An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Tuesday, February 10, 2015?
A high scoring, exciting soccer game: That’s right, I know soccer has a reputation for being a little bit dull and low scoring. Not true! At least, not true in yesterday’s game between Tottenham and Liverpool. The game went back and forth and back and forth until Liverpool finally won it 3-2 thanks to a late Mario Balotelli goal. The game was extremely important to the English Premier League standings. Liverpool climbs to seventh place, only one point behind Tottenham. Line: I wish all the soccer deniers could have watched that game!
Power Plight: A power play in hockey is when one team, because of a foul committed by the other team, has one or more than one more players on the rink than their opponents. It’s a big opportunity to score a goal, which is why it is all the more depressing for the team with the extra player when they let in a goal. That happened twice last night to the Boston Bruins during their 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars. Line: Terrible night for the Bruins on the power play.
Harden, James Harden: When you look at the box score of a basketball game, one of the things it shows you quickly is who, from each team, had the most points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. When you look at the box score for last night’s game between the Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns, the only name you see on the Rockets side is James Harden. He led his team with 40 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists, and three steals, and tied for team lead with two of his teammates who each had one block. That’s quite a game from him as the Rockets beat the Suns 127-118. Line: There’s a reason that people are talking about James Harden for Most Valuable Player (MVP) this year.
