An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Sunday, November 16?
Tons of NFL action: BUT, because I went to see a Stevie Wonder concert last night, I don’t have any recaps about the games written yet. From what I saw personally, the 49ers kinda lucked out beating the Giants, the Eagles got entirely smushed by the Packers, and Stevie Wonder’s voice is still a force of nature. NFL One liners coming later today! Line: Dear Sports Fan is getting L-A-Z-Y.
NASCAR crowns a champion: The NASCAR championship race (which we now know works like this) was yesterday. Kevin Harvik, one of the four drivers remaining who was eligible to win the championship, won the race yesterday. All he needed to do was to place ahead of the other three eligible drivers in the field of 53 but he went out and simply won the whole thing. Line: There’s a nice symmetry to having the winner of the Sprint Cup also win the last race.
Hello the Netherlands: There was a long list of soccer games yesterday and the day before between countries in Europe trying to qualify for 2016’s European Championship tournament. The Netherlands is a country that expects soccer success — at least almost-success. They’re one of the two best soccer countries (with Portugal) to never win a World Cup but they have lots of good finishes. Just this past summer they came in third in Brazil. So you wouldn’t expect them to have so much trouble just qualifying for this tournament but they have been. Going into their game yesterday with Latvia, their coach had publicly said he would resign if they lost. They didn’t. They won 6-0 and are now in much better shape to qualify. Line: Nothing like a bit of Latvia to cure your soccer woes.
