Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 15th, 2006
Come on, American Samoa. Get your act together! You are still ranked dead last in the latest FIFA rankings. Surely you can ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 15th, 2006
In the battle of Hollywood vs. Football, the Beautiful Game has already won. Instead of competing directly for audiences with the World Cup, movie ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
At World Cup Blog, we still listen to Duran Duran on an 8-track. So it comes as no surprise that we have never even ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
Just when you thought FIFA couldn't mishandle the ticket allocation system any more, along comes Phase 4 which will take place online Wednesday and which ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
In the UK, the Times newspaper has been pushing a campaign to try to rid football of diving. The paper had its feelings hurt ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
It is not often that World Cup Blog has the opportunity to reference the Teen Today website, but today is one of those glorious days. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2006
In the race to be named the official theme song for England's World Cup team, this song has to be considered the front runner. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2006
Last month I posted an image that was rumored to be the Nike uniform designs that teams will wear this summer in Germany. Turns ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2006
As young lads and lassies, the bloggers of World Cup Blog were never schoolyard bullies. We were too busy smoking in the bathroom and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 12th, 2006
Put in the David Hasselhoff disc and crank up the volume, German officials are going to let you party into the wee hours of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 12th, 2006
Ahhhh the smell of capitalism is in the air. As the World Cup inches closer, the marketing forces of the world's largest companies are ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 10th, 2006
Ivory Coast's string of penalty kick success came to a crashing end in the final of the African Nations Cup with Egypt keeper Essam Al ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 10th, 2006
After 120 minutes of scoreless football, Ivory Coast and Egypt will decide who will be champion of the 25th African Cup of Nations through penalty ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 9th, 2006
Football and singing go together like bread and butter. Is it any wonder that someone has come up with the brilliant idea of holding ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 8th, 2006
With only 120 days to go, the World Cup is right around the corner. Ok, maybe not, but the Holy Grail is in sight ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 8th, 2006
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Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 7th, 2006
Go ahead and make your reservations now. Even though the World Cup in Germany is still months away, it is never too early to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 7th, 2006
Want to see what it will take for your team to advance in the World Cup? Here is a nifty little Excel spreadsheet that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
Following its disappointing performance in the African Nations Cup, there has been a lot criticism of Ghana in the African press. One of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 3rd, 2006
Imagine having to play football on a dangerous pitch in -18 degree weather, having your passport taken away so you can't leave the country, and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 3rd, 2006
Germany has often been accused of fielding a team that plays like a bunch of robots. So how would they do against actual robots?
A ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 2nd, 2006
February is a friendly month for some of the World Cup teams. Here's a list of friendlies that have been scheduled for this month.
Feb-10-2006 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 2nd, 2006
One of the more interesting cultural phenomenons of the World Cup is the need for the various participating countries to have a theme song for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 2nd, 2006
Let's face it. You won't be doing much work during the World Cup. But if you do have the midfortune of being stuck ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 2nd, 2006
Think you have difficulty packing for that weekend trip? Try fitting a 1.5 ton flag into your bags.
That is the challenge facing South Korea ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 1st, 2006
It is the beginning of February and that means we are inching a bit closer to the World Cup. It can't come soon enough. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
The African Nations Cup is an unpredictable tournament that must bring out the fear in African coaches. The timing of the tournament certainly doesn't ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
The good news is that FIFA has added 50,000 more tickets to today's lottery. The bad news is that there are more than 6 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
There are some things that you just can't make up. This is one of them.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 30th, 2006
The mascot for this World Cup, Goleo, is the latest in the long and sordid history of sport mascots to attract detractors, but he/she/it might ...
