An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Wednesday, February 11, 2015?
Chelsea stays ahead: It looked like second place Manchester City might get closer to first place Chelsea yesterday when, through almost 90 minutes of soccer, Chelsea was even with Everton and Manchester City was winning their game 4-1. Chelsea scored right at the end of the game, just seconds after Everton went down to ten men, on a shot that went through about three people’s legs before beating goalie Tim Howard. Chelsea won 1-0 and retains their lead over Manchester City in the standings. Line: Soccer is brutal sometimes. Imagine playing well against a better team and holding them from scoring for 88 minutes only to lose in the last two?
Penguins explode: Not really, of course, that would be horrible whether we’re talking about the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team or actual penguins. The hockey team bearing that name did explode offensively in their 4-1 win last night over the Detroit Red Wings. Line: When the Penguins are at full strength, watch out!
LeBron and Co. beat the Heat: In LeBron James’ second game against the team he played on for the last few years, the Miami Heat, he got his first victory. The Heat were without Dwayne Wade, who sat out the game with an injury, and they simply couldn’t score enough to stay with the Cavaliers who beat them 113-93. Line: After the Heat won the first matchup, it makes sense that this one would mean more to LeBron and the Cavaliers than to the Heat.
Tiger Woods says the obvious: Tiger Woods has not been playing golf very well lately. In his last two tournaments, he shot his worst round of golf ever (professionally, although I wouldn’t be surprised if he played better as a kid) and then had to pull out of a tournament with a back injury. Yesterday he announced he wouldn’t come back until he felt he could play better and more safely. Which is pretty much the same thing as saying, “I will come back when I can compete.” Which is obvious. Still, this was big news. Line: You won’t come back until you can come back? Got it.
