What Happen to My Sports?

Okay so the NFL (that's football for those not into sports) has had a strike between players and owners. That has basically killed their season- it's over halfway gone. I wonder if there will even be a Superbowl. Now, the NBA (Basketball) has a lockout as well. I knew there was talks but I was sure it wouldn't happen.

I'm not a major sports enthusiast. I only watch a handful of teams occasionally but sports are a nice distraction to have around. I refuse to watch hockey as I find it boring and a bit pointless and baseball even more so.

I'm just going to have to find an alternative. I guess I still have soccer matches, though I always have to cruise the Spanish stations to find a game and everyone I know knows that my Spanish can use a bit of help. Hopefully I'll be able to hold onto high-school and college games for a while though they don't provide the comfort of watching from home.

The Quarter-Finals have arrived

The world Cup has reached the quarter-finals. For now on it's lose and you are out for the teams. S. Korea has been eliminated in a nice match with Uruguay. Next up: USA v. Ghana.
Speaking of the World Cup, I have had this song for World Cup fans that may touch on the greatest attraction of the World Cup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmDVz1ED84
For those who don't know, a vuvuela is a horn. Here is the wikipedia page for it with a picture: Vuvuzela

World Cup-Week 1 wrap up

I haven't been able to watch the whole games but I've seen at least part of all the games. One may have been duller than the knives fans used to end their misery but most have been good. The most interesting game so far has been today's Germany v. Australia. Germany had amazing precision and planning while Australia had lost of thuggery and unabashed cheating. All in all, it created a nice show with a 4-0 finish! The USA - England game, on the other hand, was a bit of an embarrassment since we can't really brag about Green's fumble. Speaking of which, I feel for the guy you know he'll never live that down. It's all part of what makes the game fun though. I just can't believe this time zone difference has games starting at 4:30 am. I better get some sleep for tomorrow.

FIFA Wold Cup!!!!

I watched the FIFA opening ceremonies and kick-off celebration today. Thanks Univision. It was quite something. I heard some favorite artist and found some new ones to check out. I am pretty hyped about the games. This is partly because I wasn't able to watch last year and partly because this is historic: the first games in Africa! Yes, That means I will be up tomorrow at 6am to watch the first game.

Speaking of which, I wish I could find a simple schedule to know when all the games are though. It seems there should be something online with the info. If anyone knows a website with the schedule in PST tell me. If I can't find one I guess I'll have to register on the FIFA site but I rather not make another account I'll just forget. Anyway here is a new favorite song, "Wavin' Flags" that I heard today at the Kick-off. It's one of the official songs for the 2010 World Cup.

Now wave your flag!

I've been watching the World Cup for the last few days as the bad calls have been called like in the England and Italy game and great goalies like Korea. And the really good games like Germany's game.

I also heard how Fifa is blocking Korean e-mails because they were flooded with 4.2 million