Check out Susan's comment on Alison's post yesterday (and Welcome, Alison - I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say here)!  Speaking of the Electoral College, I heard an interesting piece on NPR about the Electoral College - kinda scary how little people know about it! And speaking of scary, the McCainiacs are getting [. Click to continue reading...

Sports Illustrated has come out with a more in-depth article than I've seen to date on Hope Solo, Briana Scurry, and the USWNT's World Cup Loss to Brazil. Basically, though, my response to this piece is, "Yada, yada, yada." Not articulate enough for you? Okay - well I still find the explication unsatisfying and demonizing [. Click to continue reading...

Here's just a quick piece from The Huffington Post, highlighting a Robin Roberts interview with Elizabeth Edwards about her commitment to work with the Obama team - especially focusing on health care issues. Meanwhile Charlie Black's disturbing statement quoted in Fortune Magazine has raised lots of eyebrows. Click to continue reading...

It's hard to believe that Greg Ryan did something as dumb as change his goalkeeper going into the semifinals of the World Cup. Especially considering that the keeper that had started and played every minute of every match in the tournament leading up to that stage was not injured.

Surely a coach with his sort of experience, a .693 winning percentage in 267 college games at Wisconsin, Southern Methodist, and Colorado College, knows that a keeper does more than just make saves. Click to continue reading...

- Fans of Austria's National Football team are so ashamed of the squads recent run of eight straight losses that they've called for a withdrawal of the side from the 2008 European Championship, despite the free invite as hosts. More than 4000 people have added their names to a petition at www.rueckgrat.cc since it was launched a week ago today. The petitioners have made it clear that they are not blaming players nor coaches of the team, but feel that their participation in the tournament would be an insult to the sport. Click to continue reading...