i love watching "The Situation with Tucker Carlson" on MSNBC (weeknights at 11pm. check it out sometime). i love his attitude and his way of analyzing things. there were two stories he reported that i have to share. the first was about Joey Vento, owner of Geno's Steaks in philly. he put up a sign in the window of his philly cheese steak restaurant ( Read more... )

ok, so my dvd recorder doesn't want me to see germany or poland play. friday, during the openers of these two teams, it crapped out when i tried to play the dvd. yesterday, it didn't even record that game or the one before it, the tunisia/saudi arabia game. so the only game i got to see was spain's trouncing of the ukraine (and i thought the US ( Read more... )

Ecuador vs. Costa Rica NOW on ESPN2
England vs. Trinidad and Tobago NOON on ESPN2 (draw)
Sweden vs. Paraguay 3PM on ESPN2

yesterday I went 2-1 making me 13-4 overall now.

yesterday's games coming up soon.

ok. yesterday's matches ( Read more... )

serbia and montenegro played a tough game against the netherlands yesterday. both teams played strong, and it could have gone either way, but in the end, it was a goal by arjen robben in the 18th minute that gave the netherlands the win. keeper edwin van der sar showed why he's one of the top keepers in the english premier league, making a number ( Read more... )

analysis of yesterday's games coming up.

Today's games. Predicted winner in bold.

Australia vs. Japan NOW on ESPN2
United States vs. Czech Republic NOON on ESPN2
Italy vs. Ghana 3PM on ESPN2

Yesterday's Performance: 2-1
Overall: 6-2

michael beckham led germany to a win yesterday. oh wait. it's DAVID beckham and its ENGLAND. stupid ABC announcers (mutters to self ( Read more... )

analysis of yesterday's games coming. first, a correction. i typed that sweden would win yesterday, however my picks file had that game down as a tie. i failed to look to make sure of what it was, so i'm counting that as a correct pick ( Read more... )

so my DVD recorder failed me yesterday and didn't record the games while i was at work, so i have nothing to say about the games. except that apparently the german defense was weak. so germany needs to toughen up in the back if they want to be successful this year ( Read more... )

with the 2006 FIFA world cup set to kick off tomorrow at noon, I can't wait. soccer is a beautiful sport, and one that most Americans do not appreciate. i love being down at tech and getting the Fox Soccer Channel. I will be watching all 64 matches, most on tape since I work during the day, and the time difference puts all the games during the ( Read more... )