While Europe’s eyes are on America and Belarus, Moldova voted out their pro Russian president and voted in a pro-EU, anti-corruption candidate....
I am surprised no one mentioned Pele's 80th birthday last week. If I may, a story about him In 1976 Pele was playing for the Cosmos. Chris...
From my son Alex — the only Women’s World Cup preview you need. [MEDIA]
I know it is a few week's late, but my son did a preview ofr 2019 (he feels that the press even the soccer press does not take them seriously)...
This sounds like an assassination and not random violence....
This is the real group of death this World Cup. I doubt we get out of it.
Surprised not much talk on here about this. This has been an interesting year. With the collapse in support for the Socialists and big drop by...
I have been watching and playing soccer in this country for more than 40 years. As a kid I played soccer before Pele came to America. When I...
We are coming up on the 100th anniversary of the US entering WWI. There has not been much commemoration here in the US. World War One does not...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a14285/iran-just-blew-up-a-fake-american-aircraft-carrier/ [img] A few months ago there were...
I agree with Bill Archer -- the world is a bit less bright. But as someone who has studied history most of my life I also wonder about the what...
It is incresingly looking like the only way Mexico qualifies is to come fourth and win the Oceania game. It strikes me that New Zealand probobly...
As a Yank in the UK, we just got our tickets for the game against Columbia in Glasgow. My kids have been practising their "There's only one Abby...
So far, no one seems to have defected. Let's have a poll (the includes players only)
OK folks, OBL is gone, but while we have the 9/11 truthers, the birthers, and the Trig truthers, we now have the deathers -- people questioning...
Anyone been following this? For sometime the English translation of the Latin has been felt to be deficient, so for a decade or so, a new...
I am surprised no one mentioned this. It is a good warm up for the WWC. England are no Germany of course. Surprisingly, it will be the first...
If true, this is quite disturbing. It also reinforces my belief that the reason the Administration choose to ignore the original Wikileaks...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012006090.html And to think, after years of thinking the Jews ran...
I am surprised no one has opened a thread on this. What do folks think? I am a Reaganite and like Reagan I believe in nuclear arms reduction,...
Cuba qualified! Which leads to the question on every North and Central American soccer fans lips. What is the over/under on the number of...
The midterms are over. The confetti has been swept up. The hangovers are nursed. The pundits are trying to figure out what it all means. And I...
And it goes to . . . Mario Vargas Llosa! Finally someone who people have heard of, have read, and who is readable!
In New York The one NYC seat that the GOP has a shot of winning looks like it just got closer to the GOP column. Granted, the campaign...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10517707.stmFrance looks like it is about to ban the burka. This calls for one of my favorite all time...