi to” for blowing those horrible horns throughout the games.
Jun 6

World Cup 2010

Posted on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Sports

soccer player on field

Hard to believe, especially since the hairstyles of some of the most noteworthy players of the last one still persist, but World Cup 2010 is coming. There are a ton of qualifiers going on just this weekend, so no need to wait. I prefer to watch mine with dedicated beer-guzzling fans in my local pub.

Jun 6

Rugby and Nudity

Posted on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Sports, adult / sex

I had to mention nudity in the title because I wouldn’t have discovered this sport had it not been for the nudity. It all started with a “taping of” DVD I’d rented done by Pedro Usabiaga, a photographer who has shot some of the best-known European celebrities and athletes but has a penchant for shooting hard male bodies. It’s called Private Diary if you want to go check it out. Anyway, when I was searching for it on amazon.com, Amazon’s clever recommendation tool told me I may also like Dieux du Stade, an almost-nude or nude celebration of some of the hottest rugby players of the French Stade rugby team and others they’ve recommended for the honor. So, I bought a couple of their DVD’s and the heavy coffee table book. Inspired by what I saw therein, I began investigating some of the teams these players were on, and thus began my interest in rugby as a spectator’s sport. It looks even better that soccer. Their shorts are shorter and sometimes they wear muscle shirts. They’re big dudes and they have pecs, which soccer players tend to lack in favor of speed and leg strength. It’s very aggressive and they don’t wear pads. What a celebration of human potential!