Yet another MLB player on drugs…
… or is it? Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and World Series winner J.C. Romero has been handed down a 50 game ban for what seems to be a total miscarriage of justice.
Archive for US sports
Congrats Pats on 16-0,
Well done to the NE Patriots on making NFL history with 16 victories from 16 games. The Giants gave them more of a match than they expected (38-35). Great to see some quality American football, we’re enjoying the season this side of the pond! Finding live games online I’ve been looking for some sites to [...]
The Superbowl in perspective
This is one for the Americans out there… after Wales vs Ireland in the Six Nations in Cardiff on Sunday, here’s the front and back pages of the local paper‘s sport supplement:
Weekend score predictions – 6N and Superbowl
Let’s see how wrong I am with these… Six Nations: Predicted: Italy 7 – 45 France Actual: Italy 3 – 39 France Predicted: England 15 – 19 Scotland Actual: England 42 – 20 Scotland Predicted: Wales 15 – 27 Ireland Actual: Wales 9 – 19 Ireland Superbowl XLI: Predicted: Colts 38 – 20 Bears Actual: [...]
Super Bowl XXXIX
I'm delighted to say that I had vested interest here – both sides. A cousin in Lawrence, and a great-grandmother from Lowell, Mass, and my grandfather's family all being from Philly: I've visited both areas in the last few years. I must admit to being very impressed with the bluegrass fiddler playing before the game [...]