Well done, US. It wasn't a France '98 style embarrassment. It was nice to make it out of the group stage, but that was even expected. Winning the group when we were in with one of the top teams in the world (at least according to the rankings; watching the games on the pitch, I'm kind of dubious about those rankings), that was a pleasant ( Read more... )

United States - 5 pts with 4 goals scored
England - 5 pts with 2 goals scored
Slovenia - 4 pts
Algeria - 1 pt

Who would have ever thought that the US would win a group with England? :D

So, I was away from Monday night until last night, staying at my brother's so that there would be an adult around at night while he was at work. My sister-in-law has been off on her annual cruise, and with a 12-year old, they needed someone there in case something went wrong between 10pm and 8am so that Children's Services wouldn't sniff around. ( Read more... )

So, it's only taken Columbus...*checks watch*...oh...about 37 YEARS to discover the Cavaliers. Sure, some people did discover that James kid a few years ago, but I don't think anyone here was really a fan until about a week ago ( Read more... )

One week of the NHL season is down. Every team has play between 2 and 4 games. It's time for Kat's NHL Power Rankings ( Read more... )

I hope you're happy, you carpetbagging scumsuckers. Any town that draws 83.3% at home for champions doesn't deserve a team. Burn in hell, PK; along with your pal who escorted you out of town. The only people who deserve this are the guys on the ice. Noone in the stands. Noone in the office. Only the men on the ice.

Apparently the first preseason college football polls are out already.

They haven't even had the NFL draft yet!

Oh, and Ohio State is number 1.

Move along, citizen. No other news worth seeing here...

This one is especially for incendiarymind and americanrefugee, as well as tehdawgfatherThe site, FWIW, is about a fifteen-minute drive, by the back roads, from the house that I spent ages 8-17 (and a few brief stints afterwards) in. Getting this approved before they turn Ohio 8 into freeway in that area should help to alleviate traffic issues such as those that plagued the Richfield ( Read more... )

( Power rankings through games of 5 April 2006 )

A day late, but here they are, the power ratings ( through the games of 29 March 2006 )