Tag: Brazil
Big Ben’s World Cup Special: How to Stop the Neymar Flop
Moscow, Russia: There has been a lot of talk about the soccer World Cup on these pages lately. If you thought I would buck that trend, you’d be wrong. Something has to be done about all the flopping and I am a man of solutions. Flop, Flop, Flopping on Heaven’s Door Every four years I start […]
Ebs’ Hot Takes: Draymond Green, Sid The Kid, Penguins, Copa America
BALLSTON SPA, NY Another Monday and another great set of Ebs’ Hawt Taeks (that’s Hot Takes in a Buffalo twang). With the recent developments of the NBA Finals – Draymond Green – and a new champion in the National Hockey League, there’s a lot to discuss! Tick, tick, tick… Time to get to it this week’s […]
MY DADDY CAN BEAT UP YOUR DADDY
by Rex O’Rourke TOBACCO ROAD, NC – So last night I’m watching Duke throttle North Carolina and I ask myself: “Self, what is the biggest rivalry in sports?†Is it Duke/UNC? They certainly rank up there. The Cameron Crazies alone are worth the price of admission. Multiple national championships on both sides and a dust […]
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW – IT DOESN'T SUCK!
by Junior Blaber JOHANNESBURG, S.A. – What do get when you marry the offspring of the BCS and NCAA Basketball Tourney with the offspring of the Winter & Summer Olympics? You get the largest and most watched tournament in the world, the Soccer World Cup Draw. Now The Matts will not attach their name in […]
OBUMMA FOR 2ND CITY; BRAZIL WAXES CHICAGO
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio? Really?! Come on. As John McEnroe would so infamously scream: “You can’t be serious!” Unfortunately, Mac, the Olympic Committee **is serious – as serious as hamstring surgery. Look, this isn’t about Chicago not being picked, we’re all fully aware that it is and always will be *Segunda Cidade when […]
Another Arm Bites the Dust: Season Over for Yankees, Tanaka
NOTE: Different Matt was called to pinch-hit today after an untimely bike/cab confrontation landed Short Matt in… Bellvue. Not kidding. Thanks, Diff! The Bronx, NY – News flash: The Yankees are screwed. Masahiro Tanaka, the $175 million man is on the shelf for at least six weeks. And if rehab doesn’t work, Tanaka will need […]
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