June 10, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
I’m sure we all expected Spain to beat up on lowly Russia, but 4-1 was a true showing of the power the Spaniards possess. David Villa’s hat trick has him as a front runner for the man of the tournament in some peoples eyes — I, personally think that Netherlands ‘keeper Edwin Van Der Sar [...]
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by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Ice Hockey
Two legends of different sports hung up their gear on Monday. Dominik Hasek, one of (if not) the best European goaltenders to ever play hockey, and Michael Strahan, who holds the single season sack record in the NFL won’t be coming back to play this fall.
Hasek may not have played in the Stanley Cup final [...]
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June 9, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
The Dutch claimed that the Italian side was scared of them going into their “Group of Death” match on Monday; they surely came out scared, I can tell you that much. Who would have thought the defending World Cup champions — even if they were down their captain — would lose 3-0 in their opening [...]
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by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball
How could be possibly ever be considered a good idea to start a basketball game — being held on the east coast — at 9 p.m.? The average onlooker has work the next morning and will probably not be drawn to stay up that late to see a Game 2. It’s not as if the [...]
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June 8, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
They say that Germany hasn’t had home-field advantage in Austria for at least 60 years, after watching their match with Poland yesterday, you would think otherwise. Ze Germans exploited the Poles lack of speed — rather, pace — in their defence core and ran by them on several occasions on passing balls. Poland’s two centre [...]
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June 7, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
Yes, it’s time for that lovely tournament that takes place smack-dab in between World Cups. It’s the European Championship — better known as Euro (insert year here). So what can we expect from this year’s edition besides more flopping than the Boston Celtics? A ton of skill, a bunch of upsets and some really drunken [...]
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June 6, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball
If there is two things to take away from game 1 instantly, it is that Paul Pierce is as good of a diver as an Italian soccer player and that the referees and the NBA wanted the Celtics to win.
Some of the calls made throughout the entire game were preposterous and the fake that [...]
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June 5, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey
It’s over! It is finally over! Hockey season has come to a merciful end — and it only took until the first week of June to do so. What kind of common sense would it take to realize that an ice sport shouldn’t be taking place when even in Canada it’s T-shirt weather?
While Tiger Woods [...]
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by Dan Bilicki In: Football
Let’s just get this straight: Not only did the Patriots cheat to win by videotaping opposing teams and stealing signals, they have a drug abuser/rat in their mist as well? So, it looks like one of their offensive linemen, Nick Kaczur, was too girly to play through some pain, he had to go out and [...]
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June 4, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
With Euro 2008 starting this Saturday, how about some soccer talk? Have you heard this ridiculous new rule that will limit club teams from playing international players? Well 6+5 may be ruining your favourite team soon enough.
Can you imagine an MLS club that has to start six Americans instead of better European players? How about [...]
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