Brendan

sorry if this is old news: http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5505040/klinsmann-gulati-discuss-us-coaching-job

hopefully lebron didn't pull a gob bluth and mail the "insurance letter" for his house into lake erie. i expect it to be burned down my morning.

the human element is so overrated.

On a related note, we got confirmation that the yellow card rules have changed for the Cup since Cherudolo would miss the quarterfinal. the way things are looking, the entire team will miss the quarters

that turf is so beat up

rok have really put good pressure on this half; you could feel that goal coming.

He was in Holland for the friendly and said he still wants to regardless of whether or not he'll ever get to play in a World Cup. Although with this injury, it's a real possibility he isn't as good as Edu, Clark, Torres or Feilhaber anymore. he's also older than all of them

Considering we've gotten exactly nothing useful from the supporting striker spot, I would say a lot. I think Davies would stretch the backline (something Findley does in theory), but would actually do something useful when given an opportunity. Findley has been fed some really great passes, but hasn't done anything with them, because tactically, his mind isn't fast enough for this level and his decision making is subpar. His speed then becomes less and less useful as the game goes on, because teams figure out he can't hurt you too badly. He's too tentative. Davies has the mental tenacity, decision making ability, arrogance and pace you want in a support striker. If you want to play the hypothetical game, though, imagine Giuseppe Rossi, Neven Subotic and Jermaine Jones all on this roster. We'd have a shot to win the whole thing. Hell, even with just Jones and Davies I'd rate us as able. do you think jones will ever play on the usmnt? getting a little ahead now, but who do you see as making up the 2014 world cup team? i know nothing about our u-20 or u-17 teams.

poor birmingham .. wow.

going to my first mls game tonight .. sitting in the nest for dc/la. big bunch of green stuff on the radar coming our way.

BTW: wisconsin just scored a TD ... up 17-13 over ohio state with 6:31 to go in game

my girlfriend said fontenot should go into the clubhouse in between innings and shave half of his beard. thinks it might lighten the mood.

espn is saying http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3507118

hester and the bears reached a 4-year agreement. no details as of yet. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080727-devin-hester-chicago-bears-contract,1,3720532.story sorry if already been posted.

who was the pitcher for wichita that hit the batter in the on-deck circle? ben christensen?

i love how that guy quoted himself in his own press release.

cashner

but he's got 7 sbs!!!!!1!!11 he's fast!!!11111

he's gonna leave with the lead and still not get the win. what a waste if this is the case.

fading down the stretch?

my girlfriend and i were at the same 2 games, and i'd agree with just about all of your sentiments. one area i think that is need of vast improvement is the metro. getting to the park is pretty easy, but the station is just not capable of handling 30K+ riders at the end of the game, both in size of the station and in number of trains. the system they had at rfk seemed to run much more smoothly. as you said, the area around the navy yard wasn't getting much traffic prior to the new park, so maybe it'll get better. fortunately, no one goes to the games, so this isn't much of an issue. the sight lines are really terrific. we were in section 317 ($26) on friday, and i thought they were excellent seats. saturday night, we went even cheaper in section 405 ($10), and, really, i can't complain at all about the views from there. it probably helped we were in the first couple of rows each night, but i doubt i'll ever pay more than the $26 for tickets. (the price of admission was greatly offset by the price of beer, however.) the food is good -- way better than rfk. 5 guys is absolutely wonderful; i think hard times is at that not-very-good-to-average level. but, even though i don't like it, a lot of people do, and i think it's good that people have a lot of choices at the game. the scoreboard is really incredible. my biggest gripe, though, is that they have no tvs -- NONE -- by the concession stands. overall, i agree, it's a really good place to watch a game.

why does cbs sportsline list dopirak on the cubs bench?

i'm in .. but i won't say what my team name is

i posted this in the ncaa thread, which seems dead. i was wondering does anyone know where they publish tv coverage maps for this weekend's games?

hey does anyone know where they publish tv coverage maps for this weekends games?