Category Archives: Sports

Nothing else like it. Qualifying today, race tomorrow.

Saturday evening we get the final clash in Champions League, the top competition of European pro football teams. Bayern Munich of Germany’s Bundesliga meet Chelsea of the English Premier League, and Bayern get the rare treat of playing a championship … Continue reading →

Lucky enough to get my friend Bob’s ticket for Sounders/Galaxy last night at a packed house of 39,000. L.A. decided to rest Beckham and Keane for their meeting with New York on the weekend, and they might as well have … Continue reading →

Does Dutch superstar Arjen Robben have motivation for the meeting of Bayern and Madrid tonight in the frenzied confines of the Santiago Bernabeu? Let’s see … he lost the 2010 Champions League final against Inter Milan at this stadium, the … Continue reading →

Went down to the Leidseplein sports bar to watch the big showdown between London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal at Arsenal’s stadium, The Emirates. 90 minutes of boring, scoreless, godawful soccer ensued. The description on BBC’s live feed summed it up … Continue reading →

Nico Rosberg of Germany won the first Formula One race of his career, and the first for Mercedes-Benz since 1955, dominating the Shanghai Grand Prix. Although the race for first place was over early, the last 10 laps included frenzied … Continue reading →

It’s Sunday afternoon here, and Sunday evening will bring the final round of The Masters at Augusta. On Saturday, Phil Mickelson shot 30 on the back 9 and finished 1 shot off the leader, Peter Hanson. That puts Mickelson in … Continue reading →

Nothing good ever happens on a motorcycle with somebody else’s wife: Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino was put on paid administrative leave on Thursday night, less than seven hours after his boss learned Petrino had failed to disclose he had been … Continue reading →