Posts tagged: World Cup
Rookie national team member Sadie Bjornsen of Winthrop, Wash., teamed with Alaskan Kikkan Randall to make history for U.S. Women cross-country ski racing by finishing second in the sprint relay at the World Cup finals yesterday in Dusseldorf, Germany. Story here. (Posted by Rich Landers/SR)
United States goalkeeper Hope Solo holds a fan's sign after the US won 3-1 the semifinal match between France and the United States at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Moenchengladbach, Germany, earlier today. NBC Sports reports that Solo is getting a ridiculous amount of marriage proposals, as she leads the United States into the Women's World Cup finals. Story here. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Question: Which athlete would you marry, if you could?
Soccer fans kiss with Germany and Brazil colored mohawks during the group D match between Equatorial Guinea and Brazil at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Top Cutlines:
Winner Nate Holland, center, from the United States, third placed Mario Fuchs, left, from Austria and second placed Tom Velisek from Canada celebrate on the podium after the men’s snowboard cross final at the World Cup ski event in Lech, Austria, Tuesday. Holland is a native of Sandpoint. See story below. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
When three out of six people in your household play or coach soccer, the
World Cup becomes a 
very big deal. Consequently, at Casa Hval from June 11 to
July 11, vacation days, mealtimes and social activities all revolved around
game time. Which wasn’t as bad as you may think. Soccer is one of the few sports I
actually understand and even enjoy. The notable exception being the “offside”
call. This rule has been explained to me by 10-year-olds, professional soccer
players, volunteer coaches, referees and Wikipedia. It has been diagramed for me
on chalkboards and clipboards. I have watched demonstrations in which grapes,
olives and popcorn were used to depict players and positions. I still don’t get it/Cindy Hval, Washington Voices. More here. (AP file photo: Ghana’s Anthony Annan, left, and United States’ Landon Donovan, right, compete for the ball during the World Cup match June 26.)
Question: What do you like most/least re: soccer?
Spain’s Carles Puyol, second from left, scores a goal past Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, second right, during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Germany and Spain at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday. Spain defeated Germany 1-0 to advance to its first World Cup final. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Kate Barnes, of Tempe, Ariz., tastes a lion meat burger at Il Vinaio restaurant in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday. Il Vinaio owner Cameron Selogie was trying to honor the World Cup soccer tournament and drum up business got a whole lot more attention than he hoped, some of it unfriendly, for serving burgers made with African lion. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Question: Would you eat a lion burger?
U.S. soccer fans celebrate as they leave the stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, earlier today. The United States defeated Algeria 1-0 in the Group C World Cup soccer match and qualified for the next round. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Question: Can you offer a guideline for men re: what shape they should be in, before they take their shirt off in public?
United States’ Landon Donovan, left, scores a goal past Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi, right, during the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday. The United States won 1-0 to advance to the elimination round. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
United States’ Michael Bradley, second from right, competes for the ball with Algeria’s Anther Yahia, right, and Algeria’s Rafik Halliche, third from right, during the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, this morning. ESPN game story here. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
You can follow the World Cup match between the United States and Algeria on ESPN’s Gamecast here. The U.S. will advance to the elimination round if it can beat the Algerians.
Question: Are you following World Cup closely?
United States’ Maurice Edu, second from left, scored a goal that was later disallowed during the World Cup group C soccer match between Slovenia and the United States at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, earlier today. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Story here. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Question: Without looking, do you know where Slovenia is?
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! We’re writing this column under proper World Cup 
conditions—with vuvuzelas blasting in both of our ears. Is everyone already exasperated with the Infamous Plastic Horn of Distraction? WE SAID, IS EVERYONE ALREADY EXASPERATED WITH THE INFAMOUS PLASTIC HORN OF DISTRACTION? There are reports that World Cup organizers are already considering a ban on the vuvuzela, the ubiquitous narrow instrument that’s making every contest in South Africa sound like a ferocious swarm of radioactive bees—or a Hollywood publicists’ luncheon. Vuvuzela-mania is threatening to drown out national anthems, quick-witted soccer chants and tender conversations about 19th century literature between U.S. and English fans/Wall Street Journal. More here. (AP Photo: An England supporter blows a vuvuzela as another cheers before the World Cup group C soccer match between England and the United States)
DFO: Can you picture anyone trying to blow one of those silly horns at an Oakland Raiders football game?
Question: Should World Cup officials ban vuvuzelas from their soccer matches?
Marmitetoasty
(re: U.S./Britain World Cup soccer match today): Dear Doodle Friends… England Are Gonna Stuff Your Football Team Today In The World Cup… You Had All Better Get Back To Stuffing Donuts….. You Do Know Real Football Is Played Without Helmets And Padding Like That Namby Pamby American Football Game You Have :) - Be Prepared To Be Slaughtered Big Time…. It Wont Mean I Love You Less Though… :)
P.S. The passion in my country today is amazing….. dont think doodles quite understand our nations passion for our Team….. sorry, you can argue with me til ya black and blue, tiz what I believe :)
Question: On a scale of 1 to 10 — with 1 being a yawn and 10 being the Super Bowl — how much into today’s Word Cup soccer match between the United States and Britain are you?
South Africa’s goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs, right, blocks a scoring chance by Mexico’s Rafael Marquez, left, during the World Cup group A soccer match between South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Question: Who, besides the United States, would you like to see when the World Cup?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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