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As Niall
notes, world famous footballer David Beckham is to join the LA Galaxy in July. I saw this earlier and mentioned it at dinner tonight to my sons, one of who loves David Beckham simply because he’s the only footballer he really knows. He was thrilled, since despite being half British, he’s got a strong sense of American patriotism [...]
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We spent about five hours today at the Hamburg Fan Fest area watching the nail-biting Germany versus Argentina game. Hot sun, tons of excited Germans, who went crazy as you’d expect when they finally won. Some video clips below. Before the match:
When Germany tied (the video doesn’t capture the sensation of beer falling on [...]
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We’ve arrived in Hamburg for the World Cup, with the party atmosphere well underway. At the moment, it’s me (US supporting England), Dave Naylor (English) and my brother in law Gernot (German). We’ll be joined by Tim soon (English). We’ve already hung our flags:
But we discovered we’re in the same hotel as the [...]
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A nail biting game against Italy today, but we tied, keeping us in the contention to go into the second round. That sent me scrambling to figure out what everyone else has to do in our group to make that possible. Says Sports Illustrated: For the United States to reach the round of 16, it must [...]
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The World Cup starts in two days, but man, it’s proving hard to be an American and show your support. Getting my kids the right “kit” to wear turns out to be an impossible task. Yeah, I’ll get to that sad tale — but I’ll take you through the political divisions of the UK and [...]
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