12/5/2009

World Cup Groups • South Africa 2010

filed under: sport — christopher @ 11:36 Sat

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Jabulani
The official match ball for the 2010 World Cup

As per the draw yesterday,
here are the groups for next year’s tournament.

Group A
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France

Group B
Argentina
Nigeria
South Korea
Greece

Group C
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon

Group F
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G
Brazil
North Korea
Côte d’Ivoire
Portugal

Group H
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

Group G has been labelled the “Group Of Death”
for this year’s tournament.

I believe both Group B and Group D are Powerful as well.

All of the groupings are intriguing and have
yielded some outstanding matches.

Most of the fixtures will be very difficult to predict.

My 2010 World Cup winner • Côte d’Ivoire
Despite their grouping with Brazil, Portugal
and a very good North Korea team, I believe
the Ivorians will prevail with the Mighty Didier Drogba.

11/28/2009

Gale Sayers • Electric Football • 15mm

filed under: collectibles, sport — christopher @ 19:33 Sat

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Electric Football is a tabletop American Football game,
played on a vibrating metal field.

It was created in 1947 by Tudor Games.

Even though my players mostly ran in circles,
and ran out-of-bounds with a 100 inches of daylight -
I still really loved this game as kid.

It was kinda like the Subbuteo of American Football.

Believe it or not, The Electric Football League
is located in Highland Park, Illinois.

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11/25/2009

Chicago, Illinois • Soldier Field • July 23, 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 10:39 Wed

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USA v. Honduras
Gold Cup Semi-Final

11/24/2009

Chicago, Illinois • Soldier Field • July 23, 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 20:36 Tue

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Mexico v. Costa Rica
Gold Cup Semi-Final

11/18/2009

South Africa 2010

filed under: sport — christopher @ 22:52 Wed

The final places for South Africa 2010
were finalized today.

Below is all 32 Qualified Nations
for the World Cup next summer.

Host Nation : South Africa

Africa [53 teams, 5 places]
Algeria
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria

Asia [43 teams, 4.5 places]
Australia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea

Europe [53 teams, 13 places]
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Italy
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland

South America [10 teams, 4.5 places]
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

North & Central America [35 teams, 3.5 places]
Honduras
Mexico
United States

Oceania [10 teams, .5 places]
New Zealand

The Final Draw will be on December 4, 2009 in Cape Town.

these 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups of 4

9/9/2009

Subbuteo • Aotearoa • Rugby

filed under: mp3, sport, subbuteo — christopher @ 17:30 Wed

New Zealand
All Blacks
the haka

click here for mp3
All Blacks • Ka Mate haka

words to this particular haka

9/3/2009

Chicago, Illinois • Soldier Field • July 23, 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 10:07 Thu

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diversified fan

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uncle sam fan

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Honduran, Costa Rican, American fans

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devoted couple fans

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the boys are rolling fans

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sharing their beers with me fans

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good ole American fans

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El Tri Fanatics

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show me your flag fans

Gold Cup Semi-Finals
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
July 23, 2009

USA v. Honduras
2 – 0

Mexico v. Costa Rica
1 – 1 aet
[5 - 3] penalty kicks

7/8/2009

Chicago, Illinois • Strawdog Softball • 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 16:33 Wed

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Dylan McGorty
manager and centerfield

Chicago, Illinois • Strawdog Softball • 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 16:31 Wed

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James Zoccoli
2nd Base

Chicago, Illinois • Lakefront at Wilson • 2009

filed under: sport — christopher @ 13:08 Wed

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the placement

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the overview

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the approach

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the strike

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the arc

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the battle

The Corner Kick