Entries Tagged as 'Gratuitous Soccer Reference'

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Gratuitous Soccer Reference

Terry Goddard and La Cervecera are scheduled to debate tomorrow at seven o’clock. This has led to the cancellation of my district club meeting thus delaying my having to show up with my tail between my legs as a primary loser for another month.
My first thought about the debate scheduling was, “Hey, how can they [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

CD-8 Republican Endorsements: Perplexing and Otherwise…

I got word that Brian Miller, who has been regarded as an also ran in the CD-8 race, will have a fundraiser hosted by none other than Lute Olson. Strange, since Lute is for all intents and purposes an “establishment Republican” (his ex-wife is a Republican National Committee Woman for Pennsylvania) but odds on favorite [...]

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Shadegg Draws Opponent

Voters who are unhappy with John Shadegg will have another viable choice: businessman Jon Hulburd.
No word on whether his last name is an homage to FC Dallas fanatic and Winning Ugly panelist Sarah Wilson.
Hulburd’s supporters are promising a well funded campaign. One supporter told me that Hulburd is looking to raise more than the $1.8 [...]

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Gratuitous Soccer Reference

As it happens, there was a resolution in the United States House of Representatives honoring Real Salt Lake for winning MLS Cup this year over the Los Angeles Galaxy. The resolution was sponsored by Democrat Jim Matheson. There is also a similar resolution in the United States Senate, but for reasons that are typically obscure [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Pedantry in Search of Cleverness

I’ve been reading in the soccer media that a group of owners has bought the rights to the names of several old NASL teams. One of these was the Boston Minutemen, but they did not purchase the name of the other Boston team, the Tea Men. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up [...]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Cry Me a Freakin’ River, Part 2

And the whining doesn’t stop. This from RedState:
Earlier this evening, as most of you now know, one of our own, Rush Hudson Limbaugh, while taking withering fire, crashed and burned.
Tonight, Rush is no longer ‘just’ a radio personality.
Tonight, Rush is no longer ‘just’ a NFL owner denied
Tonight, Rush is us. And we are [...]

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Total Disaster

The US Men’s National team guaranteed themselves a trip to next year’s world cup in Honduras.
Although it seems a great honor, this is the worst possible thing that could happen. If they had any class, they’d give this up and let El Salvador go instead.
It’s a big joke. Really.
Being recognized as deserving a world cup [...]

Monday, October 5th, 2009

At Least Raúl Has Never Showered With Simon Elliot

Hispanic Business magazine named their “100 Influentials,” and making the list is our own Raúl Grijalva, who made their “Power Brokers” categories. Not so bad for a kid from Sunnyside, ya think?
Also making the list in the “Sports” category is US National Team and former Chicago Fire center back Carlos Bocanegra. This is probably the [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A Correction

I went back and looked at some of the older posts, and noticed that in my post about Jason Rose’s Twitter feed I referred to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez as Hugo Sánchez. I went back and checked out Rose’s Twitter page just to see if I could blame him for my mistake, but no dice.
Sánchez [...]

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Preview of the Speech

I recieved some excerpts of the speech that Barack Obama is going to give tonight. I saw nothing in what I got expressing support, abandonment or weakening of the public option, but these are excerpts, so who knows?
Like I said, excerpts. I’m sure the meatier stuff is being saved so we’ll have a reason to [...]

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