04 June 2006
Germany 2006
Y'all know I like to post about soccer from time to time and that I'm a pretty big fan of the US Men's National Team. Being that that very team is about a week away from it's biggest game since 2002 (June 12 vs. the Czechs) I figured I would kick this blog into high gear - World Cup gear.
So, check the new logo above (also, I've finally made the logo a direct link back to the home page, for navigational ease). And let's kick off a link fest:
Clueless as to which teams are competing and who is any good? Hit up the BBC, who's kick-ass "Sport" department breaks down who and what to keep an eye on for each team.
Want more hard-core blog coverage than even Cicero Jones can provide you? Check out the NY Times World Cup blog. It's actually written by a lot of their International Herald Tribune (read: Brit) staff.
Something that kind of caught me off guard: US Soccer is running daily hi-res video blog / podcast type episodes from Germany that are really well put together, called Studio 90 (and I'll bet you 90 bucks they sell a "best-of" of this after the WC for like 30 bucks on DVD. Get it while it's free.
And my good buddies over at Soccer TV have the holy grail: one easy to read page TV schedule of ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/Univision's 2006 World Cup broadcasts. Every game live in English and Spanish! (every. single. game.)
How 'bout some predictions:
U-S-A all the way. Well, not really, but they'll get out of their group (though historically, they have SUCKED in Europe.
Germany suffers a major disaster of some sort.
Italy plays an entirely inspired cup, in spite all of the soccer scandals that people are now saying will distract them.
Brazil sells lots of shoes for Nike, with those awesome Joga Bonito ads (yeah, I know they feature different players and teams, but have you seen that one of the Brazilian team kicking it around in their locker room?)
Trinidad & Tobago (you know, my second favorite team) does something cool, highlight-worthy, even if they get their butts kicked otherwise.
More soon, as Cicero Jones goes all World Cup, all the time. (don't worry, not everything). ¶ 10:21 AM
So, check the new logo above (also, I've finally made the logo a direct link back to the home page, for navigational ease). And let's kick off a link fest:
Clueless as to which teams are competing and who is any good? Hit up the BBC, who's kick-ass "Sport" department breaks down who and what to keep an eye on for each team.
Want more hard-core blog coverage than even Cicero Jones can provide you? Check out the NY Times World Cup blog. It's actually written by a lot of their International Herald Tribune (read: Brit) staff.
Something that kind of caught me off guard: US Soccer is running daily hi-res video blog / podcast type episodes from Germany that are really well put together, called Studio 90 (and I'll bet you 90 bucks they sell a "best-of" of this after the WC for like 30 bucks on DVD. Get it while it's free.
And my good buddies over at Soccer TV have the holy grail: one easy to read page TV schedule of ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/Univision's 2006 World Cup broadcasts. Every game live in English and Spanish! (every. single. game.)
How 'bout some predictions:
U-S-A all the way. Well, not really, but they'll get out of their group (though historically, they have SUCKED in Europe.
Germany suffers a major disaster of some sort.
Italy plays an entirely inspired cup, in spite all of the soccer scandals that people are now saying will distract them.
Brazil sells lots of shoes for Nike, with those awesome Joga Bonito ads (yeah, I know they feature different players and teams, but have you seen that one of the Brazilian team kicking it around in their locker room?)
Trinidad & Tobago (you know, my second favorite team) does something cool, highlight-worthy, even if they get their butts kicked otherwise.
More soon, as Cicero Jones goes all World Cup, all the time. (don't worry, not everything). ¶ 10:21 AM
