I can’t resist commenting on the incident a few days ago involving TV Azteca sports reporter Ines Sainz in the NY Jets locker room. You can find all the details of the incident and the ensuing debates elsewhere. We could argue endlessly about equal rights for women, professionalism, cultural differences, and sexuality, ad nauseam, but … Continue reading Sainz can’t have it both ways
Y’all remember back during the Super Bowl, there was a big flap about the evangelical group Focus on the Family running an ad with Tim Tebow and his mom? Pro choicers like me got really hot about the idea that an anti-abortion ad would be accepted, much less broadcast, during the Super Bowl. The ad … Continue reading Focus on the Family ad: Part II
I didn’t know for sure who Tim Tebow was until I heard he and his mom were going to do an anti-abortion ad during this year’s Super Bowl. Such a commotion before we even saw the ad. But the whole flap did remind me that he’s the overtly Christian player who writes Bible verses on … Continue reading Holding out before you’ve played a game
WTF? That was my reaction when I first saw this photo. The shinguard was a clue, however, so I went looking for an explanation at World Cup sites. Turns out the guy on top is Juan Angel Napout, president of the Paraguayan Football Association, and the guy on the bottom is Paraguayan player Nelson Ahedo … Continue reading Sometimes my mind plays tricks …
Every time I see U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan, I’m reminded of someone else. But who? Then this morning, watching his World Cup goal against Slovenia, it hit me. He looks like a young John Saxon. After perusing still photos of the two, I see less similarity. But anyway, that’s who I was thinking of. … Continue reading Landon Donovan a movie star look-alike?
I watched some World Cup soccer Saturday, and was delighted to see the U.S. play to a 1-1 tie with England. But I may not watch much more. It’s the vuvuzelas, the horns the fans blow — constantly. The sound is much like a huge, angry swarm of bees, or at least what I imagine … Continue reading Not my call, but …
