- Sightless and scoreless: The U.S. Women’s national soccer team played a surprising 0-0 tie against Iceland yesterday in the third group game of the Algarve Cup. It wasn’t televised because the stadium was not set up for television — I think it wasn’t lit well enough. A 0-0 tie doesn’t hurt the U.S. team in this tournament, they will still advance to Wednesday’s final game against France, but it is a little disturbing. The U.S. should be able to beat Iceland relatively easily — a fact that Iceland’s coach was quick to rub in our faces during his post-game news conference.
Line: Iceland? How did we not beat Iceland? - Arsenal advances: Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1 in yesterday’s FA Cup quarterfinal. They’ll move on to play… well, actually, we don’t know who they’ll play next because the FA cup does a random draw in each round to decide who plays who! That’s funky!
Line: The FA cup is really interesting. It’s like the radical liberal at the dinner table of tournaments. - Younger brother beats older brother: It’s always a riot when brothers play against each other in professional sports. It brings things back to simple childhood sports when your siblings are the ones most available to play against. Marc Gasol and his Memphis Grizzlies beat Pau Gasol and the Chicago Bulls 101-91. Of course, basketball is a team game and shouldn’t be reduced to just a matchup between two people but it’s fun to do it anyway. Marc scored 23 points and grabbed four rebounds while Pau had a more balanced game — 13 points and 11 rebounds. More importantly, perhaps, when Marc was on the court, his team scored 24 more points than their opponents. While Pau was on the floor, his team scored 17 fewer points than the Grizzlies.
Line: Can you imagine what their tussles in the back seat of the family station wagon must have been like?
What happened on Monday, March 9, 2015?
